hxxp://citec[.]com[.]au

Analysis

max time kernel
73s
max time network
146s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20220901-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220901-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
01/11/2022, 00:00

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General

Target

http://citec.com.au

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 35 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "374025794"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "9141024"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = e040ae0185edd801	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "9295537"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30993797"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000043e2eb2e51ccf149ab640c8bdb0d790600000000020000000000106600000001000020000000eeb23ae1e3c1a0408e23b1dac763990df114b7578bff22802e7887c9b776cbe7000000000e80000000020000200000005a9f3e700686facd54d1b85462a52e3d0821d5c79968852792329e1193a0f6bc200000002e5fc6547294e223f1d745dbc51e12fee632f5a2f483bbff2d6855817ae6ebae400000002d06e9ca0c970d5ab8ffac4f51e69fa0a813dc2f544a9ef84166261fb56bcf94f1d24649dc1e8740179aa3bc5f72bb4149e040c9c05790faaaf6ee106f9eb96d	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{2C0DAAAE-5978-11ED-A0EE-7A46CE8ECE48} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "30993797"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000043e2eb2e51ccf149ab640c8bdb0d7906000000000200000000001066000000010000200000008274363001a6dbfbdc2a06165d181e23716851dc2f9f82d31f519777c1f0560b000000000e800000000200002000000046ab53c00662751d2803d8e8e9e3b58878f423c40a425ae78ab3196eaf6bb2322000000011d5d7872143ee27e05af6de3cc27d916db883534e438f78b0dfc65c42e4e0fd40000000fe8605994eb69a8aa3ba286924d3ef5343fc642e65b1bd014a06b1039650f8c33fa6c9ce8e03029d394514dd65064ab0c3cbc317d902aea15dd7bfde4a8a4d3f	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 005aa20185edd801	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "20389567"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30993797"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3668	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3668	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3668	iexplore.exe
3668	iexplore.exe
384	IEXPLORE.EXE
384	IEXPLORE.EXE
384	IEXPLORE.EXE
384	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3668 wrote to memory of 384	3668	iexplore.exe	82
PID 3668 wrote to memory of 384	3668	iexplore.exe	82
PID 3668 wrote to memory of 384	3668	iexplore.exe	82

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://citec.com.au
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3668
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3668 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:384

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776

Filesize
471B

MD5
deabbdcb221537d48aed54816739f367

SHA1
9ce0f0d21d9bd08823732047e19edbbd909396bc

SHA256
494de69d83714780f68a1e6871716f3a4a10835e90b4f96e48610c3e8f39e9cf

SHA512
95a80c34ddb83e74e51e5d0884dc7433de78b956db8fb2b1fb54e0f158283991edacafd3e7653161767a69f25f9cf537cc1a654d20e3f27bbc54588b3b4bf5e8

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776

Filesize
434B

MD5
5b156a9062838a2652543438226c8293

SHA1
9c4a56ad6adb410b5aa7675938206a14413e40e2

SHA256
735718542173e0e101fe42ff0c438cf5c2f7e367507a9023401bae60388b28a9

SHA512
a123d84f9dab31a5b5a11566c1975bdf7239f8232ae869add8c2a5a2e616952e953c9f54a33a40f3e3b1a85ad1aa982eb8436a3b814f6f30f207015c52243f10

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