URL:

https://www.cnn.com/

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/0b7ee2bc-5a40-4661-8afd-16a332647c73
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: September 30, 2020, 03:19:28
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

0C27793CC56DCAEDBBF2AB1FF2728CAC

SHA1:

53BFA4B7BB9D31F894CE128811D273C13C45B412

SHA256:

1F6B6718DCA2CED4049CCA4C55AA91B152DCFAD7BD8B056254547E3D57F3CB8D

SSDEEP:

3:N8DSLDKIK:2OLDK3

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.

  • INFO

    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 316)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3416)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 316)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
70
Monitored processes
33
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
316"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "https://www.cnn.com/"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
348"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1028,6662334470180831941,9911080833496423860,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=6935262467651731528 --renderer-client-id=20 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4032 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
444"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1028,6662334470180831941,9911080833496423860,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=4846452630277141184 --renderer-client-id=27 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=884 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
748"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1028,6662334470180831941,9911080833496423860,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=12410923725561352323 --renderer-client-id=14 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3700 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
892"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1028,6662334470180831941,9911080833496423860,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgAAAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=7619452054373830683 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1040 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
952"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1028,6662334470180831941,9911080833496423860,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=1126925387063384967 --renderer-client-id=21 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4028 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1124"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=1028,6662334470180831941,9911080833496423860,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --no-sandbox --service-request-channel-token=1895197108128926087 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4220 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1508"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1028,6662334470180831941,9911080833496423860,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=18139499750027704154 --renderer-client-id=28 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1968 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2008"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1028,6662334470180831941,9911080833496423860,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=10548000392834066622 --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2260 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2232"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=1028,6662334470180831941,9911080833496423860,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --no-sandbox --service-request-channel-token=14567465200302514638 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2684 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
681
Read events
568
Write events
109
Delete events
4

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3944) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:writeName:316-13245909584207875
Value:
259
(PID) Process:(316) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(316) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(316) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(316) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(316) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(316) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(316) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(316) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:3228-13245745346152343
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(316) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
222
Text files
97
Unknown types
9

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\BrowserMetrics-5F73F950-13C.pma —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\dd46d1a0-dc9f-4116-a72a-8e51aaab5cf9.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000046.dbtmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Feature Engagement Tracker\EventDB\LOG.old~RF3b79c4.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF3b7947.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF3b7947.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
316chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.old~RF3b7967.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
221
DNS requests
157
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3416
chrome.exe
172.217.16.131:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3416
chrome.exe
216.58.205.237:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3416
chrome.exe
151.101.1.67:443
www.cnn.com
Fastly
US
suspicious
3416
chrome.exe
184.25.219.235:443
cdn.cnn.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
unknown
3416
chrome.exe
172.217.23.130:443
www.googletagservices.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3416
chrome.exe
34.120.253.250:443
tag.bounceexchange.com
—
US
suspicious
3416
chrome.exe
104.22.70.171:443
assets.bounceexchange.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
unknown
3416
chrome.exe
13.225.73.126:443
beacon.s-onetag.com
—
US
unknown
3416
chrome.exe
143.204.94.74:443
onetag-geo-grouping.s-onetag.com
—
US
unknown
3416
chrome.exe
151.101.2.109:443
cdn.jsdelivr.net
Fastly
US
suspicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
www.cnn.com
  • 151.101.1.67
  • 151.101.65.67
  • 151.101.129.67
  • 151.101.193.67
whitelisted
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.16.131
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 216.58.205.237
shared
edition.cnn.com
  • 151.101.129.67
  • 151.101.193.67
  • 151.101.65.67
  • 151.101.1.67
whitelisted
registry.api.cnn.io
  • 151.101.1.67
  • 151.101.65.67
  • 151.101.129.67
  • 151.101.193.67
whitelisted
cdn.cnn.com
  • 184.25.219.235
whitelisted
www.googletagservices.com
  • 172.217.23.130
whitelisted
safebrowsing.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.16.138
whitelisted
c.amazon-adsystem.com
  • 143.204.93.64
whitelisted
edition.i.cdn.cnn.com
  • 151.101.1.67
  • 151.101.65.67
  • 151.101.129.67
  • 151.101.193.67
whitelisted

Threats

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