| File name: | Freakonomics_ A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything ( PDFDrive ).pdf |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/fbb85b53-1bf3-4777-ae7a-4bc39b58d260 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | July 06, 2025, 04:15:07 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/pdf |
| File info: | PDF document, version 1.4, 339 page(s) |
| MD5: | 344C4870A80B6CDC48A8D1EFAADFE394 |
| SHA1: | 00A6169B21ACBF481209E7B8D24B79D1873B14CE |
| SHA256: | DBF65F8F4B9431E127EB73FB61E5B0CBE71B3B0F5C8D407281559EC38B3D377D |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:WZNkhNPKPbcXLsitBYlVGKVIFztCF0f/SnYCt+IV3mQyM1S/A4hdCHhiYojW0Nmi:2+hNEbc4d0xm0fKYC8IVcDD+BiYoaGm6 |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- AcroCEF.exe (PID: 7448)
Checks for external IP
- svchost.exe (PID: 2200)
INFO
Application launched itself
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 5980)
- firefox.exe (PID: 8140)
- firefox.exe (PID: 8172)
- AcroCEF.exe (PID: 5924)
An automatically generated document
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 5980)
Manual execution by a user
- firefox.exe (PID: 8172)
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- firefox.exe (PID: 8140)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 8512)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 8512)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
TRiD
| | | Adobe Portable Document Format (100) |
EXIF
| PDFVersion: | 1.4 |
|---|---|
| Linearized: | No |
| PageCount: | 339 |
| Producer: | GPL Ghostscript 8.60 |
| CreateDate: | 2007:11:30 08:57:08Z |
| ModifyDate: | 2007:11:30 08:57:08Z |
XMP
| XMPToolkit: | XMP toolkit 2.9.1-13, framework 1.6 |
|---|---|
| About: | c76ed8e2-d73e-11e7-0000-ea4a934a2676 |
| Producer: | GPL Ghostscript 8.60 |
| ModifyDate: | 2007:11:30 08:57:08Z |
| CreateDate: | 2007:11:30 08:57:08Z |
| CreatorTool: | UnknownApplication |
| DocumentID: | c76ed8e2-d73e-11e7-0000-ea4a934a2676 |
| Format: | application/pdf |
| Title: | Untitled |
Total processes
205
Monitored processes
67
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 424 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2144 --field-trial-handle=1620,i,6761736152031869593,440430784846570111,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | AcroCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 728 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -sandboxingKind 0 -prefsHandle 4608 -prefsLen 44979 -prefMapHandle 4728 -prefMapSize 272997 -ipcHandle 4680 -initialChannelId {d34681b6-c1bf-4ce4-add6-3f6a4f665ceb} -parentPid 8140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.8140" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 6 utility | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 1932 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -sandboxingKind 2 -prefsHandle 4296 -prefsLen 45038 -prefMapHandle 6080 -prefMapSize 272997 -ipcHandle 4124 -initialChannelId {c62cc5f7-0d0a-4a90-a476-2f5794769b7a} -parentPid 8140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.8140" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 15 utility | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 2168 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 7552 -prefsLen 39528 -prefMapHandle 7556 -prefMapSize 272997 -jsInitHandle 7560 -jsInitLen 247456 -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -ipcHandle 7568 -initialChannelId {fe7d59e9-34da-478b-b7a4-563931309726} -parentPid 8140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.8140" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 24 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Exit code: 0 Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 2200 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2228 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3336 -prefsLen 36996 -prefMapHandle 3340 -prefMapSize 272997 -jsInitHandle 3344 -jsInitLen 247456 -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -ipcHandle 3280 -initialChannelId {514d9b3d-270f-4fc4-ad76-446abeb22ccb} -parentPid 8140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.8140" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 3 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 2368 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -prefsHandle 2212 -prefsLen 36520 -prefMapHandle 2216 -prefMapSize 272997 -ipcHandle 2224 -initialChannelId {d619ddee-b917-4774-8cf7-4ce66cf2b2c3} -parentPid 8140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.8140" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 2 socket | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 2808 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 6164 -prefsLen 39478 -prefMapHandle 6236 -prefMapSize 272997 -jsInitHandle 6208 -jsInitLen 247456 -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -ipcHandle 4504 -initialChannelId {4128104d-fb02-4bb1-90bf-c327916098ea} -parentPid 8140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.8140" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 18 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Exit code: 0 Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 3656 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5352 -prefsLen 39068 -prefMapHandle 5356 -prefMapSize 272997 -jsInitHandle 5360 -jsInitLen 247456 -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -ipcHandle 5224 -initialChannelId {d5c6265f-5130-4dfc-bc4e-2448b5503a3b} -parentPid 8140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.8140" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 8 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 4104 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5568 -prefsLen 39231 -prefMapHandle 5944 -prefMapSize 272997 -jsInitHandle 4296 -jsInitLen 247456 -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -ipcHandle 3584 -initialChannelId {ca81d261-19dd-4fac-962f-8e135f69f993} -parentPid 8140 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.8140" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 16 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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Total events
63 092
Read events
62 988
Write events
102
Delete events
2
