Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10v20201028
  • submitted
    12/03/2021, 15:22

General

  • Target
    E0029876556_209876689.exe
  • Size 2.3MB
  • Sample210312-jbe9ws3816
  • SHA256 5b82bb2d2cb609bc779c1d48cf528303dd136ac524eaa20fa089b908dc8b80c7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • nanocore

Version
  • 1.2.2.0

C2
  • chingin.myq-see.com:6830

  • 185.140.53.147:6830

Mutex
  • 7fa5ce5a-1187-4347-a13e-f4d668046859

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    185.140.53.147

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2020-06-29T07:40:20.602269736Z

  • 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

    6830

  • default_group

    HOST

  • 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

    7fa5ce5a-1187-4347-a13e-f4d668046859

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    chingin.myq-see.com

  • 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.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 32 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E0029876556_209876689.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E0029876556_209876689.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:504
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E0029876556_209876689.exe
      "C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Temp/E0029876556_209876689.exe"
      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:3156
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "WAN Service" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5E52.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1016
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "WAN Service Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5F3D.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:3928
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c copy "C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Temp/E0029876556_209876689.exe" "%temp%\FolderN\0987655678.exe" /Y
      2⤵
        PID:732
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows" /v Load /t REG_SZ /d "%temp%\FolderN\0987655678.exe.lnk" /f
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3368
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows" /v Load /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FolderN\0987655678.exe.lnk" /f
          3⤵
            PID:2156
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c echo [zoneTransfer]ZoneID = 2 > %temp%\FolderN\0987655678.exe:Zone.Identifier
          2⤵
          • NTFS ADS
          PID:2736
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FolderN\0987655678.exe.bat
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3628
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
            timeout /t 300
            3⤵
            • Delays execution with timeout.exe
            PID:1948

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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            Downloads

            memory/504-2-0x0000000073920000-0x000000007400E000-memory.dmp

            memory/504-7-0x0000000005660000-0x0000000005661000-memory.dmp

            memory/504-6-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005531000-memory.dmp

            memory/504-5-0x0000000005B70000-0x0000000005B71000-memory.dmp

            memory/504-3-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CA1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3156-20-0x0000000005190000-0x0000000005191000-memory.dmp

            memory/3156-17-0x0000000004D90000-0x0000000004D91000-memory.dmp

            memory/3156-14-0x0000000004DA0000-0x0000000004DA1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3156-28-0x0000000004F40000-0x0000000004F45000-memory.dmp

            memory/3156-29-0x0000000005E20000-0x0000000005E39000-memory.dmp

            memory/3156-30-0x00000000053A0000-0x00000000053A3000-memory.dmp

            memory/3156-10-0x0000000073920000-0x000000007400E000-memory.dmp

            memory/3156-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp