| URL: | https://news.readloveshare.com/ga/click/2-26941572-156-48270-95323-597617-1ffd6555d9-8026d5a25c |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/80a0b85c-a5bd-40ea-9087-ba9de665ff4e |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Balada Injector is a long-running malware campaign that targets WordPress websites by exploiting vulnerabilities in plugins and themes. The attackers inject malicious code into compromised sites, leading to unauthorized redirects, data theft, and the creation of [backdoors](https://any.run/malware-trends/backdoor) for persistent access. The campaign operates in waves, with spikes in activity observed every few weeks, continually adapting to exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities. |
| Analysis date: | May 29, 2024, 18:21:43 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MD5: | 48A201CD1BCF27AD0EB540102E5D78D0 |
| SHA1: | 9856109956ACC6C83A1B808A8EA94A0EA2836531 |
| SHA256: | B2A3A19249632032AC78DE6F9BC3840F603ADCB82F5D69D62A09BF9F946669D7 |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8oLJIzQKyEKGC04gJksIRHQWtc0xl3IXdB:2oLJ0QVvjgJkssjtHkB |
MALICIOUS
BALADA has been detected (SURICATA)
- msedge.exe (PID: 124)
SUSPICIOUS
Contacting a server suspected of hosting an Exploit Kit
- msedge.exe (PID: 124)
INFO
Checks supported languages
- wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1596)
Reads the computer name
- wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1596)
Manual execution by a user
- wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1596)
Drops the executable file immediately after the start
- msedge.exe (PID: 3972)
Application launched itself
- msedge.exe (PID: 3972)
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Total processes
81
Monitored processes
49
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1400 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:3 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | msedge.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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| 188 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=11 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3736 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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| 568 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3828 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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| 728 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --first-renderer-process --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2212 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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| 748 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1260 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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| 764 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2232 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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| 920 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4212 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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| 1008 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2316 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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| 1072 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=47 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6336 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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| 1212 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=10 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3636 --field-trial-handle=1292,i,5675037518379154068,1311549252598336498,131072 /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 109.0.1518.115 Modules
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Total events
7 845
Read events
7 774
Write events
65
Delete events
6
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: 01000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientState\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | dr |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault |
| Operation: | write | Name: | S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000 |
Value: FB3ED51B32782F00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\FirstNotDefault |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000 |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UsageStatsInSample |
Value: 1 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
157
Text files
63
Unknown types
4
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3972 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF10639e.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RF1063dc.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RF1063ec.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old~RF106505.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Last Version | text | |
MD5:61FE7896F9494DCDF53480A325F4FB85 | SHA256:ACFD3CD36E0DFCF1DCB67C7F31F2A5B9BA0815528A0C604D4330DFAA9E683E51 | |||
| 3996 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\CrashpadMetrics.pma | binary | |
MD5:C612E96CBFAC63232FC2062E15600FB1 | SHA256:DB3C05D5EC0B6719A73E7F0BE84BCE9342772DA70567E7CE08CF6573480B38FF | |||
| 3996 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\CrashpadMetrics.pma~RF10573a.TMP | binary | |
MD5:886E82F2CA62ECCCE64601B30592078A | SHA256:E5E13D53601100FF3D6BB71514CBCCC4C73FE9B7EF5E930100E644187B42948E | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
1
TCP/UDP connections
153
DNS requests
186
Threats
10
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
124 | msedge.exe | GET | 200 | 104.18.38.233:80 | http://crt.sectigo.com/SectigoRSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt | unknown | — | — | unknown |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
124 | msedge.exe | 104.21.66.93:443 | news.readloveshare.com | CLOUDFLARENET | — | unknown |
3972 | msedge.exe | 239.255.255.250:1900 | — | — | — | unknown |
124 | msedge.exe | 13.107.42.16:443 | config.edge.skype.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
124 | msedge.exe | 13.107.21.239:443 | edge.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | unknown |
124 | msedge.exe | 104.196.235.110:443 | readloveshare.com | GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM | US | unknown |
124 | msedge.exe | 23.59.169.56:443 | www.bing.com | Akamai International B.V. | US | unknown |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3972 | msedge.exe | 224.0.0.251:5353 | — | — | — | unknown |
124 | msedge.exe | 142.250.186.138:443 | fonts.googleapis.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
124 | msedge.exe | 99.86.4.22:443 | assets.revcontent.com | AMAZON-02 | US | unknown |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
config.edge.skype.com |
| whitelisted |
news.readloveshare.com |
| unknown |
edge.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
readloveshare.com |
| unknown |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
fonts.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
assets.revcontent.com |
| whitelisted |
four.startperfectsolutions.com |
| unknown |
msedgeextensions.sf.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fonts.gstatic.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in DNS Lookup (startperfectsolutions .com) |
— | — | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in DNS Lookup (startperfectsolutions .com) |
— | — | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in DNS Lookup (startperfectsolutions .com) |
— | — | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in TLS SNI (startperfectsolutions .com) |
— | — | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in TLS SNI (startperfectsolutions .com) |
124 | msedge.exe | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in DNS Lookup (specialtaskevents .com) |
124 | msedge.exe | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in DNS Lookup (specialtaskevents .com) |
124 | msedge.exe | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in TLS SNI (specialtaskevents .com) |
124 | msedge.exe | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in DNS Lookup (specialtaskevents .com) |
124 | msedge.exe | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Balada Domain in DNS Lookup (specialtaskevents .com) |