hxxps://dearkeaton[.]com/

Analysis

max time kernel
73s
max time network
146s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20221111-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-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 62 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "211"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1184282545"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000e6851ef31fd3cf49b332bbb4721c9748000000000200000000001066000000010000200000000c24193759e88c199ba4a22434ddcd6a385a10daa595d97379b212def5a5e44c000000000e80000000020000200000006940eb9fc9b0c8a19a1dfaca3b6e23c98898124140a70e7a88da6cc118b0087c200000005f2d1cf203579027775226af18402e9c839cc756b4c1e12d20b08ca840e25938400000009c975ac22bd0aea6ac0a563d216ddf2d04a7dc33a400c5eacaef692f01075fcde2446db61f8e6b3c09adb8a850d7d367b15ca8f82a5b1a0aca924c1af62e440e	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "211"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000e6851ef31fd3cf49b332bbb4721c974800000000020000000000106600000001000020000000ff0ec67df0028ef8fc2a0ea45f36de29942915e8ff5ed93c99b70e9306d7bf99000000000e80000000020000200000004354d5ccbfafd2e1fc2c21bd67cf5e5a3d3a0b28bcf323b1e4b02f4306dec65620000000e86c2548eca63693bd9f4dd02b4609a927ad64a82fa53f72143f284a824e5a2f400000002b186769de8c49ef1379a96972375cd5b2c415159c0d02a06ee38c6da68ba63e9ef167873d2feb5f151089d1e6a0887fe6371b76b3d730d391f721e70675c67f	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\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{71E716AC-7D0B-11ED-919F-DAD30C974647} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "101"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "309"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31002904"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 406f58491811d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	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\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "175"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "336"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "336"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31002904"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31002904"	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\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "187"	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
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\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "101"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	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\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "175"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 101169491811d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "309"	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\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1201004062"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "187"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "187"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "309"	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\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
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "175"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1184282545"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\ = "101"	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\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "377937339"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "211"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dearkeaton.com\Total = "336"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Deployment\Package\*\S-1-5-21-4246620582-653642754-1174164128-1000\{E86F1325-6910-440F-91AE-177A60C11E81}	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4800	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4688	IEXPLORE.EXE
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4688	IEXPLORE.EXE
Token: 33	3544	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3544	AUDIODG.EXE

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4800	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4800	iexplore.exe
4800	iexplore.exe
4688	IEXPLORE.EXE
4688	IEXPLORE.EXE
4688	IEXPLORE.EXE
4688	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4800 wrote to memory of 4688	4800	iexplore.exe	82
PID 4800 wrote to memory of 4688	4800	iexplore.exe	82
PID 4800 wrote to memory of 4688	4800	iexplore.exe	82

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://dearkeaton.com/
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4800
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4800 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4688

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x3dc 0x390
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3544

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

Filesize
471B

MD5
f858ba1a816dd020e5af93bff48aaa7c

SHA1
171a4e5f3fc126ed213d0cefcd64639f892cb31b

SHA256
e0cbc49b2de6d153786f381793895f2011f0f918cf9c17ccdc9fffa611546921

SHA512
fc2a6de8eaa89bdfd8b4efd951e1a06919db0a27fa3ff571804d0220c8ba4797021a162461dc7f065d91146219979f33a821d6b8ff862f88e4ef66871ed19d74

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
45c4583ca00101a6cfedb7800071fa3e

SHA1
ebbd996a46ef1e9419c32aa4ee291105312dc2f6

SHA256
0ab359ac5f1a360f5c8ac0a4740086deb54991a8e53adc7a316385dd3ecf5054

SHA512
464f39b1696958388b98e1726430f3bef2f6a7b07052926b25ac8ef92d526d32224b4dff972d991e8465a96336333024d5c78d8c6b3d6dae88925949d281561c

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

Filesize
2KB

MD5
4c9bc6c5d5f4b27e5174382ced884073

SHA1
265bdf73f63e3b926de4255d57d2d4bf50c0466e

SHA256
c8dba5ddbdf9a99ce76fb0d7941f749885c2b15878dc3beb9130e1e90a360638

SHA512
f586a5cd6e692890c95b50988d70e96c4a54aac659ce92ace5cb233f8a4e312d757c33956e00cf0f90e5e45f0266a9bfef8333e75d6749f0ffc1d42c5d1d0465

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