nanocore | 492b7e53b0b9832ad3c811c6a5f38711346b2eb79c033cdaecc186e67ab45f6e

General

Target

POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
Size

680KB
MD5

f456b551503ad95921e9cc9a3fb117be
SHA1

03fdfe9e9d663f5c3d013b8ee9e9dab46bdda990
SHA256

ea37dd28632e9d1cbba36da7d3daea76d4071af9f75d9afb29265edf1660aba1
SHA512

2070fef9bb60225d53a483ddb4cda75823c8f45f8abfd25a036301564dd23ebf3f04aee9bc7e707f0802c83e025ef672c488367da4b6770f93c4318f10f2491a
SSDEEP

12288:JcDUU1s3qeEP9VtBDMR7NuXXTT7jIm+HbAnQ97dtabaiFW8E6XorKbi8P5aUL5mf:JM1sav9v078TTHZ+7G47zzig2ou

Score

10^/10

nanocore evasion keylogger spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

shahzad73.casacam.net:9036

shahzad73.ddns.net:9036

Mutex

c4cca249-81f6-4232-9f14-01569e09f5f0

Attributes

activate_away_mode
true
backup_connection_host
shahzad73.ddns.net
backup_dns_server
8.8.4.4
buffer_size
65535
build_time
2020-11-06T13:23:03.514637236Z
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
9036
default_group
JANUARY
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
c4cca249-81f6-4232-9f14-01569e09f5f0
mutex_timeout
5000
prevent_system_sleep
false
primary_connection_host
shahzad73.casacam.net
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 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-464762018-485119342-1613148473-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

description pid process target process

PID 1684 set thread context of 968 1684 POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence execution

Scheduled Task
T1053.005

Processes:

schtasks.exeschtasks.exe

pid process

4984 schtasks.exe
4632 schtasks.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

Processes:

POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exePOEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

pid process

1684 POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
968 POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
968 POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
968 POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

pid process

968 POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exePOEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1684 POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 968 POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1684 set thread context of 968	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

pid	process
4984	schtasks.exe
4632	schtasks.exe

pid	process
1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
968	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
968	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
968	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

pid	process
968	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	968	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes:

POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exePOEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 4632	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 4632	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 4632	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 968	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 968	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 968	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 968	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 968	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 968	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 968	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 968	1684	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
PID 968 wrote to memory of 4984	968	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 968 wrote to memory of 4984	968	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 968 wrote to memory of 4984	968	POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe	schtasks.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1684

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\jqKaAumEoCrxw" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3AA3.tmp"
2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4632

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POEA MEMORANDUM N0 056.exe
"{path}"
2⤵
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:968

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "NAT Subsystem" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp414A.tmp"
3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4984

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

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\Temp\tmp3AA3.tmp
Filesize
1KB

MD5
22116f960bc74abfcc55b82fb9c68419

SHA1
0748d2b2359487dbed95b43f6b1528cd287dad5e

SHA256
2473c60cf47a3e5e6573bdf3a1b9a144367a5f5e2cd88d04788c6c88272a01e1

SHA512
210022321f01b229d425baddc643cd73ed1442c8675f0b501b5c32dbe9d3dae1ae470bc28025f401066177eabbddd9b4edfc65349cb149648345ef54e01adeaf

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp414A.tmp
Filesize
1KB

MD5
a0d3f038d2edfb329b06bdf9124625f4

SHA1
65ded73c490282c57cf84e21cb316c78105412e2

SHA256
f5d2338f5e6526200d60a203691f654e023ee3802a0117488166d0d2d77fd233

SHA512
31a817631e2d14236d704d26eb88822b337ab55d03b69ec473ddaef59847e16533edd28187ac7846926f1c9d90ab46919f758f474fdfeab8dfb8f54a373396ff

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memory/968-27-0x0000000074A60000-0x0000000075210000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/968-26-0x0000000074A60000-0x0000000075210000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/968-25-0x0000000006700000-0x000000000670A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/968-24-0x00000000065D0000-0x00000000065EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/968-23-0x00000000057C0000-0x00000000057CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/968-18-0x0000000074A60000-0x0000000075210000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/968-16-0x0000000074A60000-0x0000000075210000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/968-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/1684-4-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004CEA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1684-10-0x00000000079F0000-0x0000000007A7C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
560KB

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memory/1684-9-0x0000000074A60000-0x0000000075210000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1684-8-0x0000000074A6E000-0x0000000074A6F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1684-17-0x0000000074A60000-0x0000000075210000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1684-7-0x00000000052A0000-0x00000000052A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1684-6-0x0000000007950000-0x00000000079EC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/1684-0-0x0000000074A6E000-0x0000000074A6F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1684-5-0x0000000074A60000-0x0000000075210000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1684-3-0x0000000004C10000-0x0000000004CA2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/1684-2-0x00000000052C0000-0x0000000005864000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/1684-1-0x0000000000300000-0x00000000003B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
704KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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