URL:

http://pitchfork.com

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/121c7458-2ac6-45ef-97f7-1db273d4e461
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: January 25, 2022, 02:11:38
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

43FC6D976C020AE60A2905B35D0F14EF

SHA1:

5740F09856495D07F0A75C57D0EEFD8EB2798B05

SHA256:

FCDC9BC22487ED27FB7CABDA4F801572E0B6498804568ED573E05004E4C88B61

SSDEEP:

3:N1KOMR3rn:COAr

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Connects to CnC server

      • chrome.exe (PID: 3560)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.
  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2208)
    • Checks supported languages

      • chrome.exe (PID: 3344)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2072)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2208)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3560)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2364)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 1072)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3812)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3200)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2164)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2984)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 420)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2784)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 1752)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 1584)
    • Reads the computer name

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2208)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2072)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3560)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3200)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2164)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2984)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 420)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3812)
    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2208)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3560)
    • Reads the date of Windows installation

      • chrome.exe (PID: 420)
    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • chrome.exe (PID: 3560)
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
48
Monitored processes
14
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
420"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --field-trial-handle=1052,8965102213299568019,9844806936835758437,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=964 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-shell32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
1072"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1052,8965102213299568019,9844806936835758437,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1852 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-shell32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
1584"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1052,8965102213299568019,9844806936835758437,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=10 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2552 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-shell32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
1752"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1052,8965102213299568019,9844806936835758437,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2704 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-shell32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
2072"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1052,8965102213299568019,9844806936835758437,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=MAAAAAAAAADgACAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAQAAAAgAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAABQAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAYAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1048 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-shell32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2164"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --field-trial-handle=1052,8965102213299568019,9844806936835758437,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3784 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-shell32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
2208"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disk-cache-dir=null --disk-cache-size=1 --media-cache-size=1 --disable-gpu-shader-disk-cache --disable-background-networking "http://pitchfork.com"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:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\winmm.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
2364"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1052,8965102213299568019,9844806936835758437,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1864 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-shell32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2784"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1052,8965102213299568019,9844806936835758437,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --extension-process --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2152 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
2984"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --field-trial-handle=1052,8965102213299568019,9844806936835758437,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3632 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exechrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
86.0.4240.198
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\86.0.4240.198\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-shell32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
Total events
13 992
Read events
13 922
Write events
70
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:metricsid
Value:
(PID) Process:(2208) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:metricsid_installdate
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
22
Text files
64
Unknown types
1

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2208chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\BrowserMetrics-61EF5C5D-8A0.pma
MD5:
SHA256:
2208chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\d6d944c5-fe2e-4063-8003-ca01950c6f8e.tmptext
MD5:
SHA256:
2208chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferencestext
MD5:
SHA256:
2208chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad\settings.datbinary
MD5:9C016064A1F864C8140915D77CF3389A
SHA256:0E7265D4A8C16223538EDD8CD620B8820611C74538E420A88E333BE7F62AC787
2208chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:8FF312A95D60ED89857FEB720D80D4E1
SHA256:946A57FAFDD28C3164D5AB8AB4971B21BD5EC5BFFF7554DBF832CB58CC37700B
2208chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old~RF113006.TMPtext
MD5:936EB7280DA791E6DD28EF3A9B46D39C
SHA256:CBAF2AFD831B32F6D1C12337EE5D2F090D6AE1F4DCB40B08BEF49BF52AD9721F
2208chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\09dba87a-03b9-4608-a0e6-3ef779ff2bd3.tmpbinary
MD5:5058F1AF8388633F609CADB75A75DC9D
SHA256:
2208chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.oldtext
MD5:7721CDA9F5B73CE8A135471EB53B4E0E
SHA256:DD730C576766A46FFC84E682123248ECE1FF1887EC0ACAB22A5CE93A450F4500
2208chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Session Storage\LOG.oldtext
MD5:995C92837E4775CAFFE387D51ADBA520
SHA256:51247C3464FD988B72670002D01A57FBFF1348704D325DC8FF8817ED2459D0D9
3344chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\CrashpadMetrics.pmabinary
MD5:03C4F648043A88675A920425D824E1B3
SHA256:F91DBB7C64B4582F529C968C480D2DCE1C8727390482F31E4355A27BB3D9B450
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
136
DNS requests
72
Threats
1

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
3560
chrome.exe
GET
301
151.101.0.239:80
http://pitchfork.com/
US
whitelisted
3560
chrome.exe
GET
200
95.140.236.128:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?0c5afe2a9951abd9
GB
compressed
59.9 Kb
whitelisted
3560
chrome.exe
GET
200
95.140.236.128:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?4019649d412f13fb
GB
compressed
59.9 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3560
chrome.exe
151.101.0.239:80
pitchfork.com
Fastly
US
unknown
3560
chrome.exe
142.250.186.77:443
accounts.google.com
Google Inc.
US
suspicious
3560
chrome.exe
2.18.232.23:443
assets.adobedtm.com
Akamai International B.V.
whitelisted
3560
chrome.exe
142.250.186.174:443
clients2.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3560
chrome.exe
2.18.235.40:443
z.moatads.com
Akamai International B.V.
whitelisted
3560
chrome.exe
151.101.0.239:443
pitchfork.com
Fastly
US
unknown
3560
chrome.exe
18.168.182.140:443
mb.moatads.com
US
unknown
3560
chrome.exe
142.250.185.162:443
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3560
chrome.exe
104.16.149.64:443
cdn.cookielaw.org
Cloudflare Inc
US
unknown
3560
chrome.exe
142.250.184.200:443
www.googletagmanager.com
Google Inc.
US
suspicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
pitchfork.com
  • 151.101.0.239
  • 151.101.128.239
  • 151.101.64.239
  • 151.101.192.239
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 142.250.186.77
shared
clients2.google.com
  • 142.250.186.174
whitelisted
cdn.cookielaw.org
  • 104.16.149.64
  • 104.16.148.64
whitelisted
z.moatads.com
  • 2.18.235.40
whitelisted
assets.adobedtm.com
  • 2.18.232.23
whitelisted
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
  • 142.250.185.162
whitelisted
mb.moatads.com
  • 18.168.182.140
  • 3.11.115.229
  • 3.9.58.116
  • 3.9.133.15
  • 18.132.54.250
  • 35.179.8.19
shared
aax.amazon-adsystem.com
  • 54.239.37.23
whitelisted
c.amazon-adsystem.com
  • 143.204.95.188
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
3560
chrome.exe
Misc Attack
ET Threatview.io High Confidence Cobalt Strike C2 IP group 1
No debug info