| URL: | https://www.howtogeek.com/57552/the-10-most-ridiculously-awesome-geeky-computer-pranks/ |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/603dab05-bbe0-41cf-a593-a853b20be549 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | January 24, 2022, 19:13:29 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MD5: | 7FF4A47779CC30B612918728B69A062D |
| SHA1: | EAACE2BA7CFAA27078EC77C134247B3921ECEF4D |
| SHA256: | 976BD104C166CDFC0D18069C084D25F92F6288E207F68C7745CE4A4D40793F52 |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8DSL/sClOZXFXHIJ3Wq+S5hfOcIdoQRA4Uo:2OL/jUHHEv+AnQRxUo |
MALICIOUS
Connects to CnC server
- chrome.exe (PID: 3976)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.INFO
Application launched itself
- chrome.exe (PID: 3720)
Checks supported languages
- chrome.exe (PID: 3756)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2708)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3720)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2648)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3632)
- chrome.exe (PID: 548)
- chrome.exe (PID: 432)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2276)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3976)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2096)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3996)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2232)
- chrome.exe (PID: 892)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2580)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2704)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3036)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2956)
- chrome.exe (PID: 4056)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2292)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2792)
- chrome.exe (PID: 440)
- chrome.exe (PID: 1056)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3488)
- chrome.exe (PID: 1660)
- chrome.exe (PID: 1208)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2692)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3016)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2684)
- chrome.exe (PID: 892)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2440)
- chrome.exe (PID: 1284)
- chrome.exe (PID: 4084)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2508)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2640)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2260)
- chrome.exe (PID: 576)
- chrome.exe (PID: 300)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2332)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2316)
Reads the hosts file
- chrome.exe (PID: 3976)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3720)
Reads the computer name
- chrome.exe (PID: 3720)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3976)
- chrome.exe (PID: 3632)
- chrome.exe (PID: 432)
- chrome.exe (PID: 2316)
Reads settings of System Certificates
- chrome.exe (PID: 3976)
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Total processes
73
Monitored processes
39
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 300 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=37 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3956 /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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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| 432 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=MAAAAAAAAADgACAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAQAAAAgAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAABQAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAYAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1036 /prefetch:2 | 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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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| 440 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=14 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3548 /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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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| 548 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2916 /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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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| 576 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=33 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5296 /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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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| 892 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=12 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1888 /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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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| 892 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=27 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3200 /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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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| 1056 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=24 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3952 /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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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| 1208 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=22 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4204 /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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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| 1284 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1044,6331452884027909763,2271932323004051170,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=30 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4804 /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: 86.0.4240.198 Modules
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Total events
18 186
Read events
18 102
Write events
84
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: 01000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | dr |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UsageStatsInSample |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | usagestats |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | metricsid |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3720) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | metricsid_installdate |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
14
Text files
49
Unknown types
1
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3720 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\BrowserMetrics-61EEFA5C-E88.pma | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3720 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\26baffd4-2b9c-48e3-b2eb-4f33c1ef935a.tmp | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3720 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3720 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:5BD3C311F2136A7A88D3E197E55CF902 | SHA256:FA331915E1797E59979A3E4BCC2BD0D3DEAA039B94D4DB992BE251FD02A224B9 | |||
| 3756 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\CrashpadMetrics.pma | binary | |
MD5:03C4F648043A88675A920425D824E1B3 | SHA256:F91DBB7C64B4582F529C968C480D2DCE1C8727390482F31E4355A27BB3D9B450 | |||
| 3720 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Last Version | text | |
MD5:00046F773EFDD3C8F8F6D0F87A2B93DC | SHA256:593EDE11D17AF7F016828068BCA2E93CF240417563FB06DC8A579110AEF81731 | |||
| 3720 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat | binary | |
MD5:9C016064A1F864C8140915D77CF3389A | SHA256:0E7265D4A8C16223538EDD8CD620B8820611C74538E420A88E333BE7F62AC787 | |||
| 3720 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old~RF12c5f8.TMP | text | |
MD5:936EB7280DA791E6DD28EF3A9B46D39C | SHA256:CBAF2AFD831B32F6D1C12337EE5D2F090D6AE1F4DCB40B08BEF49BF52AD9721F | |||
| 3720 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF12c5f8.TMP | text | |
MD5:81F483F77EE490F35306A4F94DB2286B | SHA256:82434CE3C9D13F509EBEEBE3A7A1A1DE9AB4557629D9FC855761E0CFA45E8BCE | |||
| 3720 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF12c5f8.TMP | text | |
MD5:64AD8ED3E666540337BA541C549F72F7 | SHA256:BECBDB08B5B37D203A85F2E974407334053BB1D2270F0B3C9A4DB963896F2206 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
186
DNS requests
118
Threats
2
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3976 | chrome.exe | GET | 200 | 23.32.238.219:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?d86d4327a1a9f1dd | US | compressed | 59.9 Kb | whitelisted |
3976 | chrome.exe | GET | 200 | 23.32.238.219:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?77c135443b09f56a | US | compressed | 59.9 Kb | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3976 | chrome.exe | 142.250.186.35:443 | fonts.gstatic.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
3976 | chrome.exe | 142.250.185.138:443 | fonts.googleapis.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
3976 | chrome.exe | 185.60.216.19:443 | connect.facebook.net | Facebook, Inc. | IE | whitelisted |
3976 | chrome.exe | 142.250.186.46:443 | clients2.google.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
3976 | chrome.exe | 151.101.2.49:443 | www.howtogeek.com | Fastly | US | malicious |
3976 | chrome.exe | 142.250.185.237:443 | accounts.google.com | Google Inc. | US | suspicious |
3976 | chrome.exe | 72.247.225.215:443 | widgets.outbrain.com | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | US | whitelisted |
3976 | chrome.exe | 142.250.185.136:443 | www.googletagmanager.com | Google Inc. | US | suspicious |
3976 | chrome.exe | 151.139.128.11:443 | ads.servebom.com | Highwinds Network Group, Inc. | US | malicious |
3976 | chrome.exe | 23.32.238.219:80 | ctldl.windowsupdate.com | XO Communications | US | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
clients2.google.com |
| whitelisted |
accounts.google.com |
| shared |
www.howtogeek.com |
| whitelisted |
connect.facebook.net |
| whitelisted |
fonts.gstatic.com |
| whitelisted |
widgets.outbrain.com |
| whitelisted |
www.googletagmanager.com |
| whitelisted |
ads.servebom.com |
| whitelisted |
ctldl.windowsupdate.com |
| whitelisted |
secure.quantserve.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3976 | chrome.exe | Misc Attack | ET Threatview.io High Confidence Cobalt Strike C2 IP group 1 |
3976 | chrome.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO TLS Handshake Failure |