| File name: | news.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/3513b102-ed54-4d23-8888-15a8a5387add |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | January 10, 2025, 19:39:00 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 6 sections |
| MD5: | 37FCC1898FD2C1468FEF8B616D2E4D56 |
| SHA1: | 2CB2BD61BB050DD87675543076A9F5693DDECB95 |
| SHA256: | 95F89677AC06E21B3FB760233E4A8CAF5A49CAD663BB9A4944A904DFA3DEBDAB |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:Tcd/Psygj98WVeIg8S3q7t/bJQ1knyuI7UJDZ2pli9TZIATPSkO2CGi2pYmJNHaV:0UETy96r0gg |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- news.exe (PID: 6632)
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
The process drops C-runtime libraries
- news.exe (PID: 6632)
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- news.exe (PID: 6632)
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
Process drops python dynamic module
- news.exe (PID: 6632)
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
Application launched itself
- news.exe (PID: 6632)
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
Loads Python modules
- news.exe (PID: 6704)
- news.exe (PID: 4540)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- news.exe (PID: 6632)
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
Checks supported languages
- news.exe (PID: 6632)
- news.exe (PID: 6704)
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
- news.exe (PID: 4540)
The sample compiled with english language support
- news.exe (PID: 6632)
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
Create files in a temporary directory
- news.exe (PID: 6632)
- news.exe (PID: 6704)
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
Manual execution by a user
- news.exe (PID: 5728)
- notepad.exe (PID: 1760)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- notepad.exe (PID: 1760)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (6.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | AMD AMD64 |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:01:10 18:10:42+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, Large address aware |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.41 |
| CodeSize: | 176640 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 152576 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xc380 |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows command line |
Total processes
143
Monitored processes
9
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
2
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1760 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\info.txt | C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4540 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\news.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\news.exe | — | news.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 5540 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | news.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5728 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\news.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\news.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 6592 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | UCPDMgr.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6632 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\news.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\news.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 6640 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | news.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6704 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\news.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\news.exe | — | news.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 6732 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\UCPDMgr.exe" | C:\Windows\System32\UCPDMgr.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: User Choice Protection Manager Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.414301 Modules
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Total events
584
Read events
584
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
24
Suspicious files
2
Text files
0
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6632 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI66322\_bz2.pyd | executable | |
MD5:C17DCB7FC227601471A641EC90E6237F | SHA256:55894B2B98D01F37B9A8CF4DAF926D0161FF23C2FB31C56F9DBBAC3A61932712 | |||
| 6632 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI66322\_lzma.pyd | executable | |
MD5:66A9028EFD1BB12047DAFCE391FD6198 | SHA256:E44DEA262A24DF69FD9B50B08D09AE6F8B051137CE0834640C977091A6F9FCA8 | |||
| 6632 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI66322\_ssl.pyd | executable | |
MD5:CF541CC288AC0BEC9B682A2E0011D1FF | SHA256:E94F0195363C5C9BABFC4C17EC6FB1AA8BBABF59E377DB66CE6A79C4C58BBD07 | |||
| 6632 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI66322\_hashlib.pyd | executable | |
MD5:422E214CA76421E794B99F99A374B077 | SHA256:78223AEF72777EFC93C739F5308A3FC5DE28B7D10E6975B8947552A62592772B | |||
| 6632 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI66322\select.pyd | executable | |
MD5:62FE3761D24B53D98CC9B0CBBD0FEB7C | SHA256:81F124B01A85882E362A42E94A13C0EFF2F4CCD72D461821DC5457A789554413 | |||
| 6632 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI66322\libssl-3.dll | executable | |
MD5:4FF168AAA6A1D68E7957175C8513F3A2 | SHA256:2E4D35B681A172D3298CAF7DC670451BE7A8BA27C26446EFC67470742497A950 | |||
| 6632 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI66322\python313.dll | executable | |
MD5:3AAD23292404A7038EB07CE5A6348256 | SHA256:78B1DD211C0E66A0603DF48DA2C9B67A915AB3258701B9285D3FAA255ED8DC25 | |||
| 6632 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI66322\VCRUNTIME140.dll | executable | |
MD5:862F820C3251E4CA6FC0AC00E4092239 | SHA256:36585912E5EAF83BA9FEA0631534F690CCDC2D7BA91537166FE53E56C221E153 | |||
| 6632 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI66322\_socket.pyd | executable | |
MD5:ABF998769F3CBA685E90FA06E0EC8326 | SHA256:62D0493CED6CA33E2FD8141649DD9889C23B2E9AFC5FDF56EDB4F888C88FB823 | |||
| 5728 | news.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI57282\_ssl.pyd | executable | |
MD5:CF541CC288AC0BEC9B682A2E0011D1FF | SHA256:E94F0195363C5C9BABFC4C17EC6FB1AA8BBABF59E377DB66CE6A79C4C58BBD07 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
48
DNS requests
20
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.16.241.19:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1176 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6304 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6304 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6384 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.23.227.215:443 | www.bing.com | Ooredoo Q.S.C. | QA | whitelisted |
4712 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.16.241.19:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
1176 | svchost.exe | 40.126.32.136:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
1176 | svchost.exe | 192.229.221.95:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | EDGECAST | US | whitelisted |
— | — | 184.28.89.167:443 | go.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
go.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |