Fake statistics domains lead to malware

The following fake "statistics" domains lead to malware. All have been registered very recently in the past few days and are used as a redirector to other exploit kits. Perhaps they are actually performing black hat statistical tracking. Blocking them (or the associated IPs) would be wise.

bilingstats.org
bombast-atse.org
bombastatse.org
ceastats.org
colinstats.org
expertstats.org
informazionestatistica.org
melestats.org
nonolite.org
statisticaeconomica.org
statspps.org
superbombastatse.org
topbombastatse.org
ufficiostatistica.org

Hosting IPs:
31.193.133.212 (Simply Transit, UK)
91.186.19.42 (Simply Transit, UK)
95.211.180.143 (Leaseweb, Netherlands)

Something evil on 85.17.222.80, lpicture.info and ghjvodka.info

Some sites appear to have been hit by a sophisticated multi-part injection attack that triggers only once per IP (so difficult to track down).

There are two injected elements, one is a .in site hosted on 85.17.222.80 [Leaseweb, Netherlands] which could be one of the following:

sds.vaselisa.in
dds.kiriloid.in
drf.yerevano.in
sddr.margarit.in
cd.fancyclu.in

There's a pretty inconclusive Wepawet report here but be assured that these domains have a malicious payload.

The second injection is a reference to lpicture.info which is hosted on 95.168.173.151, this is a Leasweb Germany IP address suballocated to inferno.name who appear to be a Serbian firm fronted in the UK. I strongly recommend blocking all their IP ranges (listed here) if you can. lpicture.info merely forwards to a malicious payload on ghjvodka.info (report here) and that in turn is listed on 37.59.198.55 (OVH, France) along with some other suspect looking sites that lead be to conclude that this IP address is worth blocking too:

ns2.deftheory.org
abcvodka.info
defvodka.info
ghjvodka.info
abcfree.info
ns1.abcfree.info
deffree.info
ghjfree.info
ns1.ghjfree.info
klmfree.info
opqfree.info
ns1.opqfree.info
rstfree.info
uvwfree.info
ns1.uvwfree.info
xyzfree.info
ns1.xyzfree.info
deflocal.info
ns1.deflocal.info
ghjlocal.info
klmlocal.info
noplocal.info
ghjseat.info
klmseat.info
ns1.klmseat.info

This malware seems to be quite good at avoid analysis. But if you can block these IPs then I strongly recommend that you block them.

Something evil on 95.211.115.228 and 46.249.37.22.

A set of malicious sites, linked to the Redret gang, hosted on 95.211.115.228 (Leaseweb, Netherlands). Blocking the IP rather than the individual domains will also protect against other malicious sites on the same server.

child-re-ninth-ebusiness.com
childregardingninthebusiness.com
childreninthebusiness.com
childsubjectninthcompany.com
childsubjectninthebiz.com
childsubjectninthebusiness.com
custom-t-shirtsfromhansen.com
extentthahansen.com
freeholidaynew.com
hirtsfromhansen.com
holidaygreat.com
holidaynewsite.com
myholidaynew.com
range-the-hansen.com

Another server in this same network is 46.249.37.22 (Serverius Holding, Netherlands)

1o345.info
1op45.info
2012-my-happy.com
2012myownhappy.com
543oh.info
54mo1.info
54po1.info
akvitea.com
alurbrilance.com
arowipes.com
avangeit.com
bitcast.in
bitcube.in
bitechnica.in
bitfire.in
bitware.in
bitwire.in
businessnfamily.com
companynfamily.com
companynpeople.com
customtshirtsfromhansen.com
domtrixsov.com
drinki.in
familycommercial.com
freeautomag.info
funnytshirtsfromhansen.com
glad-year.com
globaltracking02234.info
great-happy.com
happy-period.com
happy-term.com
happychock.biz
happytwelvemonths.com
ho345.info
iflos.com
ivairiu.com
joyful-year.com
jsijdewhg.com
kalalog-testov.com
latest-happy.com
makdacs00.com
makiajdleavseh.com
merry-year.com
modern-happy.com
muravied222.com
odnonoshnicy.com
plsk3mme.com
q234.info
s00n.in
safe-t-shirtsfromhansen.com
safetshirtsfromhansen.com
serdjuchka.biz
stop-prysham.com
timetracking02234.info
uskoriteliinterneta.biz
xxxtubedirty.com

The third server in the group is 203.170.193.102, which has already been identified here.

infernomag.com / gtracking.org nastiness

Some sort of .htaccess hack is going on, redirecting users to infernomag.com and then on to a malicious site that looks like it's downloading a Zbot variant. It only seems to work with Internet Explorer, and only when the page is accessed from a search engine (like Google). infernomag.com is hosted on 85.17.132.194 (Leaseweb) which is the same server as gtracking.org which alters the .htaccess file as described here.

infernomag.com then redirects users to one of at least two Leaseweb-hosted servers at 85.17.19.201 and 85.17.19.203 (possibly others). These servers have a number of domains on them that appear to belong to legitimate domains registered at GoDaddy by (mostly) UK users - it is likely that their domain control panels have been compromised. Examples are:

actually2.weddingphotographersurrey.net
amount9.gwdempseyjr.com
are5.gwdempseyjr.com
background1.photographbcn.com
brought0.gwdempseyjr.com
captain5.photographbcn.com
captain6.gwdempseyjr.com
charge7.photographbcn.com
signal6.photographbcn.com
completely8.gwdempseyjr.com
congress1.airduct-ventcleaning-mn.com
hard9.photographbcn.com
leading1.airduct-ventcleaning-mn.com
party4.gwdempseyjr.com
providence5.gwdempseyjr.com
safe1.gwdempseyjr.com
she1.weddingphotographerkent.net
tax6.weddingphotographersurrey.net
theory7.weddingphotographerkent.net
am1.theimperialsuspects.com
area6.bettyjaneware.com
belief7.theimperialsuspects.com
contact2.theimperialsuspects.com
cultural5.boneki.com
direct2.theimperialsuspects.com
enemy2.theimperialsuspects.com
baby3.trycue.com
liberal6.trycue.com
most0.ladyofvirtuestore.com
professional0.ladyofvirtuestore.com

Two domains on those servers that do not fit the pattern are:
gfaster.net
fortreecom.net

The WHOIS details are probably fake, for infernomag.com and gtracking.org they are:

   Felix Maurer
   sherman66@ymail.com
   Waldowstr. 61
   Gschwend   Gschwend
   74417   DE
   +49 98466101

fortreecom.net uses the same email address but a different name:

    Bernd Austerlit        (sherman66@ymail.com)
    Alt Reinickendorf 94
    Ziemetshausen
    Bayern,86471
    DE
    Tel. +82.84991251

Detection rates are rubbish. AntiVir detects the payload as TR/Dropper.Gen, BitDefender as Gen:Variant.Zbot.34, Ikarus as Trojan.Win32.Pirminay and Sophos as Mal/Ponmocup-A. Other products do not seem to detect anything at all.

Blocking those IPs of 85.17.132.194, 85.17.19.201 and 85.17.19.203 is safer than trying to block the domains. Blocking the whole /24s instead would probably cause very little inconvenience.