nanocore | 5c12f492a1bc370b4df06dad9f2b5bf8398dcf59e8e7448408feee88bf3c6569

General

Target
IQ89.exe
Size 397KB
Sample201109-b77ztsebys
SHA256 5c12f492a1bc370b4df06dad9f2b5bf8398dcf59e8e7448408feee88bf3c6569
MD5 74c750005028a3003b1401dfecf707ec
SHA1 b516352d9fe9becde395d43d54b9de9a488f5c2a
SHA512 be3cdfb5dd57dfc7d2e01e79888dc060aa09683710c547fe0fadeb70ff590bb735b840cc466c740c7ccb78c2253a361b2902f634dc7950aa011de699084c1266
MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Score

10^/10

nanocore evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

wazzy.ddns.net:1716
185.140.53.130:1716

Mutex

460ffa41-10dc-4dae-98a3-aea4063559cf

Attributes

activate_away_mode
true
backup_connection_host
185.140.53.130
backup_dns_server
8.8.4.4
buffer_size
65535
build_time
2020-02-21T23:02:59.872960536Z
bypass_user_account_control
false
bypass_user_account_control_data
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
clear_access_control
true
clear_zone_identifier
false
connect_delay
4000
connection_port
1716
default_group
Default
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
460ffa41-10dc-4dae-98a3-aea4063559cf
mutex_timeout
5000
prevent_system_sleep
false
primary_connection_host
wazzy.ddns.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

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

Adds Run key 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\NTFS Manager = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NTFS Manager\\ntfsmgr.exe"	IQ89.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	IQ89.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 548 set thread context of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\NTFS Manager\ntfsmgr.exe	IQ89.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\NTFS Manager\ntfsmgr.exe	IQ89.exe

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

persistence

Scheduled Task

T1053

pid	Process
1984	schtasks.exe
1108	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2004	IQ89.exe
2004	IQ89.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2004	IQ89.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2004	IQ89.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2004	548	IQ89.exe	26
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1984	2004	IQ89.exe	27
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1984	2004	IQ89.exe	27
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1984	2004	IQ89.exe	27
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1984	2004	IQ89.exe	27
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1108	2004	IQ89.exe	29
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1108	2004	IQ89.exe	29
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1108	2004	IQ89.exe	29
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1108	2004	IQ89.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IQ89.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IQ89.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:548
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IQ89.exe
  "{path}"
  2⤵
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Checks whether UAC is enabled
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2004
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "NTFS Manager" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp92AE.tmp"
    3⤵
    - Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1984
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "NTFS Manager Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp9609.tmp"
    3⤵
    - Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1108