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

Analysis

max time kernel
90s
max time network
145s
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, 00:59

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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
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "30993805"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000043e2eb2e51ccf149ab640c8bdb0d79060000000002000000000010660000000100002000000084f1a4f93ac27ea32b8a608185db5f3ed9912e5f392449ff295e6f33f7d5778f000000000e8000000002000020000000f925ea1c1745e95b717ff8e0cb83683616c5bce84feaa4baf431bfd702439c1a20000000d3d3081e9c83eba21c783d43e13201969c8d8af9b0bcd38a5336a0c8504e334b40000000ea8d014ca39a31ead6c904c33a1d485ae930e31052f27c953dfee274f6738604f32596d33e0e18e69bf82195ab28725bf74592f6e7edbf9203d2578e998b1fb0	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	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\Recovery\PendingRecovery	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\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	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 = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000043e2eb2e51ccf149ab640c8bdb0d790600000000020000000000106600000001000020000000a65084f1282268edd9c344fc57e3de2415e64511dec07732588b68079ddc5dc4000000000e80000000020000200000005a7e56e30e96ef5f4025ff46dc68343798df73a232aaa5f07006e6f48118c3f9200000008404ea311386ab84fcff831e067347b0100e4339484c4ae256196f0ac8ab1ead40000000fd32a86e50f9686de3a6e176394c5bb39d7465e21c9fb7edf5e154d70aedeec657945739358ab8adf11ac3644cb28105b85448a450f851b03b781c70b7c02ba3	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\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 908177498dedd801	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = e0f85a498dedd801	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30993805"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1221168747"	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\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1209760895"	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
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{7391BD2E-5980-11ED-A0EE-CA180515AB83} = "0"	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\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "374029350"	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\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1209760895"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	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\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30993805"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3368	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3368	iexplore.exe
3368	iexplore.exe
2760	IEXPLORE.EXE
2760	IEXPLORE.EXE
2760	IEXPLORE.EXE
2760	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3368 wrote to memory of 2760	3368	iexplore.exe	76
PID 3368 wrote to memory of 2760	3368	iexplore.exe	76
PID 3368 wrote to memory of 2760	3368	iexplore.exe	76

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://citec.com.au
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3368
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3368 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2760

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
6a877cfec6459cfa1729a0edf01e252a

SHA1
1017818b52755adefbfabe92a0ee184b069eced2

SHA256
b97b832e8362b326494b66c8308ca405b37dd409009cb1fe127b198e62d3b28e

SHA512
5d495c86f3a154982decc0cdfc2ea36285894b0c2f577ae61f3538e204635222742db03d4417800e7bd032160c7b8477b52c4869433974b3fd8600bc2ad84866

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