Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20240508-en - resource tags
- submitted
29/05/2024, 12:02
General
- Target 52a309b059e9c2dccd75d272971e7ea0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
- Size 688KB
- Sample240529-n7wfnsdf2v
- SHA256 3788dc98b496b8eca5bec9fe73397cb6eb6bacadae5637c8e3d3009a98afe203
Malware Config
Extracted
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nanocore
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1.2.2.0
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staywicked99.ddns.net:63882
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127.0.0.1:63882
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344b2f5a-4a49-455c-8a61-465a5df696b3
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activate_away_mode
true
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backup_connection_host
127.0.0.1
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backup_dns_server
37.235.1.177
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buffer_size
65535
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build_time
2024-02-23T18:24:33.192101836Z
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bypass_user_account_control
true
- bypass_user_account_control_data
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clear_access_control
true
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clear_zone_identifier
false
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connect_delay
4000
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connection_port
63882
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default_group
ash
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enable_debug_mode
true
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gc_threshold
1.048576e+07
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keep_alive_timeout
30000
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keyboard_logging
false
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lan_timeout
2500
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max_packet_size
1.048576e+07
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mutex
344b2f5a-4a49-455c-8a61-465a5df696b3
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mutex_timeout
5000
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prevent_system_sleep
false
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primary_connection_host
staywicked99.ddns.net
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primary_dns_server
37.235.1.174
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request_elevation
true
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restart_delay
5000
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run_delay
0
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run_on_startup
false
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set_critical_process
true
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timeout_interval
5000
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use_custom_dns_server
false
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version
1.2.2.0
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wan_timeout
8000
Signatures
- NanoCore
NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Unexpected DNS network traffic destination 8 IoCs
Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 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).
- 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 15 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\52a309b059e9c2dccd75d272971e7ea0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\52a309b059e9c2dccd75d272971e7ea0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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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\52a309b059e9c2dccd75d272971e7ea0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\lCTPfR.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\lCTPfR" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB844.tmp"2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\52a309b059e9c2dccd75d272971e7ea0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\52a309b059e9c2dccd75d272971e7ea0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"2⤵
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\52a309b059e9c2dccd75d272971e7ea0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\52a309b059e9c2dccd75d272971e7ea0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"2⤵
- 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
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
powershell.exe.log
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
__PSScriptPolicyTest_02mrfwnf.n1o.ps1
tmpB844.tmp
memory/60-6-0x0000000005500000-0x0000000005522000-memory.dmp
memory/60-3-0x0000000005020000-0x00000000050B2000-memory.dmp
memory/60-4-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/60-5-0x0000000004FE0000-0x0000000004FEA000-memory.dmp
memory/60-0-0x000000007481E000-0x000000007481F000-memory.dmp
memory/60-7-0x0000000005520000-0x000000000552C000-memory.dmp
memory/60-8-0x0000000002960000-0x0000000002970000-memory.dmp
memory/60-9-0x0000000006470000-0x00000000064EA000-memory.dmp
memory/60-10-0x000000000B0A0000-0x000000000B13C000-memory.dmp
memory/60-50-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/60-1-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp
memory/60-2-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005AD4000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-18-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-15-0x00000000023A0000-0x00000000023D6000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-19-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-22-0x0000000005390000-0x00000000053F6000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-21-0x0000000004C90000-0x0000000004CF6000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-20-0x0000000004BF0000-0x0000000004C12000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-25-0x0000000005580000-0x00000000058D4000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-16-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000005388000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-17-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-94-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-85-0x0000000007210000-0x0000000007224000-memory.dmp
memory/1188-71-0x000000006F760000-0x000000006F7AC000-memory.dmp
memory/4424-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
memory/4424-55-0x0000000006620000-0x000000000662A000-memory.dmp
memory/4424-54-0x0000000005CC0000-0x0000000005CDE000-memory.dmp
memory/4424-53-0x0000000005BA0000-0x0000000005BAA000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-23-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-56-0x0000000007280000-0x00000000072B2000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-67-0x0000000007240000-0x000000000725E000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-68-0x00000000072C0000-0x0000000007363000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-69-0x0000000007C40000-0x00000000082BA000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-70-0x0000000007600000-0x000000000761A000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-57-0x000000006F760000-0x000000006F7AC000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-81-0x0000000007670000-0x000000000767A000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-82-0x0000000007880000-0x0000000007916000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-83-0x0000000007800000-0x0000000007811000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-84-0x0000000007830000-0x000000000783E000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-46-0x00000000063B0000-0x00000000063FC000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-86-0x0000000007940000-0x000000000795A000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-87-0x0000000007920000-0x0000000007928000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-45-0x00000000062E0000-0x00000000062FE000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-24-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-40-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/5092-93-0x0000000074810000-0x0000000074FC0000-memory.dmp