hxxps://cursed-beta[.]blogspot[.]com/2022/11/cursed[.]html

Analysis

max time kernel
71s
max time network
77s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230221-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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23/04/2023, 15:45

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General

Target

https://cursed-beta.blogspot.com/2022/11/cursed.html

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 39 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 200d028d0b76d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000051d6db365ce0f843a8e6cfaf226c4d2b000000000200000000001066000000010000200000004c3f1d2dd5b6013e0104c8992713074c2b1773a88f97c639fe1a14e45d59a78c000000000e8000000002000020000000a332cf94510657fa50e5923e26cf9c9d57cc9ad61176c1710d2ecea80df10a1d20000000656c199f3cd1dc39fcaf7fb9beb3d9e92ac5649cf35e6a1c77339948d16508de4000000048add54fa2cdfa139fa807a62a81ba2c41939df433b877dbf890989518bdbb321a4b608506e15195364b6164711d0c9cd9dcae752f76b38a20469164b55b06d7	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "2310098430"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2310098430"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000051d6db365ce0f843a8e6cfaf226c4d2b000000000200000000001066000000010000200000008b4fef9fc6bf9b4a4418866124f32e1367e9704addd4d4a48220cf3c024fbccd000000000e8000000002000020000000112e2ee94c93d0e76d917c1d748b9662bfd2f021ad848c27f3bdf85fe64268cf20000000c9405652249c7e25b5a28a32d5a37c87daf6396720679535101259817305eb3f40000000c118ca472e3df307540c265157889ea0a8e06378c89f5c48377fb5a612894ad2991b7b66c99355480c62b58ae63c5280ba81a6efba29b04f3767be6e5c88f3b5	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31028747"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2340098159"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 50faee8c0b76d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31028747"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31028747"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "389036936"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{B4CBB063-E1FE-11ED-8227-7E54A3A79EE4} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1756	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1756	iexplore.exe
1756	iexplore.exe
2304	IEXPLORE.EXE
2304	IEXPLORE.EXE
2304	IEXPLORE.EXE
2304	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 2304	1756	iexplore.exe	86
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 2304	1756	iexplore.exe	86
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 2304	1756	iexplore.exe	86

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://cursed-beta.blogspot.com/2022/11/cursed.html
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1756
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1756 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2304

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

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Downloads

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

Filesize
471B

MD5
173a79e136330a70b71832e4563d1b42

SHA1
28b14a7bbe8a20fb082b36a9d2651e13fd1d14fe

SHA256
b3a892deb1113445e59cd3ef9ac10f02a8792652c30a2effe4cdc060bd71a03e

SHA512
b50efc28fb0d1731a9e337b531660c20c0d4046f2ed81e8085f5a9ca1c44b9960577fa558d729b48c8d3328f2599d1e27a19c4e59ed97125deee6a638fa2e880

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
0dbdc60b2a003932cca19e9bf4b014a6

SHA1
9b46add18426104114232adb85412eed345de83f

SHA256
3713c3cd59c08705d6670dad0a3e767d9312c825db877ca9190a919d3fec4d78

SHA512
5472ca09e0264e640df12ceea52472a7503a17c4137972c41603ff5db6acf4fa25367dc7e405cec4f4c3d52c8271372e6c8d67d03531b1a4f5e12b790f4d7b9e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\cz9baam\imagestore.dat

Filesize
3KB

MD5
70d25d2c52c04a9c678d56c420dd062a

SHA1
6c1927317a065a660e71fcb7588b4be52052449c

SHA256
827a32acc471dfad3e4ae1dedf0b82595651ff6e399ca8db590f3a267a87491d

SHA512
2f1a1d9e043f7189d0524da322b08fd7ac385c769671181527a1e338ff6acf10858433af537ef50b8983b9e2ebb3a70bb6c2f98f2afcf216a6aea35e25721dfa

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\RPW4GWWI\analytics[1].js

Filesize
49KB

MD5
54e51056211dda674100cc5b323a58ad

SHA1
26dc5034cb6c7f3bbe061edd37c7fc6006cb835b

SHA256
5971b095cff574a66d35ada016d4c077c86e2dea62e9c0f14cf7c94b258619de

SHA512
e305d190287c28ca0cc2e45b909a304194175bb08351ad3f22825b1d632b1a217fb4b90dfd395637932307a8e0cc01da2f47831fa4eda91a18e49efe6685b74b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\RPW4GWWI\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\RUOQG7D6\favicon[1].ico

Filesize
3KB

MD5
59a0c7b6e4848ccdabcea0636efda02b

SHA1
30ef5c54b8bbc3487ea2b4c45cd11ea2932e4340

SHA256
a1495da3cf3db37bf105a12658636ff628fee7b73975b9200049af7747e60b1f

SHA512
bcfebb2ca5af53031c636d5485125a1405ca8414d0bc8a5d34dd3b3feb4c7425be02cf4848867d91cf6d021d08630294f47bdc69d6cd04a1051972735b0f04d4

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