hxxps://bit[.]ly/40nVrSG

General

Target

https://bit.ly/40nVrSG

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 32 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{D7EE46BC-C9DD-11ED-8FFF-5E272E2E2FB8} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000010d3bb75b0ea114e9ca1233a5a090b7b0000000002000000000010660000000100002000000057c9bd73db4997eacde2204c479ba036c0e44f08e3b483293e76e86729ce569e000000000e8000000002000020000000f0de7b611c6209c4c6d413544b30e667c8f4f2fa0ba2abe978908a42226fbf3b200000000aed7d39244edaf39f61e0a188ed654b881454070c15be2180902d514460820c40000000e0b39069f5049cec32ce1b7529f7a549481a68ecb508240abab87773e804dd3208602193c141a0b9b37e946de889f57d6f7dc7935638224f8de32aad2410388c	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "386383992"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31022570"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2901748547"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31022570"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = a0554fb0ea5dd901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "2901748547"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000010d3bb75b0ea114e9ca1233a5a090b7b0000000002000000000010660000000100002000000082c7bfc79ecd5236453c75167ca76973ffae1a371c181d41ab6eee7b60205f9b000000000e8000000002000020000000c40079e6154797e0844875c12403976bc2043f2e009e799e0e239b7250cc3fd720000000641f5190a233654a0805bf9c1d86977be2a41cb5eee2821a96c7d67c23cbdf9b400000008000632652b76ddce0fc9025833b73ee441b883fcd61605e5e0afee6fdb92f5449c2b28cd24ca9d805435516a14f3e1d51d8fd9de74d5b71b394e1cf30d4c4c5	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = d02441b0ea5dd901	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

1828 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

1828 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

1828 iexplore.exe
1828 iexplore.exe
3936 IEXPLORE.EXE
3936 IEXPLORE.EXE
3936 IEXPLORE.EXE
3936 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
1828	iexplore.exe

pid	process
1828	iexplore.exe

pid	process
1828	iexplore.exe
1828	iexplore.exe
3936	IEXPLORE.EXE
3936	IEXPLORE.EXE
3936	IEXPLORE.EXE
3936	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1828 wrote to memory of 3936	1828	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1828 wrote to memory of 3936	1828	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1828 wrote to memory of 3936	1828	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://bit.ly/40nVrSG
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1828

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1828 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3936

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

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776
Filesize
471B

MD5
7e6edac4c08deaf3549189bfc3fb721d

SHA1
1bc71fc3691ec8fff202ef503f30c83673709055

SHA256
99600b86d6c324e84351dd8f09183150203c83df6188ff21104f3808e57adff9

SHA512
e5fe4d62400e6dd9d835111384b965a1ee33e72cf2f64724c22a535e133eb71196bce1566f9f2ed15c5965709e9e29c27bcf6744efc671bf406c9acd416946a6

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776
Filesize
434B

MD5
53a4ce5e86b6627663bab4c142ebe3fd

SHA1
913b8f5dc378039bdb1f4386abe346b82326240e

SHA256
94e45dea49cbe6a9450de33bf7dfd3babebca0a9f4cd4eb648f3d4ecade04722

SHA512
08703181bc89ff1453af7b46c619e91b85c4874cb82039bf21f3a0e08cf7d1d9eab1c76d34a70aeb1e70de14556620faa8dcfcbc3c218f70cf52ccaeef8e50a2

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\ver4C5B.tmp
Filesize
15KB

MD5
1a545d0052b581fbb2ab4c52133846bc

SHA1
62f3266a9b9925cd6d98658b92adec673cbe3dd3

SHA256
557472aeaebf4c1c800b9df14c190f66d62cbabb011300dbedde2dcddd27a6c1

SHA512
bd326d111589d87cd6d019378ec725ac9ac7ad4c36f22453941f7d52f90b747ede4783a83dfff6cae1b3bb46690ad49cffa77f2afda019b22863ac485b406e8d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\U4IULL1L\suggestions[1].en-US
Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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