Malware analysis https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-strangest-weird-laws-enforced-christopher-sargeant-sturgeon-armour-a7232586.html Malicious activity

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URL:	https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-strangest-weird-laws-enforced-christopher-sargeant-sturgeon-armour-a7232586.html
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/f341867e-49d0-470c-8d08-c23607c47d62
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	June 17, 2019, 18:27:28
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:	8326DE15D178A7C53E66816E24740CF4
SHA1:	E4115DAA4261BA3035FE28AE4367CF5E0A1D0CB5
SHA256:	032B5F576A392AAB5D56135F583D9E39CDAE1BFA9101E35798051F6140A5822F
SSDEEP:	3:N8DSLaA0cQ9CKqrWsRd52ALDQNRrI2AELRbW8XWXlJn:2OLaA5QwK7YL07jLRK8XQlJn

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514 undefined
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC MUI (15.023.20070)
Adobe Flash Player 26 ActiveX (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 NPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 PPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Refresh Manager (1.8.0)
CCleaner (5.35)
FileZilla Client 3.36.0 (3.36.0)
Google Chrome (73.0.3683.75)
Google Update Helper (1.3.33.23)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 (4.6.01055)
Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office OneNote MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Single Image 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 (9.0.30729.6161)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 (10.0.40219)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Additional Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Minimum Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Mozilla Firefox 65.0.2 (x86 en-US) (65.0.2)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
VLC media player (2.2.6)
WinRAR 5.60 (32-bit) (5.60.0)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
Client Refresh LanguagePack Package
CodecPack Basic Package
Foundation Package
IE Troubleshooters Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB2534111
KB2999226
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Creates files in the program directory
  - firefox.exe (PID: 2840)
INFO
- Application launched itself
  - firefox.exe (PID: 2840)
- Dropped object may contain Bitcoin addresses
  - firefox.exe (PID: 2840)
- Reads CPU info
  - firefox.exe (PID: 2840)
- Writes to a desktop.ini file (may be used to cloak folders)
  - firefox.exe (PID: 2884)
- Creates files in the user directory
  - firefox.exe (PID: 2840)

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No data.

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Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2840

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-strangest-weird-laws-enforced-christopher-sargeant-sturgeon-armour-a7232586.html

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Mozilla Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Firefox

Exit code:

Version:

65.0.2

Modules

Images
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\mozglue.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\dbghelp.dll

2884

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="2840.6.70258071\100154082" -childID 1 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 1752 -prefMapHandle 1620 -prefsLen 1 -prefMapSize 180950 -schedulerPrefs 0001,2 -parentBuildID 20190225143501 -greomni "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 2840 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2840" 1828 tab

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

firefox.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Mozilla Corporation

Integrity Level:

LOW

Description:

Firefox

Exit code:

Version:

65.0.2

Modules

Images
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\mozglue.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\dbghelp.dll

3060

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="2840.20.685554461\516318922" -childID 3 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 7580 -prefMapHandle 7576 -prefsLen 5824 -prefMapSize 180950 -schedulerPrefs 0001,2 -parentBuildID 20190225143501 -greomni "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 2840 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2840" 7564 tab

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

firefox.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Mozilla Corporation

Integrity Level:

LOW

Description:

Firefox

Exit code:

Version:

65.0.2

Modules

Images
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\mozglue.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\dbghelp.dll

3352

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="2840.13.1678347882\1870370291" -childID 2 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 2656 -prefMapHandle 2660 -prefsLen 216 -prefMapSize 180950 -schedulerPrefs 0001,2 -parentBuildID 20190225143501 -greomni "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 2840 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2840" 2672 tab

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

firefox.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Mozilla Corporation

Integrity Level:

LOW

Description:

Firefox

Exit code:

Version:

65.0.2

Modules

Images
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\mozglue.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\dbghelp.dll

4060

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="2840.0.1311193333\1637758825" -parentBuildID 20190225143501 -greomni "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - "C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Mozilla\Temp-{ce348e4c-7d33-445e-89f9-60108c51bcaf}" 2840 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2840" 1148 gpu

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

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firefox.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Mozilla Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Firefox

Exit code:

Version:

65.0.2

Modules

Images
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\program files\mozilla firefox\mozglue.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\dbghelp.dll

