URL:

http://psiphon.ca/psiphon3.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/cb7a64f9-a70a-4b06-b504-a9c3f3f4bd0a
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: December 13, 2019, 04:23:49
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

75CDA1F113B3425D76AFDE534CA0F9CD

SHA1:

149A295BA7D5AA27EEBDE03235ECD6748EC84DBE

SHA256:

CF07ECE9037E4AAF467353A722118151EAEEC1E2FDF90E48FB0E07A789B05E21

SSDEEP:

3:N1KOWTLLGE5TLWJ:COiK

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • psiphon3.exe (PID: 2584)
      • psiphon-tunnel-core.exe (PID: 2528)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2344)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 940)
      • psiphon3.exe (PID: 2584)

    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • psiphon3.exe (PID: 2584)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • psiphon3.exe (PID: 2584)
      • psiphon-tunnel-core.exe (PID: 2528)

    • Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library

      • psiphon3.exe (PID: 2584)

    • Starts Internet Explorer

      • psiphon3.exe (PID: 2584)

    • Reads Internet Cache Settings

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 4048)

    • Executed via COM

      • FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_ActiveX.exe (PID: 1012)

  • INFO

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • chrome.exe (PID: 940)
      • psiphon3.exe (PID: 2584)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2344)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2212)

    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2344)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 940)

    • Reads Internet Cache Settings

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2344)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 520)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2212)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2328)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2344)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 520)
      • FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_ActiveX.exe (PID: 1012)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2212)

    • Changes internet zones settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2212)

    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2328)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 520)

    • Adds / modifies Windows certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2212)

    • Changes settings of System certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2212)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
62
Monitored processes
25
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
520"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2212 CREDAT:71937C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
940"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=976,13416614334045684520,13612229431221486800,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=network --service-request-channel-token=3159955876057093183 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1612 /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\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1012C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_ActiveX.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_ActiveX.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 26.0 r0
Exit code:
0
Version:
26,0,0,131
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\macromed\flash\flashutil32_26_0_0_131_activex.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
1212"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=976,13416614334045684520,13612229431221486800,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --no-sandbox --service-request-channel-token=6228859379232935076 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1796 /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
1560"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=976,13416614334045684520,13612229431221486800,131072 --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=1521469695186317414 --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2392 /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
1768"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=976,13416614334045684520,13612229431221486800,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --instant-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=12271653365228453764 --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4132 /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
2208"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=976,13416614334045684520,13612229431221486800,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=2096236628989245718 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4412 --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
2212"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://ipfounder.net/?sponsor_id=1BC527D3D09985CF&sponsor=psiphon&client_region=IT&client_platform=windows&secret=580EfjEI29xL3hoyU6dgP4vSEVxdcGI7JDFkxgjds7PHulSEF0wmORpvzbqxyTwYtpowsY4xMFnfWEnTghe6l8jiV9K5QSZoir2i6fDeKJD6EhL6DkoYTEMu2EE9YJvy3LdCUZ7ncdVC6ipgWx06wznvDLbY1ajfcfRGCpfsQJei2q6tb0GSFh1QK3x3qXKwyjmNPc5J&psireason=connect#!psicash=eyJtZXRhZGF0YSI6eyJjbGllbnRfcmVnaW9uIjoiSVQiLCJjbGllbnRfdmVyc2lvbiI6IjE1MSIsInByb3BhZ2F0aW9uX2NoYW5uZWxfaWQiOiI5MkFBQ0M1QkFCRTA5NDRDIiwic3BvbnNvcl9pZCI6IjFCQzUyN0QzRDA5OTg1Q0YiLCJ1c2VyX2FnZW50IjoiUHNpcGhvbi1Qc2lDYXNoLVdpbmRvd3MifSwidG9rZW5zIjpudWxsLCJ2IjoxfQC:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
psiphon3.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2328"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2212 CREDAT:71938C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2344"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "http://psiphon.ca/psiphon3.exe"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
1 932
Read events
1 681
Write events
243
Delete events
8

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2364) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:writeName:2344-13220684645111125
Value:
259
(PID) Process:(2344) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2344) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(2344) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(2344) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(2344) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2344) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2344) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2344) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:1512-13197841398593750
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2344) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
Executable files
4
Suspicious files
67
Text files
152
Unknown types
15

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ff233861-04f5-4581-b209-9505c349b259.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000020.dbtmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF39aa06.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF39a9f6.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_1 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.old~RF39aa35.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
33
DNS requests
16
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
940
chrome.exe
GET
301
104.18.88.225:80
http://psiphon.ca/psiphon3.exe
US
—
—
whitelisted
940
chrome.exe
GET
302
216.239.32.21:80
http://virustotal.com/
US
—
—
whitelisted
2528
psiphon-tunnel-core.exe
POST
—
151.101.0.249:80
http://www.reelnadogs.com/
US
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
940
chrome.exe
172.217.18.99:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
940
chrome.exe
104.18.88.225:80
psiphon.ca
Cloudflare Inc
US
unknown
940
chrome.exe
104.18.88.225:443
psiphon.ca
Cloudflare Inc
US
unknown
940
chrome.exe
172.217.16.164:443
www.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
—
—
216.58.207.46:443
sb-ssl.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
940
chrome.exe
216.58.207.77:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
940
chrome.exe
172.217.23.138:443
fonts.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
940
chrome.exe
172.217.22.35:443
www.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
940
chrome.exe
172.217.22.3:443
fonts.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
940
chrome.exe
172.217.22.46:443
ogs.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
psiphon.ca
  • 104.18.88.225
  • 104.18.87.225
whitelisted
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.18.99
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 216.58.207.77
shared
www.google.com
  • 172.217.16.164
malicious
sb-ssl.google.com
  • 216.58.207.46
whitelisted
fonts.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.23.138
whitelisted
www.gstatic.com
  • 172.217.22.35
whitelisted
fonts.gstatic.com
  • 172.217.22.3
whitelisted
apis.google.com
  • 216.58.206.14
whitelisted
ogs.google.com
  • 172.217.22.46
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
psiphon3.exe
Psiphon Tunnel connecting...
psiphon3.exe
Client Version: 151
psiphon3.exe
2019-12-13T04:24:40.590Z:
psiphon3.exe
psiphon3.exe
psiphon3.exe
2019-12-13T04:24:40.590Z:
psiphon3.exe
{"data":{"data":{"message":"NetworkLatencyMultiplier Min/Max/Lambda: 1.000000/3.000000/2.000000"},"noticeType":"Info","showUser":false,"timestamp":"2019-12-13T04:24:40.845Z"},"msg":"CoreNotice","timestamp!!timestamp":"2019-12-13T04:24:40.907Z"}
psiphon3.exe
{"data":{"data":{"message":"applied [11] parameters with tag ''"},"noticeType":"Info","showUser":false,"timestamp":"2019-12-13T04:24:40.845Z"},"msg":"CoreNotice","timestamp!!timestamp":"2019-12-13T04:24:40.907Z"}
psiphon3.exe
psiphon3.exe
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