Uncovering an Indonesian Phishing Campaign Through ANY.RUN Behavioral Analysis

ANY.RUN was used to detect and dissect a multi-domain phishing operation targeting Indonesian organizations, surfacing a suspicious URL (mssindonesia.zerantis.info) and exposing a full HTML Zimbra login clone with credential harvesting. The investigation traced second-stage domains, TLS/SNI data, and hosting on GH0STnet infrastructure, confirming Cloudflare-proxied phishing pages and connections to related campaigns. #GH0STnet #zerantis.info #zylvantis.info #ZimbraPhishing #IndonesianOrganizations #ZimbraWebmail #ANY.RUN

Keypoints

  • ANY.RUN enabled rapid detection and artifact collection of the phishing campaign.
  • The phishing pages used a full HTML Zimbra login clone with prefilled victim emails.
  • Network data revealed second-stage domains and a Cloudflare-proxied infrastructure hosted by GH0STnet.
  • PCAP export allowed full validation of the encrypted credential-harvesting flow and TLS/SNI details.
  • External threat intel corroborated the campaign, linking zerantis domains and Zimbra phishing patterns to broader activity in Indonesia.

Focus of This Report:
How ANY.RUN allowed us to detect, dissect, and pivot into a larger phishing infrastructure targeting Indonesian organizations.


🚀 1. Introduction — Why ANY.RUN Matters in This Investigation

The entire threat discovery began with a simple search inside ANY.RUN using the keyword:
“indonesia”

This search immediately surfaced a suspicious sandbox task involving:
“mssindonesia.zerantis.info”

From this point, ANY.RUN provided every key artifact needed to confirm, expand, and correlate the threat:

  • malicious URL
  • browser behavior
  • phishing page rendering
  • network traffic
  • SNI information
  • IP resolution
  • certificate anomalies
  • PCAP export for offline validation

This demonstrates how ANY.RUN is not just a sandbox, but a threat intelligence pivoting platform.


🧭 2. Initial Discovery

2.1 Suspicious URL Loaded by Browser

ANY.RUN’s process tree revealed Microsoft Edge launching with:

“C:Program Files (x86)MicrosoftEdgeApplicationmsedge.exe”
“https://mssindonesia.zerantis.info/[email protected]

From just one line of command-line arguments, ANY.RUN gave us:

Evidence Why it matters
Random numeric parameter Typical of phishing tracking IDs
Email embedded in URL Clear sign of spear-phishing
Suspicious domain (zerantis.info) No legitimate relationship with the brand
HTTPS traffic captured Allows PCAP export for deeper analysis

ANY.RUN captured everything end-to-end, automatically.

🖼️ 2.2. Browser Recording Exposed a Full Fake Zimbra Login

The rendered output inside ANY.RUN clearly showed:

  • A clone Zimbra login page
  • Username field pre-filled with target victim email
  • Accurate UI replication (colors, icons, layout)
  • Functional phishing form

Because ANY.RUN records the GUI session, we visually verified the following:

  1. This is not a redirect – the phishing site hosts a full HTML clone.
  2. Likely credential harvesting – password box sends data via hidden POST.

🌐 3. Network Panel

The Network tab in ANY.RUN exposed all outbound connections, letting us pivot into the full infrastructure.

3.1 Observed Connections

Host IP Notes
mssindonesia.zerantis.info 172.67.139.99 Cloudflare-proxied phishing page
kteakgpvzn.zylvantis.info 5.230.249.58 Second-stage suspicious domain
mssindonesia.alchemaxcis.com (var.) Another related phishing domain

⚠️ 4. Second-Stage Malicious Domain

While inspecting the traffic graph, ANY.RUN revealed unexpected TLS sessions to:
kteakgpvzn.zylvantis.info

ANY.RUN detections showed:

  • Hostname resolution
  • TLS handshake metadata
  • SNI revealing exact domain accessed
  • Traffic size (2–3 KB upload, 22–154 KB download)

GH0STnet GmbH Hosting

ANY.RUN identified the resolved IP as belonging to:
ASN12586 — GH0STnet GmbH

External intelligence confirmed GH0STnet is associated with multiple:

  • brute-force attempts
  • malware C2 infrastructure
  • phishing campaigns
  • bulletproof-style hosting behavior

📄 5. PCAP Export Confirmed Encrypted Phishing Flow

ANY.RUN allowed direct export of the PCAP, giving us full packet-level evidence.

PCAP analysis confirmed:

  • HTTPS traffic to both malicious domains
  • browser-centric POST/GET behavior
  • no malware downloads
  • pure credential harvesting operation

PCAP revealed both:

  • zerantis.info
  • zylvantis.info

embedded directly in TLS SNI


🧠 6. Correlation With External Threat Intelligence

6.1 Spamhaus DBL

Spamhaus lookup: zerantis.info → LISTED (malicious)

6.2 AbuseIPDB / ThreatFox on GH0STnet ASN

  • botnet involvement
  • brute force attacks
  • scanning activity

6.3 Pattern Matches Known Zimbra Phishing Campaigns

  • cloned Zimbra login
  • prefilled victim email
  • Cloudflare-proxied phishing

These match ESET & BleepingComputer reports on Zimbra phishing,


🌏 7. Regional Threat Context

ANY.RUN’s initial artifact (phishing URL) led us to identify a broader pattern seen in Indonesia:

  • spear-phishing emails with the victim’s email in URL parameters
  • fake Zimbra portals used heavily against Indonesian companies
  • combosquatting domains impersonating local brands
  • Cloudflare-proxied infrastructure

🏁 Conclusion

Through the power of ANY.RUN’s visibility, we exposed:

  • a Multi-Domain Phishing Campaign
  • active impersonation of Zimbra Webmail
  • Spear-Phishing targeting Indonesian victims
  • second-stage infrastructure on a High-Risk ASN
  • Cloudflare-Proxied phishing pages
  • Credential Harvesting with encrypted POSTs

Source: https://app.any.run/tasks/32e7219e-840f-4f42-9454-2bf088db1860