hxxps://dearkeaton[.]com/

Analysis

max time kernel
119s
max time network
147s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20221111-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
16/12/2022, 05:32

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General

Target

https://dearkeaton.com/

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 60 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "101"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "336"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "175"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "211"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\DownloadRetries = "2"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "101"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "175"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "309"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "309"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "187"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000003bad9e5810411a41b405bdc87c3b0eb800000000020000000000106600000001000020000000054195a48ef902688a1ac6120c5d9b75f5d14edde4e2ff78dbec7707c0c7411f000000000e800000000200002000000004fd1b3866a8ac5942e23631413ea9616207b23d220d5a91bf824ce9e35a2a042000000087687dc7b437f0d43f104d10619d87f3c1373a7b18ee9d647554b6fbcfa1197640000000af51aa8820fcd405eeacd39bbddd502c9b75436e0ae05dd92f8edbdbeff48dd0ed23feb78598c3cb9181b3f52a52fd425a329fe66210a7cd039ad7fe37d5befb	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{71C399F1-7D0B-11ED-8A0C-D60BF964997B} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "175"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "101"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "187"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "336"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "211"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "377937337"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "187"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "309"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "211"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "336"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 4027524c1811d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\MFV = 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	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1916	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1916	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: 33	1916	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1916	AUDIODG.EXE

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1204	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1204	iexplore.exe
1204	iexplore.exe
516	IEXPLORE.EXE
516	IEXPLORE.EXE
516	IEXPLORE.EXE
516	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1204 wrote to memory of 516	1204	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1204 wrote to memory of 516	1204	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1204 wrote to memory of 516	1204	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1204 wrote to memory of 516	1204	iexplore.exe	29

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://dearkeaton.com/
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1204
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1204 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:516

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x2ec
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1916

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

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
61KB

MD5
fc4666cbca561e864e7fdf883a9e6661

SHA1
2f8d6094c7a34bf12ea0bbf0d51ee9c5bb7939a5

SHA256
10f3deb6c452d749a7451b5d065f4c0449737e5ee8a44f4d15844b503141e65b

SHA512
c71f54b571e01f247f072be4bbebdf5d8410b67eb79a61e7e0d9853fe857ab9bd12f53e6af3394b935560178107291fc4be351b27deb388eba90ba949633d57d

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

Filesize
342B

MD5
15883d106303b43b0c3926da3c42a2cd

SHA1
5d3c5662aee3079156f697d75ef82dcf82f321d1

SHA256
9632030a25e7450a1d30029377326e41b2c02266711626c96f8c94196d6d8978

SHA512
88e5c782876340351f48b610907f996ec40520e030e2315cc945562f374215f44d7a98810a640b5ecdb606663b7fe5aee3f527322e30c7158de7dbebd72d0506

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\mlf2v8h\imagestore.dat

Filesize
2KB

MD5
c320d7cffb118f8196fbe489df438e4b

SHA1
b5422d26ff044cf356869c92622ea0e09c6e4f2f

SHA256
b40e454bbc361ee945ed986770f3863b8856848f2a23907c71960eb22b181e56

SHA512
68ccb3c73e4954722f441667a4b84d1e6dd4831221e937664aa759bd06774c4418e8559efda360bd50aac6571556ce207759373a38fd708af92e0f4445893f21

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\ZRCE8QLI.txt

Filesize
608B

MD5
d0e8bec11219344535dd9f2c740d8bdd

SHA1
4496efc99d06f777e23b523a1eafad1c5d4013cb

SHA256
29b49ca61c6072960e1e6ebfb9d39f8dd605cce8f83aa14a003986700b45f44f

SHA512
c84f53ed72ac1d19e0b2cd68b4a884d4edd31bf8ac31d26f4524339870f273d4344855a8f4f26f13ba405f1e46062e2f6455a602c5515ad9a2e609a3f94eca8e

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