hxxp://www[.]argenstudios[.]net

Analysis

max time kernel
35s
max time network
37s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20220901-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220901-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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13/02/2023, 04:23

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General

Target

http://www.argenstudios.net

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 36 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31014755"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "436777350"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000007b0d56f1a331418c815186c667109600000000020000000000106600000001000020000000d3c69f5ee1039d72e81918637b347280d7e65864d11ecf891408378d189d5f2e000000000e800000000200002000000093eea5bb277bcdb389a4c22e12c521ba0598b38228166e65ec48cbc753ae92ad200000000a830018fe3cfbf821d52d5846a74fc69991949915df64efe9888393cf024433400000001f9b9e59c542e27853026ca1b9963db63e8a7cd692b853d86cad406692f20f8c9ec9bbc7e0ed1f441fcc8de8001f299d71a147eb36ca926f4df03939c31d1eba	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{450A300F-AB56-11ED-A0EE-CA180515AB83} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31014755"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 1069101c633fd901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\argenstudios.net\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31014755"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000007b0d56f1a331418c815186c6671096000000000200000000001066000000010000200000005f4751ffb1a9603303f3d1a47d1c81287c2c2f5506400f2553ffd50fa56a3d07000000000e8000000002000020000000d48c3cfff383c14a5da35811482ebf128a49d9b668e3834f1d9c85e26811a4bb20000000f352a28c12e4d33a5121b382b8e50b4a57415a83a7ec03a99378240f615e8d6540000000a48dd8b5967ccde1fa4100ccc50a64e62ad030ecbbc91853a92288da6a6b082d57904db631563b8bad1ce8a9e1b99ee269910eb9257464aabefeadcd452149ea	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\argenstudios.net	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\argenstudios.net	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "436777350"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "448029697"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 3011021c633fd901	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4324	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4324	iexplore.exe
4324	iexplore.exe
4376	IEXPLORE.EXE
4376	IEXPLORE.EXE
4376	IEXPLORE.EXE
4376	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4324 wrote to memory of 4376	4324	iexplore.exe	76
PID 4324 wrote to memory of 4376	4324	iexplore.exe	76
PID 4324 wrote to memory of 4376	4324	iexplore.exe	76

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.argenstudios.net
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4324
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4324 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4376

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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Downloads

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

Filesize
471B

MD5
b361a12d0722996eedeafff6f3ab3ea0

SHA1
91930bffa495d1e86439145351811adfd5a03bab

SHA256
8e32031a383bcb05030de62028384fe72b699bfad83b040de9698305d29494d2

SHA512
fa426d3bd2263009b9e95e1812773cab7d1daba5e0a8ebb9b66829df1a0eaa48d9c4d7a8d9a4afd4d62a143ea60375cfa3ced2682d5d1306d2ba3a878cf29d1f

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
72585a1c881a2525f6e08111172905be

SHA1
866a76f86c69fe4ff30b2d60767e489401b94060

SHA256
91320f6e99d851b3c5df8fcbe5e48b322f29a62de882dcda67fd9a8a99cf54ed

SHA512
5e648c14bffcfae2a167882308398828b893054ff43b1bde64f690d37cb78550acfb44e8b71a5fc28ec50bd300ece45c90bd1e3e9e8b6a468e30d754b2c75816

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\47NRIJ2V\logo-96x96[1].jpg

Filesize
4KB

MD5
f8438c1a1a50f4f84f64ecd3d2b8ef0f

SHA1
3b10c3be36702b6637754f78eea2e6512a22cc14

SHA256
acb35757b4a7589f0a3c882eea7c2cebc3609aa7090e2a60248c69fd26850845

SHA512
c599540b18d40a8df5245b048a3dd44cea3aca53175965645ee89870e3c39edd9571f1721a6b106b10cae045d1e0037fe0eb9d95725c29be62bed837282a8c5a

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