hxxps://www[.]youtube[.]com/attribution_link?c=coachblog-ytm-acq-int-blog-txt-coach&u=hxxp://hmyy[.]21[.]seymenkimyatemizlik[.]com/google[.]android[.]apps[.]youtube[.]music/75sfb1rw%20#tj_base64_encode%20aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2FwcGZvcmVzdF91Zi9mMTY3OTY2Nzc3NzczNHgyMjkwMTUwNDQzODE3OTI5MDAvY29sZS5odG1s?em=Maria[.]Bolanos@txdot[.]gov%22

General

Target

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?c=coachblog-ytm-acq-int-blog-txt-coach&u=http://hmyy.21.seymenkimyatemizlik.com/google.android.apps.youtube.music/75sfb1rw%20#tj_base64_encode%20aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2FwcGZvcmVzdF91Zi9mMTY3OTY2Nzc3NzczNHgyMjkwMTUwNDQzODE3OTI5MDAvY29sZS5odG1s?em=Maria.Bolanos@txdot.gov%22

Score

6^/10

microsoft phishing

Malware Config

Signatures

Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

Processes:

flow ioc

75 api.ipify.org
76 api.ipify.org
67 api.ipify.org
Detected potential entity reuse from brand microsoft.
phishing microsoft

flow	ioc
75	api.ipify.org
76	api.ipify.org
67	api.ipify.org

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 39 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "386732235"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000038a9e23718fe574b84afdc36f043bb4c00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000db7eb9aa6ca91a0014a08919bde881a09fd951a10deccf8ff199d165c3281e01000000000e800000000200002000000069f9f9e9d3abf82897116cb79da4cbcfa5351b4d480dbb2963c2128e22b31b5f20000000dffa140552a642649680e37a9481e7ba0779bc168dbb5a38e1587793f39de75240000000d8ac45727740ae5ec8532ac43330562eb039904b3a9ba7979dd75bf57a17f2a5d11aab2f041e7c2cc7ce731bb8e8f79cbef645638e62b57ab9712a5cdfafcc54	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2112890818"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{A90680C5-CD08-11ED-9F77-4E963766237A} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31023381"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31023381"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2123986820"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "2112890818"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000038a9e23718fe574b84afdc36f043bb4c000000000200000000001066000000010000200000000a5d1ed1189c7cdcb95c36dcaa8da83f48ccaed4ab0b6782572c2b6d248b30b8000000000e80000000020000200000004af362d6325b61dd2e138dad558bd528cf825b2a733f4ea08be483ee58300fef20000000798fd4a3f0cd33cb5b84ab9530db49c82dabb267ead30e5fc6efa8345ff193d64000000021abcaa7018aa793ce0cec5218788955b1afd3aed4dd37d214409583d663bdfe4c84d4382dea69a654cc294b32ad10f2d67c2d44ed65a80ac8b65287c3c10d5d	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = d03c10821561d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 30732e821561d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31023381"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

3944 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

3944 iexplore.exe
3944 iexplore.exe
2572 IEXPLORE.EXE
2572 IEXPLORE.EXE
2572 IEXPLORE.EXE
2572 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
3944	iexplore.exe

pid	process
3944	iexplore.exe
3944	iexplore.exe
2572	IEXPLORE.EXE
2572	IEXPLORE.EXE
2572	IEXPLORE.EXE
2572	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3944 wrote to memory of 2572	3944	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 3944 wrote to memory of 2572	3944	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 3944 wrote to memory of 2572	3944	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?c=coachblog-ytm-acq-int-blog-txt-coach&u=http://hmyy.21.seymenkimyatemizlik.com/google.android.apps.youtube.music/75sfb1rw%20#tj_base64_encode%20aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2FwcGZvcmVzdF91Zi9mMTY3OTY2Nzc3NzczNHgyMjkwMTUwNDQzODE3OTI5MDAvY29sZS5odG1s?em=Maria.Bolanos@txdot.gov%22
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3944

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3944 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2572

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\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\osplltc\imagestore.dat
Filesize
17KB

MD5
968cf022e7098b72154225b2b9b3b5db

SHA1
1eca3d7fe27bb136df8aca98edd71257a8095fb8

SHA256
2c8deb55eaafd450b0c7ca56a8f0080bba04fa3f1c5f34e77bf7ce22d11ae58e

SHA512
f8f469aa90126e3d0bf07e817906c827057d46a904284a398b54a137801c674bc3c7655419d686e5f927d02246d55b81c24cbc2843671413de994067bd8410d0

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\osplltc\imagestore.dat
Filesize
18KB

MD5
11b097e14477f8d420b71f0f1f6c5da4

SHA1
af88c3c004f3cceeec2e3342358bcda6edb580cf

SHA256
00ba5a1ad3fb7b43ff9a751bd8e283d874f7e1176ba5e0d4d1e91987e35a3280

SHA512
26b8a485b7cca122702a0aee2446f19a7f757ebc98913d9f73e0f63ebf4f29cbf79c9cdb42b749692c32a39351a4ae2277f53d1d5f3bfa3dbb33c89150365c45

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\1IYUAPIF\favicon_a_eupayfgghqiai7k9sol6lg2[1].ico
Filesize
16KB

MD5
12e3dac858061d088023b2bd48e2fa96

SHA1
e08ce1a144eceae0c3c2ea7a9d6fbc5658f24ce5

SHA256
90cdaf487716184e4034000935c605d1633926d348116d198f355a98b8c6cd21

SHA512
c5030c55a855e7a9e20e22f4c70bf1e0f3c558a9b7d501cfab6992ac2656ae5e41b050ccac541efa55f9603e0d349b247eb4912ee169d44044271789c719cd01

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\YYL8D8JJ\suggestions[1].en-US
Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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