hxxp://Github[.]com/pixiedustattack

General

Target

http://Github.com/pixiedustattack

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 34 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "363788584"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{CD126B91-FC5C-11EC-A5DE-62D05D50A506} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = f020e5ad6990d801	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\MFV = 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	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000962422cf799f2f46a7e75b376cef3c3c00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000ecd838805b8d52a45e50382a5a621faf2273b1e06ea7fce5af72e907fe8b517b000000000e8000000002000020000000b6e652829986625af3b01bd744d5ceca00d6196209bf605b83be76e607f5d9e5200000005758c2ed8b6f7c68da56d38ef3e809bcb7b001cca9187a1eeeb556dffbb8aed44000000075fc733e9cec9441c0706fb55c073795fdccfd101a9b2daefa2a4e93ff3793392728cab84f1644ce507266ada53c01b860545a578735e0c86031a7f67627fa01	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790309383-526510583-3802439154-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

548 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

548 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

548 iexplore.exe
548 iexplore.exe
2000 IEXPLORE.EXE
2000 IEXPLORE.EXE
2000 IEXPLORE.EXE
2000 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
548	iexplore.exe

pid	process
548	iexplore.exe

pid	process
548	iexplore.exe
548	iexplore.exe
2000	IEXPLORE.EXE
2000	IEXPLORE.EXE
2000	IEXPLORE.EXE
2000	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2000	548	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2000	548	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2000	548	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2000	548	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://Github.com/pixiedustattack
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:548

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:548 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2000

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015
Filesize
344B

MD5
f3969152fcfaaebecd235595536b5f2d

SHA1
fe69f6e564c5b8dd3798398537c82f807b024d22

SHA256
54aa11f526556186e00808122d8bf36566605ded6af203a96c6565bc78ae6366

SHA512
6c6f6da7fc1e1014caf8b50f28055e0b97d871fa6c197fcc5896731a75cfb6c5ce9a641bcbe7b03a15e169e17a47a0522f093ba64f2aa3e4e5e98371caf66720

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\YLASMNSM.txt
Filesize
607B

MD5
57d159fbb04516c0e4b095d8d4cd7727

SHA1
82d53778e236ea5a95bfd52feb4ce8abacdc2f01

SHA256
5351b143dd48b777acddd716b26c3009a2b7bd56a48d21edae7dd1ca25dbe86f

SHA512
7365dc97f2f6929d96b4bbe94ded9ead097b00dae55a19335731e5399e87a835475102727bb597bf130f6486abff85329ed38fd6d81ec3dfeecd28bb13091d8f

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