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Total events

3 855

Read events

3 853

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2840) firefox.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:	write	Name:	ProxyEnable
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(2840) firefox.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:	write	Name:	SavedLegacySettings
Value: 460000006E000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000C0E333BBEAB1D301000000000000000000000000020000001700000000000000FE800000000000007D6CB050D9C573F70B000000000000006D00330032005C004D00530049004D004700330032002E0064006C000100000004AA400014AA4000040000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002000000C0A8016400000000000000000000000000000000000000000800000000000000805D3F00983740000008000002000000000000600000002060040000B8A94000020000008802000060040000B8A9400004000000F8010000B284000088B64000B84B400043003A000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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Executable files

Suspicious files

708

Text files

181

Unknown types

272

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\startupCache\scriptCache-current.bin		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\cache2\trash14089		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\prefs-1.js		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\sessionCheckpoints.json.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\safebrowsing-updating\test-malware-simple.sbstore		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\safebrowsing-updating\test-malware-simple.pset		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\safebrowsing-updating\test-phish-simple.sbstore		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\safebrowsing-updating\test-phish-simple.pset		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\safebrowsing-updating\test-unwanted-simple.sbstore		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2840	firefox.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default\safebrowsing-updating\test-unwanted-simple.pset		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—

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HTTP(S) requests

129

TCP/UDP connections

471

DNS requests

1 126

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	93.184.220.29:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/	US	der	471 b	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	216.58.210.3:80	http://ocsp.pki.goog/GTSGIAG3	US	der	471 b	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	93.184.220.29:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/	US	der	471 b	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	93.184.220.29:80	http://status.thawte.com/	US	der	471 b	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	216.58.210.3:80	http://ocsp.pki.goog/GTSGIAG3	US	der	471 b	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	151.139.128.14:80	http://ocsp.usertrust.com/	US	der	471 b	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	216.58.210.3:80	http://ocsp.pki.goog/GTSGIAG3	US	der	471 b	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	216.58.210.3:80	http://ocsp.pki.goog/GTSGIAG3	US	der	471 b	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	93.184.220.29:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/	US	der	471 b	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	POST	200	93.184.220.29:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/	US	der	471 b	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
2840	firefox.exe	35.244.181.201:443	aus5.mozilla.org	—	US	suspicious
2840	firefox.exe	151.101.1.184:443	www.independent.co.uk	Fastly	US	suspicious
2840	firefox.exe	2.16.186.112:80	detectportal.firefox.com	Akamai International B.V.	—	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	93.184.220.29:80	ocsp.digicert.com	MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business	US	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	151.101.2.2:443	cdn.taboola.com	Fastly	US	shared
2840	firefox.exe	192.243.255.226:443	ssc.independent.co.uk	Adobe Systems Inc.	US	unknown
2840	firefox.exe	104.111.215.147:443	cdns.gigya.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
2840	firefox.exe	52.25.71.236:443	tiles.services.mozilla.com	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown
2840	firefox.exe	52.222.157.59:443	cdn-magiclinks.trackonomics.net	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown
2840	firefox.exe	172.64.143.5:443	www.npttech.com	Cloudflare Inc	US	shared

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
detectportal.firefox.com	2.16.186.112 2.16.186.50	whitelisted
www.independent.co.uk	151.101.1.184 151.101.65.184 151.101.129.184 151.101.193.184	whitelisted
aus5.mozilla.org	35.244.181.201	whitelisted
t.shared.global.fastly.net	151.101.193.184 151.101.129.184 151.101.65.184 151.101.1.184	whitelisted
balrog-aus5.r53-2.services.mozilla.com	35.244.181.201	whitelisted
a1089.dscd.akamai.net	2.16.186.50 2.16.186.112	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	93.184.220.29	whitelisted
cs9.wac.phicdn.net	93.184.220.29	whitelisted
search.services.mozilla.com	54.190.222.97 52.11.30.237 34.215.70.240	whitelisted
search.r53-2.services.mozilla.com	34.215.70.240 52.11.30.237 54.190.222.97	whitelisted

Threats

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-strangest-weird-laws-enforced-christopher-sargeant-sturgeon-armour-a7232586.html

8326DE15D178A7C53E66816E24740CF4

E4115DAA4261BA3035FE28AE4367CF5E0A1D0CB5

032B5F576A392AAB5D56135F583D9E39CDAE1BFA9101E35798051F6140A5822F

3:N8DSLaA0cQ9CKqrWsRd52ALDQNRrI2AELRbW8XWXlJn:2OLaA5QwK7YL07jLRK8XQlJn

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Creates files in the program directory

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Dropped object may contain Bitcoin addresses

Reads CPU info

Writes to a desktop.ini file (may be used to cloak folders)

Creates files in the user directory

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