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Verdict: No threats detected
Analysis date: March 04, 2019, 06:49:45
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: text/html
File info: HTML document, UTF-8 Unicode text, with very long lines, with CRLF, LF line terminators
MD5:

2D546734B266D9E2C8E635E2C2D6FC92

SHA1:

7209A94FD538C420F0EA3AD673F2CD37B66B299E

SHA256:

400E695C27D80F7DC27CE428A1907ECA8C44158AF4F04CF32F67E0F53B733816

SSDEEP:

1536:CFAYgFryFLop6birG3s6Sb/s4EN5XXJblOd7:GgFyFq6mT6nzN5XXJblOd7

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.

  • INFO

    • Changes internet zones settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3480)

    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3872)

    • Application launched itself

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3480)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.htm/html | HyperText Markup Language with DOCTYPE (80.6)
.html | HyperText Markup Language (19.3)

EXIF

HTML

HTTPEquivXUaCompatible: ie=edge
viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Title: New BabyShark Malware Targets U.S. National Security Think Tanks
Description: In February 2019, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers identified spear phishing emails sent in November 2018 containing new malware that shares infrastructure with playbooks associated with North Korean campaigns. The spear phishing emails were written to appear as though they were sent from a nuclear security expert who currently works as a consultant for in the U.S. The emails were sent using a public email address with the expert’s name and had a subject referencing North Korea’s nuclear issues. The emails had a malicious Excel macro document attached, which when executed led to a new Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) script-based malware family which we are dubbing “BabyShark”.
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twitterDescription: In February 2019, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers identified spear phishing emails sent in November 2018 containing new malware that shares infrastructure with playbooks associated with North Korean campaigns. The spear phishing emails were written to appear as though they were sent from a nuclear security expert who currently works as a consultant for in the U.S. The emails were sent using a public email address with the expert’s name and had a subject referencing North Korea’s nuclear issues. The emails had a malicious Excel macro document attached, which when executed led to a new Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) script-based malware family which we are dubbing “BabyShark”.
twitterTitle: New BabyShark Malware Targets U.S. National Security Think Tanks
twitterImage: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Figure-1-BabyShark-execution-flow.png
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Total processes
31
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start iexplore.exe iexplore.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3480"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\new-babyshark-malware-targets-u-s-national-security-think-tanks.htmC:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
3872"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:3480 CREDAT:79873C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
636
Read events
578
Write events
58
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Operation:writeName:CompatibilityFlags
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones
Operation:writeName:SecuritySafe
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\Active
Operation:writeName:{BD903E77-3E49-11E9-BEEC-5254004A04AF}
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{2670000A-7350-4F3C-8081-5663EE0C6C49}\iexplore
Operation:writeName:Type
Value:
4
(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{2670000A-7350-4F3C-8081-5663EE0C6C49}\iexplore
Operation:writeName:Count
Value:
3
(PID) Process:(3480) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{2670000A-7350-4F3C-8081-5663EE0C6C49}\iexplore
Operation:writeName:Time
Value:
E3070300010004000600320006003600
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3480iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\R9ZEWH8D\favicon[1].ico —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3480iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3480iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\R9ZEWH8D\favicon[2].pngimage
MD5:9FB559A691078558E77D6848202F6541
SHA256:6D8A01DC7647BC218D003B58FE04049E24A9359900B7E0CEBAE76EDF85B8B914
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HTTP(S) requests
1
TCP/UDP connections
67
DNS requests
2
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
3480
iexplore.exe
GET
200
204.79.197.200:80
http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico
US
image
237 b
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3872
iexplore.exe
23.45.100.128:443
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
3480
iexplore.exe
204.79.197.200:80
www.bing.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
  • 23.45.100.128
unknown
www.bing.com
  • 204.79.197.200
  • 13.107.21.200
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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