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (5980) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Mappings\S-1-15-2-2034283098-2252572593-1072577386-2659511007-3245387615-27016815-3920691934 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: Adobe Acrobat Reader Protected Mode | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4832) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ExitSection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bLastExitNormal |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4832) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bSynchronizeOPL |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4832) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | uLastAppLaunchTimeStamp |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4832) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iNumAcrobatLaunches |
Value: 7 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4832) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ToolsSearch |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iSearchHintIndex |
Value: 3 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4832) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | sProductGUID |
Value: 4143524F5F5245534944554500 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4832) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | ProductInfoCache |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4832) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EULAAcceptedForBrowser |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4832) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\DLLInjection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bBlockDLLInjection |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
476
Text files
38
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4832 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\SOPHIA.json | binary | |
MD5:837C1211E392A24D64C670DC10E8DA1B | SHA256:8013AC030684B86D754BBFBAB8A9CEC20CAA4DD9C03022715FF353DC10E14031 | |||
| 4832 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\Files\TESTING | binary | |
MD5:DC84B0D741E5BEAE8070013ADDCC8C28 | SHA256:81FF65EFC4487853BDB4625559E69AB44F19E0F5EFBD6D5B2AF5E3AB267C8E06 | |||
| 4832 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\AdobeFnt23.lst.4832 | binary | |
MD5:366B140BAFC863B7E366AA1E51604759 | SHA256:CBC8B288DBD2C72432081CF33CEF431572A94C7FB89DBCD59973B99E3871814E | |||
| 5924 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old~RF175f66.TMP | text | |
MD5:D012E5B4EB91B61F6E8AE2F8EC3C623E | SHA256:1BDA750084F20306722008016420E1912BA608CA8EFB9C661F7E7EFCF5E89673 | |||
| 5924 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:8412AEEF2309E13FC954061D9BCEFFF4 | SHA256:D062D7B5DF5F3BCB753E97AB5D1DCD9CF62058D9103DA383DBE1F482FC1D4644 | |||
| 5924 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF176002.TMP | text | |
MD5:ED7D8AAE48211E2BFAF557130572C62A | SHA256:A5CF8D8ADC86DCA357396AF7E3A24A116072D5C1E5552EEB76601AE2673DED6E | |||
| 5924 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:EB1590F2607E1CE46DBF6A521F772EA0 | SHA256:4355D9A8A115BA4E41178B456A8A5578846EB1F7EC9509249C2405F758F31731 | |||
| 4832 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SharedDataEvents | binary | |
MD5:380F77F3B654545781A3DB19F75EA199 | SHA256:215664B5937B12210BA2DCC104B527ED4D029B27E2CB44CB42BBD5D47F6F0F96 | |||
| 5924 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old~RF176002.TMP | text | |
MD5:7383516745DEC1E86152192435F92D1F | SHA256:E22D34BBD915EEB277D4F4138D176EACE5577CF035EF7C2C80A4BC4D9B6C0E1D | |||
| 5924 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\4a0e94571d979b3c_0 | binary | |
MD5:FA019836569B83761E72339796012517 | SHA256:E76905930FC0793BB1D05A62021AD0739CCD2BC51936AA571A0F04ACBF2341CD | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
138
TCP/UDP connections
451
DNS requests
810
Threats
11
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.6:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5980 | Acrobat.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAfy81yHqHeveu%2FpR5k1Jb0%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7820 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.181.156:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.181.156:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5328 | SearchApp.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2292 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
8140 | firefox.exe | GET | 200 | 34.107.221.82:80 | http://detectportal.firefox.com/success.txt?ipv4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7820 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.181.156:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
8140 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 142.250.184.195:80 | http://o.pki.goog/s/wr3/k58 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
8140 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 142.250.184.195:80 | http://o.pki.goog/s/wr3/azY | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
3048 | RUXIMICS.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
7172 | AcroCEF.exe | 95.100.184.205:443 | geo2.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | FR | whitelisted |
7172 | AcroCEF.exe | 50.16.47.176:443 | p13n.adobe.io | AMAZON-AES | US | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.216.77.6:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 2.23.181.156:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
geo2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
p13n.adobe.io |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
armmf.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2200 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (whatismyipaddress .com) |
8140 | firefox.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO Known External IP Lookup Service Domain in SNI |
2200 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (whatismyipaddress .com) |
2200 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (whatismyipaddress .com) |
2200 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (whatismyipaddress .com) |
2200 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
2200 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
2200 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Google Tag Manager analytics (googletagmanager .com) |
8140 | firefox.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO Known External IP Lookup Service Domain in SNI |
2200 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (whatismyipaddress .com) |