URL:

https://cointelegraph.com

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/090caf76-28ed-4cb6-844c-2ccbb7e04f82
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 15, 2019, 12:18:30
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

F32DDA384D28B856CA19EA60E56813CF

SHA1:

6636C6163A0752A6EEF4FDA9DF10229996E8D93E

SHA256:

D65BE7BF21A757DEB3EBF49AD1225DA83D1A09836A05879CD3DE18BB145151F1

SSDEEP:

3:N8XKsnXcLK:2BXc2

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Modifies files in Chrome extension folder

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2524)

  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2524)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
51
Monitored processes
21
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
752"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=972,16757165573614761929,13464838209277135556,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --service-pipe-token=18302979589496425780 --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=18302979589496425780 --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1992 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
1812"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=73.0.3683.75 --initial-client-data=0x7c,0x80,0x84,0x78,0x88,0x6fa10f18,0x6fa10f28,0x6fa10f34C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
2088"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=972,16757165573614761929,13464838209277135556,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=6042035915084874151 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3664 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
2120"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=972,16757165573614761929,13464838209277135556,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --service-request-channel-token=11703469360708915631 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3856 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
2192"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=972,16757165573614761929,13464838209277135556,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=network --service-request-channel-token=13333574489058329730 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1528 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
2308"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=972,16757165573614761929,13464838209277135556,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --service-pipe-token=3771268817573407117 --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=3771268817573407117 --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2044 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
2372"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=972,16757165573614761929,13464838209277135556,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --service-pipe-token=9144938379507872592 --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=9144938379507872592 --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3332 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
2480"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=972,16757165573614761929,13464838209277135556,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --service-pipe-token=8210696257984961878 --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=8210696257984961878 --renderer-client-id=17 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4088 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
2492"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=972,16757165573614761929,13464838209277135556,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-sandbox --use-gl=disabled --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAACAAwAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=12160660503083008456 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3680 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
2512"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=972,16757165573614761929,13464838209277135556,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --service-pipe-token=14756793149563601396 --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=14756793149563601396 --renderer-client-id=16 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2768 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google Inc.
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
73.0.3683.75
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\73.0.3683.75\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
597
Read events
491
Write events
101
Delete events
5

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2524) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2524) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(2524) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(2524) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(2524) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2652) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:writeName:2524-13199804325209000
Value:
259
(PID) Process:(2524) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2524) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2524) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:3488-13197474229333984
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2524) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
42
Text files
149
Unknown types
14

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\index —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_0 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_1 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_2 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache\GPUCache\data_3 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\a736f6b4-4a34-4361-bbdc-ab43e203ff8b.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000018.dbtmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache\index —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache\data_0 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2524chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache\data_1 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
44
DNS requests
31
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2192
chrome.exe
GET
200
172.217.133.70:80
http://r1---sn-f5f7lne6.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvMjJlQUFXRC12Ny1ldUFnMXF3SDlXZDlFZw/7319.128.0.1_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx?cms_redirect=yes&mip=62.212.86.130&mm=28&mn=sn-f5f7lne6&ms=nvh&mt=1555330646&mv=m&pl=27&shardbypass=yes
US
crx
842 Kb
whitelisted
2192
chrome.exe
GET
200
8.253.95.249:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
55.6 Kb
whitelisted
2192
chrome.exe
GET
302
172.217.21.238:80
http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvMjJlQUFXRC12Ny1ldUFnMXF3SDlXZDlFZw/7319.128.0.1_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx
US
html
504 b
whitelisted
2192
chrome.exe
GET
200
13.35.254.34:80
http://x.ss2.us/x.cer
US
der
1.27 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
—
—
104.20.65.243:443
cointelegraph.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
—
—
216.58.207.45:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2192
chrome.exe
216.58.208.40:443
www.googletagmanager.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2192
chrome.exe
157.240.1.23:443
connect.facebook.net
Facebook, Inc.
US
whitelisted
2192
chrome.exe
185.59.220.11:443
cdn.sendpulse.com
Datacamp Limited
DE
suspicious
2192
chrome.exe
104.20.65.243:443
cointelegraph.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
—
—
216.58.207.78:443
www.google-analytics.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2192
chrome.exe
172.217.16.142:443
clients1.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2192
chrome.exe
13.35.253.113:443
certify-js.alexametrics.com
—
US
suspicious
—
—
216.58.207.67:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
cointelegraph.com
  • 104.20.65.243
  • 104.20.66.243
whitelisted
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 216.58.207.67
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 216.58.207.45
shared
www.googletagmanager.com
  • 216.58.208.40
whitelisted
cdn.sendpulse.com
  • 185.59.220.11
whitelisted
s3.cointelegraph.com
  • 104.20.66.243
  • 104.20.65.243
unknown
images.cointelegraph.com
  • 104.20.65.243
  • 104.20.66.243
malicious
connect.facebook.net
  • 157.240.1.23
whitelisted
ticker.cointelegraph.com
  • 51.159.17.100
  • 51.159.17.99
unknown
clients1.google.com
  • 172.217.16.142
whitelisted

Threats

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