Analysis

  • max time kernel
    110s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211014
  • submitted
    25-10-2021 07:30

General

  • Target

    2a95fede08d035e26d8a261c58359901344d23395094bd51f32e868964d61634.exe

  • Size

    1.0MB

  • MD5

    5dc1d41e2f9969d85896921f7b4ae261

  • SHA1

    8dae6eb305ead57eeddfdecbf34cca61af653973

  • SHA256

    2a95fede08d035e26d8a261c58359901344d23395094bd51f32e868964d61634

  • SHA512

    96aa1dc7a5780fe484120b32ca2b66234450787370a0cc7b25afbffde7c4ae5dbff84fc496c8d92ff8ab3507fdfa361cf055e2910b72085f02956647a240fb63

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

newme122.3utilities.com:8822

newme1122.3utilities.com:8822

Mutex

dcf3fee6-c103-45ee-a2f0-f8afaa78d1fe

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    newme1122.3utilities.com

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2021-07-31T13:00:17.372768836Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    8822

  • default_group

    A New TIme Has Come

  • 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

    dcf3fee6-c103-45ee-a2f0-f8afaa78d1fe

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    newme122.3utilities.com

  • 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.

  • 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2a95fede08d035e26d8a261c58359901344d23395094bd51f32e868964d61634.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2a95fede08d035e26d8a261c58359901344d23395094bd51f32e868964d61634.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2332
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\CXFxEHIAOoJFws" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp9DF1.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1040
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegSvcs.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegSvcs.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2160

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

1
T1082

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Downloads

  • memory/1040-116-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2160-117-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    560KB

  • memory/2160-118-0x000000000041E792-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2160-119-0x0000000000E50000-0x0000000000F9A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/2160-120-0x0000000000E50000-0x0000000000F9A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/2332-115-0x00000000032A0000-0x00000000032A1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB