nanocore | 058e2c02b8cfb93b480ea8cfac08e967b39631a579256ebee27fb7472194c1ea

General

Target

8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
Size

758KB
MD5

8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db
SHA1

de632114a70a9ad4b16ed686e48477f398531ae0
SHA256

058e2c02b8cfb93b480ea8cfac08e967b39631a579256ebee27fb7472194c1ea
SHA512

ba45a34ecb7d176392c43cd8b80d8181e77f1cc6536459163439a4456389a6208e053bc6a449f7974595d44b69a269833958bfe1ede7498f31538b84ddbff151
SSDEEP

12288:fn9InteYPjOFGGCA2ythZoESN0vXMgmW3oSrnvuiYZftZvskj2/Q4AyrrRPdh:fEPtpy/2ESNimW3oovZYB2o4JPd

Score

10^/10

nanocore discovery evasion execution keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

66.63.187.113:1664

Mutex

a376f716-2f77-4943-a431-3a3bcb53b7c0

Attributes

activate_away_mode
true
backup_connection_host
66.63.187.113
backup_dns_server
8.8.4.4
buffer_size
65535
build_time
2024-08-05T03:49:33.827385136Z
bypass_user_account_control
false
bypass_user_account_control_data
PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTE2Ij8+DQo8VGFzayB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjIiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vc2NoZW1hcy5taWNyb3NvZnQuY29tL3dpbmRvd3MvMjAwNC8wMi9taXQvdGFzayI+DQogIDxSZWdpc3RyYXRpb25JbmZvIC8+DQogIDxUcmlnZ2VycyAvPg0KICA8UHJpbmNpcGFscz4NCiAgICA8UHJpbmNpcGFsIGlkPSJBdXRob3IiPg0KICAgICAgPExvZ29uVHlwZT5JbnRlcmFjdGl2ZVRva2VuPC9Mb2dvblR5cGU+DQogICAgICA8UnVuTGV2ZWw+SGlnaGVzdEF2YWlsYWJsZTwvUnVuTGV2ZWw+DQogICAgPC9QcmluY2lwYWw+DQogIDwvUHJpbmNpcGFscz4NCiAgPFNldHRpbmdzPg0KICAgIDxNdWx0aXBsZUluc3RhbmNlc1BvbGljeT5QYXJhbGxlbDwvTXVsdGlwbGVJbnN0YW5jZXNQb2xpY3k+DQogICAgPERpc2FsbG93U3RhcnRJZk9uQmF0dGVyaWVzPmZhbHNlPC9EaXNhbGxvd1N0YXJ0SWZPbkJhdHRlcmllcz4NCiAgICA8U3RvcElmR29pbmdPbkJhdHRlcmllcz5mYWxzZTwvU3RvcElmR29pbmdPbkJhdHRlcmllcz4NCiAgICA8QWxsb3dIYXJkVGVybWluYXRlPnRydWU8L0FsbG93SGFyZFRlcm1pbmF0ZT4NCiAgICA8U3RhcnRXaGVuQXZhaWxhYmxlPmZhbHNlPC9TdGFydFdoZW5BdmFpbGFibGU+DQogICAgPFJ1bk9ubHlJZk5ldHdvcmtBdmFpbGFibGU+ZmFsc2U8L1J1bk9ubHlJZk5ldHdvcmtBdmFpbGFibGU+DQogICAgPElkbGVTZXR0aW5ncz4NCiAgICAgIDxTdG9wT25JZGxlRW5kPmZhbHNlPC9TdG9wT25JZGxlRW5kPg0KICAgICAgPFJlc3RhcnRPbklkbGU+ZmFsc2U8L1Jlc3RhcnRPbklkbGU+DQogICAgPC9JZGxlU2V0dGluZ3M+DQogICAgPEFsbG93U3RhcnRPbkRlbWFuZD50cnVlPC9BbGxvd1N0YXJ0T25EZW1hbmQ+DQogICAgPEVuYWJsZWQ+dHJ1ZTwvRW5hYmxlZD4NCiAgICA8SGlkZGVuPmZhbHNlPC9IaWRkZW4+DQogICAgPFJ1bk9ubHlJZklkbGU+ZmFsc2U8L1J1bk9ubHlJZklkbGU+DQogICAgPFdha2VUb1J1bj5mYWxzZTwvV2FrZVRvUnVuPg0KICAgIDxFeGVjdXRpb25UaW1lTGltaXQ+UFQwUzwvRXhlY3V0aW9uVGltZUxpbWl0Pg0KICAgIDxQcmlvcml0eT40PC9Qcmlvcml0eT4NCiAgPC9TZXR0aW5ncz4NCiAgPEFjdGlvbnMgQ29udGV4dD0iQXV0aG9yIj4NCiAgICA8RXhlYz4NCiAgICAgIDxDb21tYW5kPiIjRVhFQ1VUQUJMRVBBVEgiPC9Db21tYW5kPg0KICAgICAgPEFyZ3VtZW50cz4kKEFyZzApPC9Bcmd1bWVudHM+DQogICAgPC9FeGVjPg0KICA8L0FjdGlvbnM+DQo8L1Rhc2s+
clear_access_control
true
clear_zone_identifier
false
connect_delay
4000
connection_port
1664
default_group
CAT
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
a376f716-2f77-4943-a431-3a3bcb53b7c0
mutex_timeout
5000
prevent_system_sleep
false
primary_connection_host
66.63.187.113
primary_dns_server
8.8.8.8
request_elevation
true
restart_delay
5000
run_delay
0
run_on_startup
false
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
Nanocore family
nanocore

