Malware analysis https://www.myfreedomsmokes.com/blog/9-useless-techie-gadgets-muppet-ding-a-lings-are-using-now/ Malicious activity

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URL:	https://www.myfreedomsmokes.com/blog/9-useless-techie-gadgets-muppet-ding-a-lings-are-using-now/
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/b15c81a8-a831-4459-9024-58c5c0df8689
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	September 11, 2019, 04:29:28
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:	E037BD0A410F916D780AEFECF5DAAFBC
SHA1:	921408B7E116B69FB52EA2777FFCEBC45462AFDF
SHA256:	72761D8031EB2264D6D2E69AE7BACFB106BD6BA7B374F25ACBAC831C55C0370C
SSDEEP:	3:N8DSL9AD7OhrE0HoRyR8KCj5QT4:2OL0ux3CjOk

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
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 (75.0.3770.100)
Google Update Helper (1.3.34.7)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (4.7.03062)
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++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702.2)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Mozilla Firefox 68.0.1 (x86 en-US) (68.0.1)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (KB4087364) (1)
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
KB4019990
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
- Modifies files in Chrome extension folder
  - chrome.exe (PID: 3380)
INFO
- Reads the hosts file
  - chrome.exe (PID: 2880)
  - chrome.exe (PID: 3380)
- Application launched itself
  - chrome.exe (PID: 3380)

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Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

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Behavior graph

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Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
3380	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "https://www.myfreedomsmokes.com/blog/9-useless-techie-gadgets-muppet-ding-a-lings-are-using-now/"	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe		explorer.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
4064	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win32 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=75.0.3770.100 --initial-client-data=0x7c,0x80,0x84,0x78,0x88,0x6fd9a9d0,0x6fd9a9e0,0x6fd9a9ec	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
3376	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=watcher --main-thread-id=3384 --on-initialized-event-handle=312 --parent-handle=316 /prefetch:6	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
2596	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1012,4206394980443459664,15216805172072902491,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgAAAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=2808521579063662300 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1028 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
2880	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=1012,4206394980443459664,15216805172072902491,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=network --service-request-channel-token=10289467499806703810 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1620 /prefetch:8	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe		chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
2584	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1012,4206394980443459664,15216805172072902491,131072 --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=9000475675837855663 --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2224 /prefetch:1	C:\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
3160	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1012,4206394980443459664,15216805172072902491,131072 --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=8150132616021690471 --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2200 /prefetch:1	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
3956	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1012,4206394980443459664,15216805172072902491,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --extension-process --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=7523429527166138840 --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2456 /prefetch:1	C:\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
3360	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1012,4206394980443459664,15216805172072902491,131072 --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=8597880693673285051 --renderer-client-id=7 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3468 /prefetch:1	C:\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
2740	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1012,4206394980443459664,15216805172072902491,131072 --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=5013400652809300185 --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3676 /prefetch:1	C:\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

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Total events

643

Read events

552

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(3380) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:	write	Name:	failed_count
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3380) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:	write	Name:	state
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(3380) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:	write	Name:	StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3380) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:	write	Name:	StatusCodes
Value: 01000000
(PID) Process:	(3380) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:	write	Name:	state
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(3380) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:	write	Name:	dr
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	—	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:	write	Name:	3380-13212649784001875
Value: 259
(PID) Process:	(3380) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:	write	Name:	UsageStatsInSample
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3380) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:	delete value	Name:	1512-13197841398593750
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3380) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:	write	Name:	usagestats
Value: 0

