hxxp://www[.]towerinsur[.]com/unsubscribeFEBA[.]aspx?email=Stephanie[.]Boyd@oag[.]texas[.]gov&id=TXEMPL000425

General

Target

http://www.towerinsur.com/unsubscribeFEBA.aspx?email=Stephanie.Boyd@oag.texas.gov&id=TXEMPL000425

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 29 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30999791"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "376600439"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "30999791"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{AA3DD02A-70E2-11ED-919F-CA6849833421} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "2249428331"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2249428331"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

1236 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

1236 iexplore.exe
1236 iexplore.exe
3056 IEXPLORE.EXE
3056 IEXPLORE.EXE
3056 IEXPLORE.EXE
3056 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
1236	iexplore.exe

pid	process
1236	iexplore.exe
1236	iexplore.exe
3056	IEXPLORE.EXE
3056	IEXPLORE.EXE
3056	IEXPLORE.EXE
3056	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1236 wrote to memory of 3056	1236	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1236 wrote to memory of 3056	1236	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1236 wrote to memory of 3056	1236	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.towerinsur.com/unsubscribeFEBA.aspx?email=Stephanie.Boyd@oag.texas.gov&id=TXEMPL000425
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1236

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1236 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3056

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

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\xyoggsx\imagestore.dat
Filesize
1KB

MD5
f5df7716d5492577859e75da6508a092

SHA1
6a4aae3bf4ea43618fae047f4b88677c90ff78ec

SHA256
e4382957e494539dc6438896b7113ec54c1ad5067a146c085076c9c0582cca57

SHA512
05019a125c5f452f270dfbf486bcdc803fcae193822eb2778e65f68704a970045d5a6cce81e091142a2fc0a35aa1f036df00b339c54ad4e01f1855aef6f2b1cd

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