Quarantine all PDFs for the time being, and manually review.

Implement strict SPF checking - reject any that fail.

Investigate implementing DMARC.

Kurt

On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 7:00 AM, Rimmel, Carl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, we use Proofpoint.  It has done a great job and will quarantine these 
> messages once they get classified.  We are dealing with very targeted 
> zero-day type PHISHing (our last round were messages composed to look like 
> they were sent by our CEO - with his signature and inline photo).  The 
> payload was an attached PDF with the image having an embedded malicious URL.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> On Behalf Of Kurt Buff
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2017 11:18 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Exchange] PDF Spam
>
> No external spam filter? With quarantine?
>
> Kurt
>
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Rimmel, Carl <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We have been seeing an uptick in SPAM containing PDF attachments.  The
>> PDFs are composed of a full-page image that, when moused-over, points
>> to a malicious web site.  We have tried to use Transport Rules to
>> block these based on the moused-over URL but Exchange seems unable to
>> properly detect these embedded URLs.  We are able to use Transport
>> Rules to block PDFs with plain text so we know that the server is inspecting 
>> them properly.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any ideas on how to battle these pesky messages?
>
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