URL:

https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/less-basic/

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/55f88c32-c55c-48b1-a181-c983642e7312
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: December 02, 2019, 20:16:17
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

1D73E39B6C73294CE3BF87555E6C81DC

SHA1:

6BBD4E38D4444B2181EFB8490EE7B51103F16317

SHA256:

CEECE789026DF2266A1223A88ACF4D323B25023EC81F42E7523AAE5ED33B0BE1

SSDEEP:

3:N8DSLmCjs3LS6IHvKn:2OLy3L9hn

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Modifies files in Chrome extension folder

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2852)

  • INFO

    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2852)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3552)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2852)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
62
Monitored processes
27
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
748"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=988,14608090420685579884,11531731544707434621,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=10105638791007001451 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4668 --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
1328"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=988,14608090420685579884,11531731544707434621,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=12212182848895360824 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3780 --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
1416"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=988,14608090420685579884,11531731544707434621,131072 --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=16663694291450193733 --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3528 /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
1744"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=watcher --main-thread-id=2732 --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
1944"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=988,14608090420685579884,11531731544707434621,131072 --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=1042160458367644370 --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2476 /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
2340"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=988,14608090420685579884,11531731544707434621,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=10586604858922514673 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4388 --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
2508"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,0x80,0x84,0x78,0x88,0x712aa9d0,0x712aa9e0,0x712aa9ecC:\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
2532"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=988,14608090420685579884,11531731544707434621,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=13875381268500329675 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4336 --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
2604"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=988,14608090420685579884,11531731544707434621,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=7673066770369135183 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4280 --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
2852"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/less-basic/"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
Total events
615
Read events
519
Write events
91
Delete events
5

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:(1744) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:writeName:2852-13219791393429750
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_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:1512-13197841398593750
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2852) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
81
Text files
237
Unknown types
12

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\35c058da-4b2e-4c42-8195-043bcbdf7970.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.old~RF38e186.TMPtext
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\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2852chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF38e1a5.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\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
61
DNS requests
35
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
3552
chrome.exe
GET
302
172.217.22.14:80
http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOTRmQUFXVHlhaGJaUTdMLWtCSkNJUl9ZQQ/1.0.0.5_nmmhkkegccagdldgiimedpiccmgmieda.crx
US
html
517 b
whitelisted
3552
chrome.exe
GET
302
172.217.22.14:80
http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOWVmQUFXS041NV9ZVXlJVWwxbGc5TUM4dw/7519.422.0.3_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx
US
html
522 b
whitelisted
3552
chrome.exe
GET
200
159.148.69.142:80
http://r3---sn-a5uoxu-gpme.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOWVmQUFXS041NV9ZVXlJVWwxbGc5TUM4dw/7519.422.0.3_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx?cms_redirect=yes&mip=159.148.186.246&mm=28&mn=sn-a5uoxu-gpme&ms=nvh&mt=1575317722&mv=m&mvi=2&pl=24&shardbypass=yes
LV
crx
862 Kb
whitelisted
3552
chrome.exe
GET
200
159.148.69.143:80
http://r4---sn-a5uoxu-gpme.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOTRmQUFXVHlhaGJaUTdMLWtCSkNJUl9ZQQ/1.0.0.5_nmmhkkegccagdldgiimedpiccmgmieda.crx?cms_redirect=yes&mip=159.148.186.246&mm=28&mn=sn-a5uoxu-gpme&ms=nvh&mt=1575317722&mv=m&mvi=3&pl=24&shardbypass=yes
LV
crx
293 Kb
whitelisted
3552
chrome.exe
GET
200
95.101.72.130:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
unknown
compressed
57.4 Kb
whitelisted
3552
chrome.exe
GET
200
13.35.254.54:80
http://x.ss2.us/x.cer
US
der
1.27 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3552
chrome.exe
172.217.22.110:443
clients1.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3552
chrome.exe
216.58.206.3:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3552
chrome.exe
134.209.54.118:443
www.hongkiat.com
—
US
unknown
3552
chrome.exe
108.161.188.196:443
assets.hongkiat.com
netDNA
US
unknown
—
—
104.17.64.4:443
cdnjs.cloudflare.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
unknown
3552
chrome.exe
172.217.18.2:443
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3552
chrome.exe
192.0.76.3:443
stats.wp.com
Automattic, Inc
US
suspicious
3552
chrome.exe
54.172.220.77:443
k.intellitxt.com
Amazon.com, Inc.
US
unknown
3552
chrome.exe
172.217.16.142:443
www.google-analytics.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3552
chrome.exe
216.58.207.34:443
adservice.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 216.58.206.3
whitelisted
www.hongkiat.com
  • 134.209.54.118
unknown
accounts.google.com
  • 216.58.210.13
shared
assets.hongkiat.com
  • 108.161.188.196
suspicious
cdnjs.cloudflare.com
  • 104.17.64.4
  • 104.17.65.4
whitelisted
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
  • 172.217.18.2
whitelisted
s.w.org
  • 192.0.77.48
whitelisted
stats.wp.com
  • 192.0.76.3
whitelisted
www.google-analytics.com
  • 172.217.16.142
whitelisted
k.intellitxt.com
  • 54.172.220.77
  • 52.201.97.1
unknown

Threats

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