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
1312	powershell.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\SCSI Host = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SCSI Host\\scsihost.exe"	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.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	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1928 set thread context of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\SCSI Host\scsihost.exe	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\SCSI Host\scsihost.exe	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.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	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.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
2516	schtasks.exe
2864	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs

pid	Process
1312	powershell.exe
2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1312	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1312	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	31
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1312	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	31
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1312	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	31
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1312	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	31
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2908	1928	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	32
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2864	2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2864	2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2864	2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2864	2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2516	2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	36
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2516	2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	36
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2516	2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	36
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2516	2908	8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe	36

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1928
- 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\8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1312
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8e2827146c4c433affba78c88fd685db.exe"
  2⤵
  - 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:2908
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "SCSI Host" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBB4.tmp"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2864
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "SCSI Host Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC32.tmp"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2516

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

PowerShell

1

T1059.001

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

System Information Discovery

2

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\tmpBB4.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
08c69c4c90c9dc132cca5b405f300c6a

SHA1
4e3f54b70e448a400880101e1068e1fbeeefa624

SHA256
4074632002d0a339832ce7dee2cca7c9ca6b0fe4405a43cd971decb81541701f

SHA512
7a7b300706631b455fa811aa4a868ad72cd3b4605928e22eeafbc126f6901219ae8d3b059fd363c5bf678c8b858b6362ca8140cbb929c204d269c233d85e09f1

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC32.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
9a559f229be0944bc3dc813cde333f50

SHA1
0e97c97eea032b499ff060e799581e32beeceb09

SHA256
a63d853679aa655cced3b62a10855c56f9efd9b50770738b408d728008f73330

SHA512
4cbb2f77283500e86ecf79fd2cbd31d10c3af2fcf6c9a557ee0b1edead229dc07d63a5030b60df57458d52ef8c2a42ec199d2d4cdca387400d047df25b593c68

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memory/1928-26-0x0000000074100000-0x00000000747EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/1928-1-0x0000000001010000-0x00000000010D4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
784KB

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memory/1928-2-0x0000000074100000-0x00000000747EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/1928-3-0x0000000000900000-0x000000000091C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/1928-4-0x000000007410E000-0x000000007410F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1928-5-0x0000000074100000-0x00000000747EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/1928-6-0x00000000003E0000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
488KB

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memory/1928-0-0x000000007410E000-0x000000007410F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2908-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2908-39-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2908-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2908-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2908-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2908-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2908-23-0x0000000074100000-0x00000000747EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2908-22-0x0000000074100000-0x00000000747EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2908-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2908-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2908-34-0x0000000000490000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2908-35-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2908-36-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2908-15-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2908-40-0x0000000000790000-0x00000000007AA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2908-41-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C3E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2908-42-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000C52000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2908-44-0x0000000000ED0000-0x0000000000EDE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2908-43-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000ECC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2908-45-0x0000000000F20000-0x0000000000F34000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/2908-46-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F40000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2908-47-0x0000000000F40000-0x0000000000F54000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/2908-48-0x0000000000F50000-0x0000000000F5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2908-49-0x00000000047B0000-0x00000000047DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
184KB

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memory/2908-50-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FC4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/2908-52-0x0000000074100000-0x00000000747EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2908-53-0x0000000074100000-0x00000000747EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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