nanocore | 84b85f7abec8f7a5ecd71de636ff85e990f87a92ffd2dace88a398b089a4a62f

General

Target

exoplor.exe
Size

1022KB
MD5

0ff5ecbe655b0b5781700195d2e8475e
SHA1

88287fb8ae38e8b4b3c7dad7ef72200f1ff6c20d
SHA256

d85538af1e2ee590775bcf2d6cdd5b757eb4eded381f9a3d3c94c81a52534035
SHA512

b3d6e7f0396151265968a3a17b2523e7a8564df5e5332f577791335e3337b4a076971b76485a9bdaca4d181860058e791935e8d459dbfe6f65320dc76bef84a5
SSDEEP

24576:SFuFIa6JCDe6/xeB9RC3EXhJcXiWeAu3mBgVLn7PYzEd:Bt6JKd5YHTXTcXu33mBWLn7PYe

Score

10^/10

nanocore evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

NanoCore
NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware nanocore
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

Query Registry
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497

Processes:

exoplor.exe

description ioc process

Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ exoplor.exe
Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.
evasion

Query Registry
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497

Processes:

exoplor.exe

description ioc process

Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Wine exoplor.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	exoplor.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Wine	exoplor.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

exoplor.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\TCP Subsystem = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\TCP Subsystem\\tcpss.exe"	exoplor.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion trojan

System Information Discovery
T1082

Processes:

exoplor.exe

description ioc process

Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA exoplor.exe
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

Processes:

exoplor.exe

pid process

2808 exoplor.exe

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

pid	process
2808	exoplor.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

Processes:

exoplor.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\TCP Subsystem\tcpss.exe	exoplor.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\TCP Subsystem\tcpss.exe	exoplor.exe

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence

Scheduled Task/Job
T1053

Processes:

schtasks.exeschtasks.exe

pid process

2756 schtasks.exe
1460 schtasks.exe

pid	process
2756	schtasks.exe
1460	schtasks.exe

Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

evasion spyware trojan

Install Root Certificate

T1553.004

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

exoplor.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5\Blob = 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	exoplor.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5\Blob = 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	exoplor.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5	exoplor.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5\Blob = 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	exoplor.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

Processes:

exoplor.exe

pid process

2808 exoplor.exe
2808 exoplor.exe
2808 exoplor.exe
2808 exoplor.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

exoplor.exe

pid process

2808 exoplor.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

exoplor.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2808 exoplor.exe

pid	process
2808	exoplor.exe
2808	exoplor.exe
2808	exoplor.exe
2808	exoplor.exe

pid	process
2808	exoplor.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2808	exoplor.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes:

exoplor.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 2756	2808	exoplor.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 2756	2808	exoplor.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 2756	2808	exoplor.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 2756	2808	exoplor.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 1460	2808	exoplor.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 1460	2808	exoplor.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 1460	2808	exoplor.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 1460	2808	exoplor.exe	schtasks.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\exoplor.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\exoplor.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Modifies system certificate store
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2808

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "TCP Subsystem" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp267E.tmp"
2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:2756

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "TCP Subsystem Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp271B.tmp"
2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1460

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Scheduled Task/Job

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Scheduled Task/Job

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

T1497

Modify Registry

2

T1112

Subvert Trust Controls

1

T1553

Install Root Certificate

1

T1553.004

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

T1497

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015
Filesize
70KB

MD5
49aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5

SHA1
1723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976

SHA256
b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f

SHA512
bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar1D48.tmp
Filesize
181KB

MD5
4ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1

SHA1
a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7

SHA256
8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8

SHA512
6c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp267E.tmp
Filesize
1KB

MD5
f18bf5b6ddf538145501a5abf6fe366f

SHA1
269c1031fb323b116f5a3062bfcd02649bb0fbea

SHA256
5ed8ccef8293cc57acfb921d8a8d9fb79f768ef19759561a4e7f71c3b960cdcc

SHA512
52fdd6196b5b886250152917587ef670385054231e0590f3d57edc12c81cb02aa694334b619ca544dfb58386cb4275be9c78b56b4f823c76f25f802f59a50e81

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp271B.tmp
Filesize
1KB

MD5
4b7ef560289c0f62d0baf6f14f48a57a

SHA1
8331acb90dde588aa3196919f6e847f398fd06d1

SHA256
062844155306130d6fafc4fe10ac9e5ddd2ed462532b729c50cdc979c0d83207

SHA512
ecaa27c4b703d95f9f9b37d8c339982970482e7dab968c2010e0aa644bbfa31973111aafb827565af30c423d1d14e4ff997ec149614e713ff7ef3456894d02d8

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memory/2808-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp

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2.1MB

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MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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