URL:

http://www.publishyourarticles.net/eng/articles2/17-sample-thank-you-letters/2370/

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/01c0dad3-79c8-4eb9-bb86-4e3c8abe2225
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: July 17, 2019, 18:38:45
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
coinhive
Indicators:
MD5:

DC0686ABEE2E08E1DA523EF99DB16237

SHA1:

996842DF7CFD8D1E5ECEA4418848260B408C2594

SHA256:

900D86FF9C9F73883CCA054F6ADAE7B4390AD99E32EC3FB9913DBD1A27C9AA57

SSDEEP:

3:N1KJS4oXN7QUX9OWLoK5UWXKBVOsE6esn:Cc4oVQOPtPajOs1n

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Modifies files in Chrome extension folder

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2852)

  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2852)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
59
Monitored processes
25
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2376"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1008,12717636838640539817,3254038261945981471,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgAAAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=3643443762752492718 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1016 --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
2380"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=1008,12717636838640539817,3254038261945981471,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=1305452040917293824 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4076 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\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
2404"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=1008,12717636838640539817,3254038261945981471,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=3708639577380673811 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4448 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\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
2624"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1008,12717636838640539817,3254038261945981471,131072 --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=12299212610825744479 --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2440 /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
2668"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=1008,12717636838640539817,3254038261945981471,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=network --service-request-channel-token=9349927527751443056 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1616 /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
2672"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=1008,12717636838640539817,3254038261945981471,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=18350091697413065453 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4116 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\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
2708"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1008,12717636838640539817,3254038261945981471,131072 --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=17799766873978466117 --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2172 /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
2792"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=watcher --main-thread-id=2856 --on-initialized-event-handle=312 --parent-handle=316 /prefetch:6C:\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
2852"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "http://www.publishyourarticles.net/eng/articles2/17-sample-thank-you-letters/2370/"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
2860"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1008,12717636838640539817,3254038261945981471,131072 --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=12393344735228562816 --renderer-client-id=11 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3124 /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
Total events
614
Read events
538
Write events
72
Delete events
4

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2792) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:writeName:2852-13207862336379000
Value:
259
(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:1512-13197841398593750
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
79
Text files
135
Unknown types
8

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\7fd6bd0a-fdb2-457a-80c2-14302f431746.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000020.dbtmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Session Storage\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.old~RF10dd33.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_1 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF10dcb6.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
102
TCP/UDP connections
105
DNS requests
78
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
104.25.130.103:80
http://www.publishyourarticles.net/wp-content/themes/canvas/css/layout.css
US
text
2.74 Kb
malicious
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
104.25.130.103:80
http://www.publishyourarticles.net/eng/articles2/17-sample-thank-you-letters/2370/
US
html
15.4 Kb
malicious
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
216.58.210.10:80
http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=PT+Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%7CBree+Serif%3Aregular
US
text
702 b
whitelisted
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
104.25.130.103:80
http://www.publishyourarticles.net/wp-content/themes/canvas/includes/js/general.js
US
text
1.24 Kb
malicious
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
172.217.18.98:80
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js
US
text
33.4 Kb
whitelisted
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
151.139.237.32:80
http://cdn.publishyourarticles.net/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/css/styles.css
US
text
729 b
malicious
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
104.25.129.103:80
http://www.publishyourarticles.net/wp-content/themes/canvas/custom.css
US
text
363 b
malicious
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
151.139.237.32:80
http://cdn.publishyourarticles.net/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css
US
text
5.07 Kb
malicious
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
151.139.237.32:80
http://cdn.publishyourarticles.net/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js
US
text
4.21 Kb
malicious
2668
chrome.exe
GET
200
104.25.130.103:80
http://www.publishyourarticles.net/wp-content/themes/canvas/includes/js/third-party.js
US
html
1.29 Kb
malicious
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2668
chrome.exe
172.217.22.35:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2668
chrome.exe
104.25.129.103:80
www.publishyourarticles.net
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
2668
chrome.exe
216.58.205.237:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2668
chrome.exe
172.217.22.67:443
ssl.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2668
chrome.exe
151.139.237.32:80
cdn.publishyourarticles.net
netDNA
US
malicious
2668
chrome.exe
216.58.207.36:443
www.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2668
chrome.exe
172.217.18.98:80
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2668
chrome.exe
13.225.78.82:443
assets.convertkit.com
—
US
suspicious
2668
chrome.exe
216.58.208.35:80
fonts.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
—
—
216.58.210.10:80
fonts.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
www.publishyourarticles.net
  • 104.25.129.103
  • 104.25.130.103
malicious
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.22.35
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 216.58.205.237
shared
www.google.com
  • 216.58.207.36
malicious
ssl.gstatic.com
  • 172.217.22.67
whitelisted
cdn.publishyourarticles.net
  • 151.139.237.32
malicious
fonts.googleapis.com
  • 216.58.210.10
whitelisted
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
  • 172.217.18.98
whitelisted
s.w.org
  • 192.0.77.48
whitelisted
fonts.gstatic.com
  • 216.58.208.35
whitelisted

Threats

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