hxxp://client[.]wns[.]windows[.]com

Analysis

max time kernel
80s
max time network
149s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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31-03-2023 14:29

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General

Target

http://client.wns.windows.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 35 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31024095"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	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
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "2253210364"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2313522684"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "387038921"	iexplore.exe
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\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31024095"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	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\DomainSuggestion	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\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	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
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
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
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 00475293df63d901	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\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	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
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31024095"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000010d3bb75b0ea114e9ca1233a5a090b7b00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000113b51efb1cc0e2e9982b532b6cf706fcca08613bff19d2039c465a3327a55dd000000000e8000000002000020000000e1ca6ce6bdd57fa5aef9af1b8c40edb1bc00bcbb8076539fb1216b74da5698e7200000004a167b0eab5ea24a24f16902e54fa28026cd75cd54846d376cb5c5d752678f1e40000000277248abb368631c5689cf848aa9b6762aeb9d3f4f12206f6c7ba3e0ee67932a7ef7950ec47e741507d76a5d56603809df15673b10b3032fa3a2c8556c6ce617	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = a06c7893df63d901	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\Recovery\AdminActive\{B162F323-CFD2-11ED-8FFF-6A8031F758F8} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	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\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000010d3bb75b0ea114e9ca1233a5a090b7b0000000002000000000010660000000100002000000005398732d61fa42db083dcf12b11cef1adbda0b205b49730805a6218fcb6614d000000000e80000000020000200000001ef457c3b5e6b49f17fe959b7ce26f80a6b839b20e7bdc06c390dca0d58a3ab120000000d19010446281e42413dc1e7d0111e6d532fdfb4f40170d5d9d85b6363ef404cd40000000ec61b3654e38130f35bfe55a819e3a808c6f012a60a6c53f2fc925e0c22f7fe8719fc71d4f6308a76b3b720e713142bb677333ffdf8bc6832fc92b988227b75e	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2253210364"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4284	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4284	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4284	iexplore.exe
4284	iexplore.exe
1364	IEXPLORE.EXE
1364	IEXPLORE.EXE
1364	IEXPLORE.EXE
1364	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4284 wrote to memory of 1364	4284	iexplore.exe	82
PID 4284 wrote to memory of 1364	4284	iexplore.exe	82
PID 4284 wrote to memory of 1364	4284	iexplore.exe	82

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://client.wns.windows.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4284
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4284 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1364

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
bdbbd793778777706223b00a4ea24ed0

SHA1
bf09527cebe8906bfe6aa1e885bc9fb1b3ec54e4

SHA256
8b1034038298faf34d3f580c1ded7212f40d146de7e62cff20826c8b53f80c36

SHA512
7397d981e28bee91dd0e08c3a38444d8524204118548e8db810f5a277cbb08c20a64350063cf36ee4a943edba249f1d0ed350d4cfbc0671461cf27c2534c1f13

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
1685574a3f07d4bb5a8477c139a9fbe1

SHA1
abaa968953a7bf7feb995f97685830b4207a83a5

SHA256
5e1723c41a1ad752ceca64f81bf93693ffd3a1b549297cc5b4dc2ee31ac967ba

SHA512
177b9decfcb01c915c5f89072189cf9a9324b7172a2fc3d03a6a724b3c1b106992ede75ec73a364b066d4b198c7603caf5ceabfa5d55d8aa0da07d741878f1a5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\EY3KXMB3\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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