hxxp://www[.]msftncsi[.]com

General

Target

http://www.msftncsi.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 25 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
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\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	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\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	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\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	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\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 704671f36945d901	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\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{45A8A1BE-D27F-11ED-9F77-5603A1288413} = "0"	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
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000038a9e23718fe574b84afdc36f043bb4c00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000a9270f3cedc82b8b7f74af7d1fc9c3a880899058f34dc5d9c0211cb6dcc81b2d000000000e8000000002000020000000730a5cd1876e099f7ac157c8428676e0248f778a8994b217217df81e20299e1320000000cfd1d3a8c0498f2da2b3e6d20912b50c28aea0d009b7a77af1480b2fe428232e4000000056b2b47cda73a7dc2bed2924c25ae2b339458d310e5c0bffdcf62d502428f3ccc105d0a126652e820f1f65225c393d5ab4e2cc13029f0ae1916e0e423fe7154b	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000038a9e23718fe574b84afdc36f043bb4c0000000002000000000010660000000100002000000014d4a4f01817b920ee8aae14683a5e76b847eb18bd42300e2cbcc9d739c7f7a5000000000e80000000020000200000008b31c61da09ca54c6555a1b251bdf4b8384353c5561be9fc9d9d7e1f8a3e0db120000000c1eb81c563f0d1e5a2bc9c360649f5e17cb5132707b16beb81b6884a48e097b64000000047f0d219df4012a78047aad790d3803ccd67062bb54e4ef2ee7e2ea75d27d2a79776ffb2545787fa2265397f7f116d5c09f7d607e898101cb4361f1453d366e3	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 (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "383689875"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = c0f4b3f36945d901	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3784	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3784	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3784	iexplore.exe
3784	iexplore.exe
4048	IEXPLORE.EXE
4048	IEXPLORE.EXE
4048	IEXPLORE.EXE
4048	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3784 wrote to memory of 4048	3784	iexplore.exe	78
PID 3784 wrote to memory of 4048	3784	iexplore.exe	78
PID 3784 wrote to memory of 4048	3784	iexplore.exe	78

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.msftncsi.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3784
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3784 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4048

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

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\TUIJN6ZA\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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