hxxp://erc[.]europa[.]eu/

General

Target

http://erc.europa.eu/

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 27 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\erc.europa.eu	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\europa.eu	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\europa.eu\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "14"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\europa.eu	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{91CBECEF-DAD3-11ED-ABF7-4E963766237A} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\erc.europa.eu\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\europa.eu\Total = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\erc.europa.eu\ = "14"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\europa.eu\Total = "14"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
780	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4280	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs

pid	Process
4280	iexplore.exe
4280	iexplore.exe
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE
780	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4280 wrote to memory of 780	4280	iexplore.exe	86
PID 4280 wrote to memory of 780	4280	iexplore.exe	86
PID 4280 wrote to memory of 780	4280	iexplore.exe	86

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://erc.europa.eu/
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4280
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4280 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:780

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

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\dcpq11e\imagestore.dat

Filesize
46KB

MD5
4e6661364c43073c506adef08beb21d3

SHA1
627812ebb2c2f887b0e54345d9a9102682f27857

SHA256
b6305f7a71064394bcfa4065f6c64818a798f08d845301595f9f93d2621b73e2

SHA512
10ef62fba7de02fdf1dc40b3302c1a72cbf0440e4176123c031da2d78899f210ecdfc513044e93eeadcd7759d99551ee0c72035198c002f5dd5223b5ebf4089a

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\4HAJQ22Y\ERC_FAVICON[1].png

Filesize
46KB

MD5
8aaa3fdc87e26d0d746c77c8b2ca5d4f

SHA1
41c2810342a9cbf4189044e1632ed37b6b7131fa

SHA256
4d5e8047f9f77d28782615abbdea6623f5a46485dd2f2722959ad4c307e2c84b

SHA512
ce0d610a82f277e353e88793ab8faecf2fd66c5d289afb16955925aa4691f02e3fe8bf73e5d579bc1799633654586c0fb0ef3fcfdd784bd45b3483c53231e6ae

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