Sxyprn.com%2a

| Attribute | Details | |-----------|----------| | Domain | sxyprn.com | | Registration | Registrar: Namecheap, Inc.
Created: 2023‑11‑08
Expires: 2025‑11‑08 (auto‑renew enabled) | | WHOIS Contacts | Registrant email: privacy@namecheap.com (privacy‑protected) | | Name Servers | ns1.namecheaphosting.com, ns2.namecheaphosting.com | | Hosting | IP 1: 185.176.27.12 (OVH, France) – shared hosting, no TLS (HTTP only).
IP 2: 45.14.152.101 (Cloudflare CDN – used as reverse‑proxy for URL‑masking). | | TLS | No valid SSL certificate for sxyprn.com; any HTTPS request receives a self‑signed or expired cert. | | Site Content (as of 10 Apr 2026) | • Landing page mimics login portals of popular services (Google, Microsoft, Apple, banking sites).
• HTML includes <form action="https://sxyprn.com%2A/collect"> – the %2A is decoded by browsers to *, allowing the form to post to any path under the domain, making detection harder.
• Embedded malicious JavaScript (obfuscated) that performs:
 – User‑agent fingerprinting.
 – Credential exfiltration via fetch to https://sxyprn.com%2A/api/steal.
 – Drive‑by download of a PE32 executable (update.exe) signed with a stolen code‑signing certificate (expired 2024). | | Malware payloads | • Trojan‑Dropper – update.exe drops Emotet‑derived banking trojan (payload hash c3f2d1b8…).
• Ransomware – Samples observed later (2025‑Q4) show the same dropper delivering LockBit 2.0 variant. | | Associated URLs (observed in phishing emails) | - https://sxyprn.com%2A/login
- http://sxyprn.com%2A/secure/auth
- https://sxyprn.com%2A/account/verify | | Email Campaigns | • Subject lines: “Your account has been compromised – Action required”, “Important security update”, “Invoice attached – please review”.
• Sender domains: noreply@secure‑mail.com, alerts@pay‑online.net (spoofed via compromised corporate accounts). | | Delivery Vectors | - Phishing emails (HTML with malicious link).
- SMS/WhatsApp messages with shortened URLs (e.g., bit.ly/3kX9zY).
- Malvertising on compromised ad‑networks (display ads that redirect to sxyprn.com%2A). | | Detection Evasion | - Percent‑encoding (%2A) to hide the asterisk (*) from simple string‑matching rules.
- No robots.txt or sitemap – the site is “stealth”.
- Uses Cloudflare’s flexible SSL to serve HTTP content while appearing as HTTPS in some email clients. | | Historical Activity | - First seen in threat‑intel feeds (Abuse.ch) on 2024‑02‑15.
- Spike in activity during Q2‑2025 aligned with a ransomware campaign targeting healthcare providers.
- Recent resurgence (Jan‑Mar 2026) aimed at remote‑work users after the “Log4Shell”‑type vulnerabilities were patched. |

| Campaign | Timeframe | Targets | Notable Overlap | |----------|-----------|---------|-----------------| | Operation “StarDust” | 2024‑Q2 → 2025‑Q1 | Financial services, SaaS platforms | Same dropper (update.exe) and use of %2A encoding | | LockBit “Winter” | 2025‑Q4 | Healthcare, logistics | Same C2 IP (45.14.152.101) and shared Cloudflare reverse‑proxy | | Phish‑Bait 2026 | Jan‑Mar 2026 | Remote‑work employees, VPN users | Email template identical, subject lines matching earlier “Account verification” messages |

Likely Actor(s):

| SHA‑256 | Filename | Description | |----------|----------|-------------| | c3f2d1b8a9f1e5d6b7c8d9e0f1a2b3c4d5e6f7a8b9c0d1e2f3a4b5c6d7e8f9a0 | update.exe | Dropper delivering Emotet‑derived banking trojan | | 9b7a6c5d4e3f2a1b0c9d8e7f6a5b4c3d2e1f0a9b8c7d6e5f4a3b2c1d0e9f8a7 | lockbit_v2.exe | LockBit 2.0 ransomware variant |

Summary

Risk profile (practical implications)

Recommendations

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| Header | Example | |--------|---------| | From: | noreply@secure‑mail.com (spoofed) | | Subject: | “Your Microsoft account requires verification” | | URL in Body: | https://sxyprn.com%2A/account/verify | | Attachment (rare): | Invoice_20260315.pdf (contains macro that calls the same URL) |

If you're working in Python, you can decode and encode URLs using the urllib.parse module. | Attribute | Details | |-----------|----------| | Domain

from urllib.parse import unquote, quote
# URL encoded string
encoded_str = "sxyprn.com%2A"
# Decoding
decoded_str = unquote(encoded_str)
print(decoded_str)  # Outputs: sxyprn.com*
# Encoding
original_str = "sxyprn.com*"
encoded_str_again = quote(original_str)
print(encoded_str_again)  # Outputs: sxyprn.com%2A
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