nanocore | 7a970d2c945adc2f8c3bbd2f57eb1d21abe8916a4f631cfed312b73847832f2b

General

Target
SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe
Size 358KB
Sample200624-etwv4fdrmx
SHA256 7a970d2c945adc2f8c3bbd2f57eb1d21abe8916a4f631cfed312b73847832f2b
MD5 eb1bfc06438ae7a4ee7c7eb6339888f0
SHA1 8b8c7fd93e01a823b2ba8718f5900c237e300e3b
SHA512 096d984ce6928cc4bec7e70c0243f040ab8647685b9d12f00cdda495039e71b2e98decd99b27f360b8bba2ff8094d7d1f67e901b6dc22145b6036b06d656a47e
MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Score

10^/10

keylogger trojan stealer spyware nanocore persistence evasion

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

adikaremix.linkpc.net:1790
185.140.53.13:1790

Mutex

9493864b-27d9-4410-9dcc-9a0c4732a1d5

Attributes

activate_away_mode
true
backup_connection_host
185.140.53.13
backup_dns_server
8.8.4.4
buffer_size
65535
build_time
2020-03-21T11:14:38.887176036Z
bypass_user_account_control
true
bypass_user_account_control_data
clear_access_control
true
clear_zone_identifier
false
connect_delay
4000
connection_port
1790
default_group
June@@
enable_debug_mode
true
gc_threshold
1.048576e+07
keep_alive_timeout
30000
keyboard_logging
false
lan_timeout
2500
max_packet_size
1.048576e+07
mutex
9493864b-27d9-4410-9dcc-9a0c4732a1d5
mutex_timeout
5000
prevent_system_sleep
false
primary_connection_host
adikaremix.linkpc.net
primary_dns_server
8.8.8.8
request_elevation
true
restart_delay
5000
run_delay
0
run_on_startup
false
set_critical_process
true
timeout_interval
5000
use_custom_dns_server
false
version
1.2.2.0
wan_timeout
8000

Signatures

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3348	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	67
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3348	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	67
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3348	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	67
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3772	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	69
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3772	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	69
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3772	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	69
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3772	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	69
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3772	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	69
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3772	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	69
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3772	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	69
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 3772	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	69

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2460 set thread context of 3772	2460	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe	69

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3772	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe

NanoCore
NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware nanocore

Adds Run entry to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\DDP Subsystem = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\DDP Subsystem\\ddpss.exe"	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3772	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3772	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe
3772	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe
3772	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\DDP Subsystem\ddpss.exe	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\DDP Subsystem\ddpss.exe	SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence

Scheduled Task

T1053

pid	Process
3348	schtasks.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
PID:2460
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\QfScOdagrdUUGZ" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp6A8C.tmp"
  2⤵
  - Creates scheduled task(s)
  PID:3348
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SWIFT-NTM086478.png.exe
  "{path}"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Adds Run entry to start application
  - Checks whether UAC is enabled
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  PID:3772