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Executable files

Suspicious files

303

Text files

171

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\f92bff0b-8067-42b4-9454-d691e4ee5168.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000020.dbtmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.old		text
		MD5:A519780ED0A2F4336DB4F5651D79C369	SHA256:DA5B71BD0075B55757BF757BF5F4D4A1DCBCF0762CDA5B31B28680963E068C75
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old~RF169cc1.TMP		text
		MD5:C4D6CBB269C626168A5D6D0D8CCE6C30	SHA256:B62CDBB758278A0C2E50593357390119441D8DE09428EB29027F3DFD1332E348
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old		text
		MD5:C4D6CBB269C626168A5D6D0D8CCE6C30	SHA256:B62CDBB758278A0C2E50593357390119441D8DE09428EB29027F3DFD1332E348
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Feature Engagement Tracker\AvailabilityDB\LOG.old		text
		MD5:454106CCF080F3E3795C229FC73350D4	SHA256:9974DC611BE9E20BDFA7B8D939CB913AD23859DEA5F52EBB8D10CEAD9AB5B4FA
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF169ce1.TMP		text
		MD5:213AE3DA120D7862D60B5763B6C9D466	SHA256:5736534D6EE654C1BF1A8E79E73330AF58F622E8657285330D2C7189A55604F4
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_1		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3380	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old		text
		MD5:213AE3DA120D7862D60B5763B6C9D466	SHA256:5736534D6EE654C1BF1A8E79E73330AF58F622E8657285330D2C7189A55604F4

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HTTP(S) requests

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DNS requests

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HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
2880	chrome.exe	GET	200	67.27.155.254:80	http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab	US	compressed	57.0 Kb	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	GET	200	204.13.202.71:80	http://ssl.trustwave.com/issuers/STCA.crt	US	der	956 b	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	GET	200	67.27.155.254:80	http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab	US	compressed	57.0 Kb	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	GET	302	172.217.18.14:80	http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOWVmQUFXS041NV9ZVXlJVWwxbGc5TUM4dw/7519.422.0.3_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx	US	html	514 b	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	GET	200	173.194.150.135:80	http://r1---sn-f5f7ln7s.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOWVmQUFXS041NV9ZVXlJVWwxbGc5TUM4dw/7519.422.0.3_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx?cms_redirect=yes&mip=212.7.222.142&mm=28&mn=sn-f5f7ln7s&ms=nvh&mt=1568176098&mv=m&mvi=0&pl=23&shardbypass=yes	US	crx	862 Kb	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	GET	200	143.204.10.192:80	http://x.ss2.us/x.cer	US	der	1.27 Kb	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
2880	chrome.exe	104.20.42.222:443	www.myfreedomsmokes.com	Cloudflare Inc	US	shared
2880	chrome.exe	172.217.21.195:443	fonts.gstatic.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	216.58.208.42:443	fonts.googleapis.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	172.217.18.4:443	www.google.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	104.111.219.40:443	chimpstatic.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	172.217.16.163:443	clientservices.googleapis.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	95.100.73.233:443	ws.sharethis.com	Akamai Technologies, Inc.	—	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	104.20.182.9:443	cdn.inspectlet.com	Cloudflare Inc	US	shared
2880	chrome.exe	172.217.23.141:443	accounts.google.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
2880	chrome.exe	209.197.3.15:443	maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com	Highwinds Network Group, Inc.	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
clientservices.googleapis.com	172.217.16.163	whitelisted
www.myfreedomsmokes.com	104.20.42.222 104.20.43.222	unknown
accounts.google.com	172.217.23.141	shared
www.google.com	172.217.18.4	whitelisted
chimpstatic.com	104.111.219.40	whitelisted
maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com	209.197.3.15	whitelisted
fonts.googleapis.com	216.58.208.42	whitelisted
fonts.gstatic.com	172.217.21.195	whitelisted
ws.sharethis.com	95.100.73.233	shared
cdn.inspectlet.com	104.20.182.9 104.20.183.9	whitelisted

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General Info

https://www.myfreedomsmokes.com/blog/9-useless-techie-gadgets-muppet-ding-a-lings-are-using-now/

E037BD0A410F916D780AEFECF5DAAFBC

921408B7E116B69FB52EA2777FFCEBC45462AFDF

72761D8031EB2264D6D2E69AE7BACFB106BD6BA7B374F25ACBAC831C55C0370C

3:N8DSL9AD7OhrE0HoRyR8KCj5QT4:2OL0ux3CjOk

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