hxxps://mandrillapp[.]com/track/click/31047859/myalumni[.]mcgill[.]ca?p=eyJzIjoibDVKQk11R3l4bjE4Z0lIZkxBbE9MSFE1cDBJIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMTA0Nzg1OSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL215YWx1bW5pLm1jZ2lsbC5jYVxcXC9yZWRpcmVjdC5hc3B4P2xpbmtJRD04MDU4OTAmc2VuZElkPTIwODY5OSZlaWQ9MjI4MzAxJmdpZD0yJnRva2VuVXJsPWh0dHA6XFxcL1xcXC9EY2NjZC54eXotd2VsbG5l

Analysis

max time kernel
17s
max time network
21s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
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arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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24/05/2023, 14:20

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https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/31047859/myalumni.mcgill.ca?p=eyJzIjoibDVKQk11R3l4bjE4Z0lIZkxBbE9MSFE1cDBJIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMTA0Nzg1OSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL215YWx1bW5pLm1jZ2lsbC5jYVxcXC9yZWRpcmVjdC5hc3B4P2xpbmtJRD04MDU4OTAmc2VuZElkPTIwODY5OSZlaWQ9MjI4MzAxJmdpZD0yJnRva2VuVXJsPWh0dHA6XFxcL1xcXC9EY2NjZC54eXotd2VsbG5l

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Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{E2CDBD52-FA4E-11ED-9156-E63637889D5B} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3692	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3692	iexplore.exe
3692	iexplore.exe
4816	IEXPLORE.EXE
4816	IEXPLORE.EXE
4816	IEXPLORE.EXE
4816	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3692 wrote to memory of 4816	3692	iexplore.exe	86
PID 3692 wrote to memory of 4816	3692	iexplore.exe	86
PID 3692 wrote to memory of 4816	3692	iexplore.exe	86

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/31047859/myalumni.mcgill.ca?p=eyJzIjoibDVKQk11R3l4bjE4Z0lIZkxBbE9MSFE1cDBJIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMTA0Nzg1OSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL215YWx1bW5pLm1jZ2lsbC5jYVxcXC9yZWRpcmVjdC5hc3B4P2xpbmtJRD04MDU4OTAmc2VuZElkPTIwODY5OSZlaWQ9MjI4MzAxJmdpZD0yJnRva2VuVXJsPWh0dHA6XFxcL1xcXC9EY2NjZC54eXotd2VsbG5l
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3692
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3692 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4816

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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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Modify Registry

T1112

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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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