hxxp://chochox[.]com

General

Target

http://chochox.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 28 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{B5A8B821-A0ED-11ED-AD07-6AC8E2464E73} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "381882808"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1768	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1768	iexplore.exe
1768	iexplore.exe
524	IEXPLORE.EXE
524	IEXPLORE.EXE
524	IEXPLORE.EXE
524	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 524	1768	iexplore.exe	28
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 524	1768	iexplore.exe	28
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 524	1768	iexplore.exe	28
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 524	1768	iexplore.exe	28

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://chochox.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1768
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1768 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:524

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

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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
edfaa6d7aa17303e6ac3123b56893843

SHA1
26d85d53f8b7570937e4a6783d68f517ac3a1c91

SHA256
8c166428c58d04c364cd39d8e0c4c14ec7b6a897f93e8645db46759cf01be453

SHA512
1a0723821827e717d397185dd3798f29c06f076c72e3f2a104ea2e60a916cafc3b81f8bf11289391e8f754a89c2e0fec64998056cac02037a4d03560474b0f26

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\01AOJ7NA.txt

Filesize
607B

MD5
0dfcdd64010b8290529dbbaf14d37741

SHA1
e596d3ba9aa819130eeab1dfdd1460af2c2b5a29

SHA256
bb833356ab44bece52f613a6534e3b87176456219a49a81dbda81ad25a07c5dd

SHA512
b19de6d2f0c2faca639c62b6b1825951ae699375da9f50d47511d3771f8d30ad017dec719e3e28305b839ebc12aa2b0568c2f28bc4b793f71df6e5e9b54d5706

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