Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    166s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    06-12-2022 02:30

General

  • Target

    SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.PWSX-gen.2533.19730.exe

  • Size

    865KB

  • MD5

    514dea47c28d5bb88c02cff9c4dde30c

  • SHA1

    a4cdfcfaecd2f89dbb2a04b5844f555af633b03f

  • SHA256

    25d056bc969802e62370d8876bab34af292714b1af384ad8a086ea7ee8bdee20

  • SHA512

    0a45ea152f4093ff1ec2ccbaed6c300cef7469f05453b444a6b4fe8aee5dc10ec66fc39969da4d0f6a6dd327b031b43d2e789307b09da1ff1b54846e0a94f455

  • SSDEEP

    12288:XcfwfbvffbkyII1A0zPooNPvmSdlGsoVKjXHXoG2jmaJgKZ/nXt7virmWhlGLaQ5:MkbvfTXAEwo1jdIso8rHYV

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

timduckdns0123.duckdns.org:52095

Mutex

0798999c-f8f7-4397-b4ae-976fe7ab5ae5

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    timduckdns0123.duckdns.org

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65538

  • build_time

    2022-08-22T22:32:59.413915036Z

  • 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

    52095

  • default_group

    111122NOSTARTNANO

  • enable_debug_mode

    true

  • gc_threshold

    1.0485772e+07

  • keep_alive_timeout

    30000

  • keyboard_logging

    false

  • lan_timeout

    2500

  • max_packet_size

    1.0485772e+07

  • mutex

    0798999c-f8f7-4397-b4ae-976fe7ab5ae5

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    timduckdns0123.duckdns.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

    8009

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 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.PWSX-gen.2533.19730.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.PWSX-gen.2533.19730.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2056
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.PWSX-gen.2533.19730.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2480
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IiHDciRGiYI.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4516
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\IiHDciRGiYI" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA921.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4228
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.PWSX-gen.2533.19730.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.PWSX-gen.2533.19730.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2456
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "DDP Host" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAE8F.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:3612

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

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.PWSX-gen.2533.19730.exe.log
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    8ec831f3e3a3f77e4a7b9cd32b48384c

    SHA1

    d83f09fd87c5bd86e045873c231c14836e76a05c

    SHA256

    7667e538030e3f8ce2886e47a01af24cb0ea70528b1e821c5d8832c5076cb982

    SHA512

    26bffa2406b66368bd412bf25869a792631455645992cdcade2dbc13a2e56fb546414a6a9223b94c96c38d89187add6678d4779a88b38b0c9e36be8527b213c3

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
    Filesize

    2KB

    MD5

    968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f

    SHA1

    8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c

    SHA256

    92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a

    SHA512

    4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
    Filesize

    18KB

    MD5

    aa014a369013774152cd337a2949a28a

    SHA1

    d69d9bea58eb8afa47e2154f62d5afa941da86f8

    SHA256

    6034f686ec7fba68baf9858e645e148c8feb6f100af9c29429b8b42d78004c87

    SHA512

    751edfce71003b1cf48a7ae5994d91de27c2e091a1b49df09ff922b5d88e7102e0e8d2101a6cb8eede263e0b619d93308047c451f5cbefe6e192afad16fff59b

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA921.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    bfad05be95625f118a1ee2816625746c

    SHA1

    193526ad0a5f32f951959c4558a9cce31591ab6d

    SHA256

    116048fe04a9ef0388ad0cc58fe02be07496d01b8c1791e00131011fa8c0d593

    SHA512

    0640f58e00f5b0d5d07c662e9510ef6a15e5e975cff8c5fc35439b5ccd226b9a3e7c4695b5d09802cb27bc4345d2f57c217f48e26f40955bf258392733a778e7

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAE8F.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    0a452783285ecab94076ea19a962c13e

    SHA1

    4da5d9698c4e028eddb9a9af8c7b5c74aad2d190

    SHA256

    8d8048ebd07e398d9838a029ee8458b964445a05e9a8fecd741ecac3215e694c

    SHA512

    c1455f6c85c8f95fe202fb391ea1373cb86b3076f944046aa8422d036e5a10fd2c014224dfe4b9052abe94c344e92027208d2902525d13221898b0d34eeea17c

  • memory/2056-133-0x0000000005FC0000-0x0000000006564000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/2056-134-0x0000000005910000-0x00000000059A2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/2056-135-0x00000000058E0000-0x00000000058EA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2056-136-0x00000000082F0000-0x000000000838C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    624KB

  • memory/2056-132-0x0000000000FB0000-0x000000000108E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    888KB

  • memory/2456-147-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    232KB

  • memory/2456-146-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2480-140-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E46000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/2480-154-0x0000000006990000-0x00000000069AE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/2480-145-0x0000000005B50000-0x0000000005BB6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/2480-143-0x0000000005310000-0x0000000005332000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/2480-141-0x0000000005520000-0x0000000005B48000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.2MB

  • memory/2480-149-0x00000000062E0000-0x00000000062FE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/2480-158-0x0000000005150000-0x000000000515A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2480-157-0x00000000076E0000-0x00000000076FA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/2480-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2480-153-0x00000000759E0000-0x0000000075A2C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/2480-159-0x0000000007970000-0x0000000007A06000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    600KB

  • memory/2480-161-0x0000000007A30000-0x0000000007A4A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/2480-156-0x0000000007D20000-0x000000000839A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.5MB

  • memory/3612-150-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/4228-139-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/4516-155-0x00000000759E0000-0x0000000075A2C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/4516-160-0x00000000072C0000-0x00000000072CE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/4516-144-0x0000000004E60000-0x0000000004EC6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/4516-162-0x00000000073B0000-0x00000000073B8000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/4516-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/4516-152-0x0000000006D20000-0x0000000006D52000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    200KB