Analysis

  • max time kernel
    141s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    19/01/2022, 01:22

General

  • Target
    Payment confirmation .exe
  • Size 588KB
  • Sample220119-bq9kraeea7
  • SHA256 901c1e2181f5f8f265c9db9e2b5ec3b27a87fe42e65cdfcf98e445a59493b803
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • nanocore

Version
  • 1.2.2.0

C2
  • naki.airdns.org:56281

  • 37.120.210.211:56281

Mutex
  • 2616a878-9933-42e4-9fe0-3b57e29bc1f5

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    37.120.210.211

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65530

  • build_time

    2021-08-29T11:09:18.405129736Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    56281

  • default_group

    Sure Bliss

  • 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

    2616a878-9933-42e4-9fe0-3b57e29bc1f5

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    naki.airdns.org

  • 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 computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • 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 19 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment confirmation .exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment confirmation .exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3480
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\fCJSqwiUVcPZQK.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2248
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\fCJSqwiUVcPZQK" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp9137.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3360
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment confirmation .exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment confirmation .exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1948

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/1948-147-0x0000000005650000-0x0000000005BF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1948-141-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-146-0x00000000070E0000-0x0000000007146000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-148-0x0000000007F50000-0x0000000007F6E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-160-0x0000000009570000-0x0000000009578000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-138-0x0000000004620000-0x0000000004656000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-159-0x0000000009590000-0x00000000095AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-140-0x00000000071E0000-0x0000000007808000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-158-0x0000000009480000-0x000000000948E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-142-0x0000000004740000-0x0000000004741000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-144-0x0000000006EA0000-0x0000000006EC2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-143-0x0000000004742000-0x0000000004743000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-145-0x0000000006F40000-0x0000000006FA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-157-0x00000000094D0000-0x0000000009566000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-156-0x00000000092C0000-0x00000000092CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-155-0x000000007F410000-0x000000007F411000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-149-0x0000000004745000-0x0000000004747000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-150-0x0000000008510000-0x0000000008542000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-151-0x0000000070CB0000-0x0000000070CFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-152-0x0000000008550000-0x000000000856E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-153-0x0000000009890000-0x0000000009F0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2248-154-0x0000000009250000-0x000000000926A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3480-134-0x0000000004C90000-0x0000000004C9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3480-131-0x00000000051C0000-0x0000000005764000-memory.dmp

        memory/3480-130-0x0000000000240000-0x00000000002D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3480-132-0x0000000004CB0000-0x0000000004D42000-memory.dmp

        memory/3480-133-0x0000000004C10000-0x00000000051B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3480-135-0x0000000007140000-0x00000000071DC000-memory.dmp