Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20210920
  • submitted
    19-10-2021 09:46

General

  • Target

    ea1ad6b294e2fdbff73e3e73423273a18e0689b8.exe

  • Size

    1017KB

  • MD5

    d8c80c66f244e2ca231c63fedd224b60

  • SHA1

    ea1ad6b294e2fdbff73e3e73423273a18e0689b8

  • SHA256

    f9337398a48f0413aea89ded96ec89c50094eb8485027d8792b84f96843462a1

  • SHA512

    e1f2feb64ff01b750e8d2785329ac66fea323a9e09dc5cf7bd5d04aea572b3649cd66168b49fc4cfbd955dd9684284c615a49f96f87b910326b88555dce5560d

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

185.19.85.134:8976

Mutex

63cecd42-3b39-449c-948f-422745928f22

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    185.19.85.134

  • backup_dns_server

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2021-06-13T20:53:24.407775236Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    false

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

    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

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    true

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    8976

  • default_group

    MY FILE

  • 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

    63cecd42-3b39-449c-948f-422745928f22

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    185.19.85.134

  • primary_dns_server

  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Obfuscated with Agile.Net obfuscator 1 IoCs

    Detects use of the Agile.Net commercial obfuscator, which is capable of entity renaming and control flow obfuscation.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ea1ad6b294e2fdbff73e3e73423273a18e0689b8.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ea1ad6b294e2fdbff73e3e73423273a18e0689b8.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2180
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /c REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /f /v "A" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\A.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1080
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /f /v "A" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\A.exe"
        3⤵
        • Adds Run key to start application
        PID:1064
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\A.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\A.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:828
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallUtil.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallUtil.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • 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:1420
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "SCSI Service" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE928.tmp"
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:1632
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "SCSI Service Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpEA33.tmp"
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:604

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallUtil.exe
    MD5

    91c9ae9c9a17a9db5e08b120e668c74c

    SHA1

    50770954c1ceb0bb6f1d5d3f2de2a0a065773723

    SHA256

    e56a7e5d3ab9675555e2897fc3faa2dd9265008a4967a7d54030ab8184d2d38f

    SHA512

    ca504af192e3318359d4742a2ef26ae1b5d040a4f9942782e02549a310158d5d5dbf919b4c748c31ee609d2046bd23ee0c22712891c86ae4a1e3a58c6e67647e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallUtil.exe
    MD5

    91c9ae9c9a17a9db5e08b120e668c74c

    SHA1

    50770954c1ceb0bb6f1d5d3f2de2a0a065773723

    SHA256

    e56a7e5d3ab9675555e2897fc3faa2dd9265008a4967a7d54030ab8184d2d38f

    SHA512

    ca504af192e3318359d4742a2ef26ae1b5d040a4f9942782e02549a310158d5d5dbf919b4c748c31ee609d2046bd23ee0c22712891c86ae4a1e3a58c6e67647e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE928.tmp
    MD5

    f7eb19c49b51cdff67a25c6876a78241

    SHA1

    6d86be501c2fb57b50292a55d3983b7eee8a688d

    SHA256

    c9dab73a0044021d2acbc3952b19dea98cdfd838afc633197bd1bd12d2562fba

    SHA512

    1e94e363f9d4d0dcdfe0a8457642fcfe4f81dff0b39f1d1f00deab9291e133cd40b48c097dfe52c356d4a15c383e0aa08fae28b136937bcc57d5e01861716740

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpEA33.tmp
    MD5

    4e71faa3a77029484cfaba423d96618f

    SHA1

    9c837d050bb43d69dc608af809c292e13bca4718

    SHA256

    c470f45efd2e7c4c5b88534a18965a78dce0f8e154d3e45a9d5569ad0e334bdb

    SHA512

    6d014de41352f2b0b494d94cd58188791e81d4e53578d0722110b6827793b735e19c614877f25c61b26233dea1b5f1998ba1240bdc8fa04c87b7e64a4ca15fe0

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\A.exe
    MD5

    d8c80c66f244e2ca231c63fedd224b60

    SHA1

    ea1ad6b294e2fdbff73e3e73423273a18e0689b8

    SHA256

    f9337398a48f0413aea89ded96ec89c50094eb8485027d8792b84f96843462a1

    SHA512

    e1f2feb64ff01b750e8d2785329ac66fea323a9e09dc5cf7bd5d04aea572b3649cd66168b49fc4cfbd955dd9684284c615a49f96f87b910326b88555dce5560d

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\A.exe
    MD5

    d8c80c66f244e2ca231c63fedd224b60

    SHA1

    ea1ad6b294e2fdbff73e3e73423273a18e0689b8

    SHA256

    f9337398a48f0413aea89ded96ec89c50094eb8485027d8792b84f96843462a1

    SHA512

    e1f2feb64ff01b750e8d2785329ac66fea323a9e09dc5cf7bd5d04aea572b3649cd66168b49fc4cfbd955dd9684284c615a49f96f87b910326b88555dce5560d

  • memory/604-154-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/828-141-0x0000000006810000-0x0000000006811000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/828-139-0x00000000057B1000-0x00000000057B2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/828-138-0x00000000057B0000-0x00000000057B1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/828-140-0x00000000067F0000-0x00000000067FB000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/828-127-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1064-125-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1080-124-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1420-148-0x00000000052A0000-0x00000000052A1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1420-156-0x0000000004FD0000-0x0000000004FD5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    20KB

  • memory/1420-151-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002731000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1420-143-0x000000000041E792-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1420-158-0x0000000005E20000-0x0000000005E23000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1420-157-0x0000000005280000-0x0000000005299000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    100KB

  • memory/1420-146-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000838000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1420-159-0x0000000004DA0000-0x000000000529E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.0MB

  • memory/1632-152-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2180-123-0x0000000006430000-0x0000000006431000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2180-122-0x0000000006260000-0x0000000006261000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2180-119-0x0000000005240000-0x0000000005241000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2180-118-0x0000000005630000-0x0000000005631000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2180-117-0x00000000052E0000-0x00000000052E1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2180-115-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000901000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2180-120-0x0000000006140000-0x0000000006161000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    132KB

  • memory/2180-121-0x00000000061F0000-0x00000000061F1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2180-126-0x0000000005241000-0x0000000005242000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB