hxxps://github[.]com/novihacks/novihacks-advanced/blob/main/novihacks-advanced[.]zip

General

Target

https://github.com/novihacks/novihacks-advanced/blob/main/novihacks-advanced.zip

Score

6^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs

Web Service
T1102

Modifies Internet Explorer Phishing Filter 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter\ClientSupported_MigrationTime = 467899b2bcaed801	iexplore.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 41 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

IEXPLORE.EXEiexplore.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1841681548"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30998324"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30998324"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000004b9015c1c47bc042ba359e050b4d3192000000000200000000001066000000010000200000009ff30c39a11660641578efd0f7212f1a1cf813cdeac08f62b76922b6d58ed5fa000000000e8000000002000020000000a5d7451af1c75f15edb7bb459ee1acdcda0ffccf1d044cf3158848ef5fff075520000000824621458b8e7e22e887b286b67bfaf11a334dee446c0ebd235c0513df2a1a3b40000000b7ce303c037da4cac6c3b228560f4f0501f58897c61337efe0972f8afd1a96c2400ca4d7668418097e393a0c901a03ebe2cd8c14335946d67c17fb599a0a8dcc	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000004b9015c1c47bc042ba359e050b4d3192000000000200000000001066000000010000200000003156b22d5843efd56aff4b4bb8cbb426a57aad7549f388a43caeafb70c7a6719000000000e800000000200002000000028b30c4e8a29a077798f39a50e85c9d1f540e55cdc77e050c51da93268ffb94e20000000de4b2668679e0c567e52cda6dfa0628518050957d274f117558cb97bc2f6fcd2400000001833e0cf6d31a13e0aa146fcc2d4c48a2714ae89449081a171cd5b25d9ad08c428df6c975af57232eeb5ed20d79d785666da75ac0e3f310d4ef7610f2fafd9f2	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\RepId\PublicId = "{1A25E4D3-C528-4AF8-A7CA-60C595DC7287}"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{8F9B4708-6B27-11ED-AECB-466E527D41B2} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1688656313"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1688656313"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 4068777234ffd801	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\RepId	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 4017347534ffd801	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "30998324"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "375970308"	iexplore.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description ioc process

Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000_Classes\Local Settings iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

4780 iexplore.exe
4780 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

4780 iexplore.exe
4780 iexplore.exe
2444 IEXPLORE.EXE
2444 IEXPLORE.EXE
2444 IEXPLORE.EXE
2444 IEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000_Classes\Local Settings	iexplore.exe

pid	process
4780	iexplore.exe
4780	iexplore.exe

pid	process
4780	iexplore.exe
4780	iexplore.exe
2444	IEXPLORE.EXE
2444	IEXPLORE.EXE
2444	IEXPLORE.EXE
2444	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4780 wrote to memory of 2444	4780	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 4780 wrote to memory of 2444	4780	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 4780 wrote to memory of 2444	4780	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://github.com/novihacks/novihacks-advanced/blob/main/novihacks-advanced.zip
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer Phishing Filter
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4780

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4780 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2444

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:2032

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

Web Service

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Web Service

1

T1102

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
471B

MD5
e32d02ce684c01ef3af05fae9066160e

SHA1
29c7a6e8ed553ac2765634265d1db041d6d422ec

SHA256
b00322d178a6cfc206458c26b26d6c80596073bb3283dcc3fc4e33a4b5f29d71

SHA512
e4e3175fb131095e4681ecb76d14dc74d059c0beafb6340965516c6d3d0538deb314b36a3f09df03b491edac84d5c0580e764fed1d8bca9abd4e65cb56167148

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
703b50cb6a7610d80c2d43d84c8e3e92

SHA1
6514fb8514331efac40d73ac8f9ef318e7f6c00f

SHA256
0a98b85de6be067f63681713a2a195cee5fe1a03d99be9fcc3a7c99d03d6da52

SHA512
1b13f4343e98b5689e5f82457a654509d82c7f43f967659cc1510d535c406c632ba2549ca3d632773d1a8323d1976d8edfd86406eaf9d70a773c5232238466f4

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\versionlist.xml

Filesize
15KB

MD5
1a545d0052b581fbb2ab4c52133846bc

SHA1
62f3266a9b9925cd6d98658b92adec673cbe3dd3

SHA256
557472aeaebf4c1c800b9df14c190f66d62cbabb011300dbedde2dcddd27a6c1

SHA512
bd326d111589d87cd6d019378ec725ac9ac7ad4c36f22453941f7d52f90b747ede4783a83dfff6cae1b3bb46690ad49cffa77f2afda019b22863ac485b406e8d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\z2evvp3\imagestore.dat

Filesize
1KB

MD5
9484a406a1cfde4eb48e724d299d5758

SHA1
c27a0565a9b780d528b4fee9179506acf8374bea

SHA256
dcda88891d4ccf73620b8300889c3b7b337393807aa76869cded0a26ee7b4d89

SHA512
73cc2b4ade5647080768df3a3007633650148c458fadf31ca01cefe3125d7dea03604ab4a85fc10aa703e7c0763e867a536c5d19294febafd0c79745bf815a86

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\TQFWGWHN\novihacks-advanced.zip.o4hdz9c.partial

Filesize
17.5MB

MD5
cf779a02aa4479a0fe9c93374b8184b5

SHA1
7b43795b03017cd57fe11a896161851202139962

SHA256
1d9049dda6d9dce99f914fbbfb4b283b08e16d093f19edc5ac113e901e725d2d

SHA512
5323fd4874a1944093ec63db075fd56d36c570777fdac84de4d89c788a09c2ab9da2ccc8628afb31fb86d2529925e489f1b8b8b0cc2c2aeda920a66ca5fc5b18

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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