Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20210920
  • submitted
    28-09-2021 10:53

General

  • Target

    10377 APT800_B0205K0384.exe

  • Size

    1.5MB

  • MD5

    4f0f86315b42b8dad8a1b430d5ac084a

  • SHA1

    e50192512d5cf87ece05a1b3974fccc652eff93b

  • SHA256

    8222127c77b4f83832246e9ce96da7741f1352da9d3548ad8b959b2e00b54c0d

  • SHA512

    4f482b78bff1d42d5ec66088c3219628563af190a503c8508941f834f144cf6aba0517200c45e362d0eb83949c1ea23d77d39e1c1057e07efb6afec9a58076d4

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

mec.sytes.net:3259

Mutex

9358a53f-433c-42f5-bd3f-14ae4da528cf

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    mec.sytes.net

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2021-04-04T14:41:53.527071936Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    true

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    3259

  • default_group

    Mine

  • 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

    9358a53f-433c-42f5-bd3f-14ae4da528cf

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    true

  • primary_connection_host

    mec.sytes.net

  • primary_dns_server

    8.8.8.8

  • request_elevation

    true

  • restart_delay

    5000

  • run_delay

    0

  • run_on_startup

    true

  • 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.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\10377 APT800_B0205K0384.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\10377 APT800_B0205K0384.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2004
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\xErAccEJcQLD" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4B90.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1572
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\10377 APT800_B0205K0384.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1504

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4B90.tmp
    MD5

    b90a3348a4bfb38bdb529940975b8cf9

    SHA1

    9419344bbb037a6b04e5ab5a2ea4e56d712992b6

    SHA256

    f2c0422aef940c022ec5778632046c4a6cec604f168efca1b7cb944271cf932d

    SHA512

    2dd1c7cbae7ce6155971c6710512aca89dfa8547499520c4fa3330c274a920a2e8be994cdc98db1bc44327bb76677bdacb95e1f63ba2fe351384cb1baf677c05

  • memory/1504-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1504-59-0x000000000041E792-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1504-61-0x0000000002140000-0x0000000002141000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1572-56-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2004-53-0x0000000075C11000-0x0000000075C13000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/2004-54-0x00000000000A0000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2004-55-0x00000000000A1000-0x00000000000A2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB