nanocore | fcb6baf010f8ee0f60d099566f21f3f13ad454b0dc1dcf803e04ddad7b6a0ee3

General

Target

d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.0MB
MD5

d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa
SHA1

1b19e9e1b6703f24c1157734bb09fb216d54f18b
SHA256

fcb6baf010f8ee0f60d099566f21f3f13ad454b0dc1dcf803e04ddad7b6a0ee3
SHA512

b22e72600a2fdf17ef960182f45336bd41185c0d7ca13927ef84e01509ecb01e38ced49f3fdcd6568d5eb9e5c3fbde0dcc31378a4fbfcef61c62a1ebb5f17415
SSDEEP

24576:MNA3R5drXPupJ6VK37RdR475a23nFSD8fK31S8/:N5uiKWVY/3QA

Score

10^/10

nanocore discovery 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

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

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3856	Synapse.exe
3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\UPNP Subsystem = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\UPNP Subsystem\\upnpss.exe"	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\UPNP Subsystem\upnpss.exe	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\UPNP Subsystem\upnpss.exe	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Synapse.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe

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

pid	Process
4440	schtasks.exe
4848	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe
3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe
3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe
3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe
3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe
3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 3856	3028	d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 3856	3028	d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 3856	3028	d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 3460	3028	d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 3460	3028	d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 3460	3028	d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 3460 wrote to memory of 4440	3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe	89
PID 3460 wrote to memory of 4440	3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe	89
PID 3460 wrote to memory of 4440	3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe	89
PID 3460 wrote to memory of 4848	3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe	91
PID 3460 wrote to memory of 4848	3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe	91
PID 3460 wrote to memory of 4848	3460	Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d79d8dcc2ab17ad5af5a7ddf417033fa_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3028
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Synapse.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Synapse.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3856
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Checks whether UAC is enabled
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3460
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "UPNP Subsystem" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8695.tmp"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4440
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "UPNP Subsystem Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8761.tmp"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4848

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8695.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
cd0318a9669b1fc47980792395d94f08

SHA1
55094cee85ff232166d643c60574fe6c7b8dd664

SHA256
c27924028625e3aab8c27c9ef9ec0ffe1c3b7abc42cddbc936d5b13edf042bf5

SHA512
dbffd9c5d4b69a6ac3b61bfec516550cc484db77a8405684a53e660afe5b9f75ef04527237aad3025fa3a5e51eee753d6ecfae7323fa431da132e2190055a0d4

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8761.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
af9986f5e128fd8bd3ae748fcba6576d

SHA1
8060072c35108b48649a03be91803b97f1ad40a4

SHA256
f3242f6480b3d1a8f9285135fdce9a201c4802ce062eee4fb41c488a21d53303

SHA512
f35c8e1699905bc972ae48a5a4a9fd33ea04b2d851ffc1cb1d1573a2087121d803b4186a696b2edad10a9c46c388a478e105f5a730020b598aa9f483086dba38

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Synapse X Bootstrapper Fixer.exe

Filesize
210KB

MD5
31942c083097ee225a2741d1feefa84f

SHA1
d319f8d7d2a03655adc07e862199e4ffa2d3e1cd

SHA256
3aa2e0c7a0aa95ff2c80d36319d6f27beeb88645b104031e361b31d0078c653c

SHA512
578af62b529f1bc9017d59ea44b0ae2ad23c3fc65f80e4fc990ad7477d7190de59738e8980dfeb56bf50d01a0c5ed71426aaf938d9f982b6891c285a452b1292

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Synapse.exe

Filesize
759KB

MD5
3dfb6c13923f3bde60be638512e0f165

SHA1
eeea42cb85cb2bd049297be53b49acc354affb60

SHA256
584027f7ca111f164692a26dabdf0383d537310e49199504f0961f39f93e09e6

SHA512
31184ef9a2c72822351ce3c63ef36c29cb9bd1c34e2a0ff066c821a28e8285a19203dc99010a4a91ca3cd2f51c13f0f1846d7408da3ace27560a73008e527774

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memory/3460-18-0x0000000072B32000-0x0000000072B33000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3460-21-0x0000000072B30000-0x00000000730E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/3460-22-0x0000000072B30000-0x00000000730E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/3460-24-0x0000000072B30000-0x00000000730E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/3460-31-0x0000000072B32000-0x0000000072B33000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3460-32-0x0000000072B30000-0x00000000730E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/3460-33-0x0000000072B30000-0x00000000730E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/3460-34-0x0000000072B30000-0x00000000730E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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