nanocore | c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36

General

Target

c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe
Size

1.4MB
MD5

7257ada04fb81f4a7cc024eca879188b
SHA1

bb40820a78fa5ac26589e557b2d2f14fac23cf45
SHA256

c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36
SHA512

193c3c73b01fcc7922c92d7162c2cce09ae6170a13d7e88d69978b5ccc93fc20938895df89e56122cf516eb13ceafe1f8c40086f181321ca33dfb6f4a78a5f35
SSDEEP

24576:6AHnh+eWsN3skA4RV1Hom2KXMmHaYDBNkmBRGEMdSR5ADIAsG/jJ45O:Nh+ZkldoPK8YaZSeIAmO

Score

10^/10

nanocore evasion keylogger spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

bnow.duckdns.org:4156

Mutex

fc4000c4-f8ec-42dc-a0ad-1edfd7548ceb

Attributes

activate_away_mode
true
backup_connection_host
bnow.duckdns.org
backup_dns_server
8.8.4.4
buffer_size
65535
build_time
2018-08-20T04:39:27.808758936Z
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
4156
default_group
Default
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
fc4000c4-f8ec-42dc-a0ad-1edfd7548ceb
mutex_timeout
5000
prevent_system_sleep
false
primary_connection_host
bnow.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
8000

Signatures

NanoCore
NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware nanocore

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exeigfxEM.exeigfxEM.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-17203666-93769886-2545153620-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-17203666-93769886-2545153620-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	igfxEM.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-17203666-93769886-2545153620-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	igfxEM.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

Processes:

igfxEM.exeigfxEM.exe

pid process

2732 igfxEM.exe
2628 igfxEM.exe
Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion trojan

System Information Discovery
T1082

Processes:

RegAsm.exe

description ioc process

Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA RegAsm.exe

pid	process
2732	igfxEM.exe
2628	igfxEM.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	RegAsm.exe

AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\Users\Admin\WinSAT\igfxEM.exe	autoit_exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

Processes:

c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exeigfxEM.exeigfxEM.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1096 set thread context of 4044	1096	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2732 set thread context of 2196	2732	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2628 set thread context of 4476	2628	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082
Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence

Scheduled Task/Job
T1053

Processes:

schtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exe

pid process

4896 schtasks.exe
1632 schtasks.exe
3460 schtasks.exe
3076 schtasks.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

Processes:

RegAsm.exe

pid process

4044 RegAsm.exe
4044 RegAsm.exe
4044 RegAsm.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

RegAsm.exe

pid process

4044 RegAsm.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

RegAsm.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4044 RegAsm.exe

pid	process
4896	schtasks.exe
1632	schtasks.exe
3460	schtasks.exe
3076	schtasks.exe

pid	process
4044	RegAsm.exe
4044	RegAsm.exe
4044	RegAsm.exe

pid	process
4044	RegAsm.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4044	RegAsm.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 IoCs

Processes:

c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exeRegAsm.exeigfxEM.exeigfxEM.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1096 wrote to memory of 4044	1096	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 1096 wrote to memory of 4044	1096	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 1096 wrote to memory of 4044	1096	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 1096 wrote to memory of 4044	1096	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 1096 wrote to memory of 4044	1096	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 4044 wrote to memory of 4896	4044	RegAsm.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 4044 wrote to memory of 4896	4044	RegAsm.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 4044 wrote to memory of 4896	4044	RegAsm.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1096 wrote to memory of 1632	1096	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1096 wrote to memory of 1632	1096	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1096 wrote to memory of 1632	1096	c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2196	2732	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2196	2732	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2196	2732	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2196	2732	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2196	2732	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 3460	2732	igfxEM.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 3460	2732	igfxEM.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 3460	2732	igfxEM.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 4476	2628	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 4476	2628	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 4476	2628	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 4476	2628	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 4476	2628	igfxEM.exe	RegAsm.exe
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 3076	2628	igfxEM.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 3076	2628	igfxEM.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 3076	2628	igfxEM.exe	schtasks.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c3a4207fc483b8954711b149904c1c92e9b19648f7b00462a4e01a041d172f36.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1096

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe"
2⤵
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4044

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "DSL Host" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4277.tmp"
3⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:4896

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn azroles /tr "C:\Users\Admin\WinSAT\igfxEM.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1632

C:\Users\Admin\WinSAT\igfxEM.exe
C:\Users\Admin\WinSAT\igfxEM.exe
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2732

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe"
2⤵
PID:2196

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn azroles /tr "C:\Users\Admin\WinSAT\igfxEM.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:3460

C:\Users\Admin\WinSAT\igfxEM.exe
C:\Users\Admin\WinSAT\igfxEM.exe
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2628

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe"
2⤵
PID:4476

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn azroles /tr "C:\Users\Admin\WinSAT\igfxEM.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:3076

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v2.0_32\UsageLogs\RegAsm.exe.log
Filesize
496B

MD5
5b4789d01bb4d7483b71e1a35bce6a8b

SHA1
de083f2131c9a763c0d1810c97a38732146cffbf

SHA256
e248cef9500ed6e0c9f99d72a2a6a36955a5f0cfc0725748ef25a733cc8282f6

SHA512
357e18ef30430e4b9cc4f2569b9735b1cd12f934c83162e4de78ac29ba9703b63ddb624ccc22afd5a5868f6e9d91a3c64581846abac22e9625f5b2e3d80b3ede

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4277.tmp
Filesize
1KB

MD5
c6f0625bf4c1cdfb699980c9243d3b22

SHA1
43de1fe580576935516327f17b5da0c656c72851

SHA256
8dfc4e937f0b2374e3ced25fce344b0731cf44b8854625b318d50ece2da8f576

SHA512
9ef2dbd4142ad0e1e6006929376ecb8011e7ffc801ee2101e906787d70325ad82752df65839de9972391fa52e1e5974ec1a5c7465a88aa56257633ebb7d70969

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C:\Users\Admin\WinSAT\igfxEM.exe
Filesize
1.4MB

MD5
2a09f22796068af9f846064ad8a324d1

SHA1
a768619316f896a719d144ad6ab7069baf8bdc59

SHA256
3a33402f4eabcb2475e86ee1041af49e9d1fd69f95ea2229d8af3726b316ddea

SHA512
e104ccdec7ad6f709cfb1908b1b18bca60784bffada78efb242f18a848fa4abb071d5e9c0061a46cc65e0e9f81c971314f18236f5db234ff13f16c3d2c9fe656

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C:\Users\Admin\azroles.lnk
MD5
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

SHA1
da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

SHA256
e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855

SHA512
cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

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memory/1096-0-0x0000000003D00000-0x0000000003D01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2196-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/4044-8-0x00000000020E0000-0x00000000020F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4044-17-0x0000000073D40000-0x00000000742F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4044-18-0x00000000020E0000-0x00000000020F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4044-16-0x0000000073D40000-0x00000000742F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4044-7-0x0000000073D40000-0x00000000742F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4044-6-0x0000000073D40000-0x00000000742F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4044-2-0x00000000001B0000-0x00000000001E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/4476-30-0x0000000000590000-0x00000000005C8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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