nanocore | 30c3ac8b70c175f99f714f34feb8fae9192260335f2372831fceaed3f4a9e861

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
150s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
24-11-2024 11:26

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General

Target

945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

858KB
MD5

945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788
SHA1

ac5e19f1e2c964ff70075c66506fee1ac19e79af
SHA256

30c3ac8b70c175f99f714f34feb8fae9192260335f2372831fceaed3f4a9e861
SHA512

b0835bb184a227dc12653e142140c777c277e18e5f9cfbe40653bc596e8d50e5a251382533aed75cd0c0f451b7aac254442f2e970306275f9cf62eb97337be50
SSDEEP

12288:faWzgMg7v3qnCiMErQohh0F4CCJ8lny/QIM1QeauPldhsGepO22Nn:CaHMv6Corjqny/QIMSe1deWn

Score

10^/10

nanocore defense_evasion discovery evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

193.124.180.214:8800

Mutex

3ce9ef1c-7f3a-4d4f-8ef7-99e9840932ab

Attributes

activate_away_mode
true
backup_connection_host
193.124.180.214
backup_dns_server
8.8.4.4
buffer_size
65535
build_time
2015-10-26T15:21:07.509449736Z
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
8800
default_group
AAA
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
3ce9ef1c-7f3a-4d4f-8ef7-99e9840932ab
mutex_timeout
5000
prevent_system_sleep
false
primary_connection_host
193.124.180.214
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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2780	system.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2676	945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe
2676	945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 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\ISS Host = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ISS Host\\isshost.exe"	RegAsm.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3063565911-2056067323-3330884624-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Microsoft Corporation ZdchLQZIJQJCBedD = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\ZdchLQZIJQJCBedD.exe"	system.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	RegAsm.exe

AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000700000001927a-8.dat	autoit_exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2780 set thread context of 2164	2780	system.exe	31

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\ISS Host\isshost.exe	RegAsm.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\ISS Host\isshost.exe	RegAsm.exe

Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

When files are downloaded from the Internet, they are tagged with a hidden NTFS Alternate Data Stream (ADS) named Zone.Identifier with a specific value known as the MOTW.

defense_evasion

SIP and Trust Provider Hijacking

T1553.003

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ZdchLQZIJQJCBedD.exe:Zone.Identifier:$DATA	system.exe
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe:Zone.Identifier:$DATA	945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe:Zone.Identifier:$DATA	system.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	945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	system.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RegAsm.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe

NTFS ADS 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe:Zone.Identifier:$DATA	system.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ZdchLQZIJQJCBedD.exe:Zone.Identifier:$DATA	system.exe
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe:Zone.Identifier:$DATA	945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ZdchLQZIJQJCBedD.exe\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA	system.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
2564	schtasks.exe
3016	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

pid	Process
2164	RegAsm.exe
2164	RegAsm.exe
2164	RegAsm.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe
2780	system.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2780	system.exe
2164	RegAsm.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2164	RegAsm.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 2780	2676	945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 2780	2676	945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 2780	2676	945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 2780	2676	945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2164	2780	system.exe	31
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2564	2164	RegAsm.exe	32
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2564	2164	RegAsm.exe	32
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2564	2164	RegAsm.exe	32
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2564	2164	RegAsm.exe	32
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 3016	2164	RegAsm.exe	34
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 3016	2164	RegAsm.exe	34
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 3016	2164	RegAsm.exe	34
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 3016	2164	RegAsm.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2676
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - NTFS ADS
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2780
- - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
    "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe"
    3⤵
    - 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:2164
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "ISS Host" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp313E.tmp"
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2564
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "ISS Host Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3209.tmp"
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3016

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Subvert Trust Controls

T1553

SIP and Trust Provider Hijacking

T1553.003

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ZdchLQZIJQJC

Filesize
203KB

MD5
0b6b2bb0cc21924059ee2f4d3b484af1

SHA1
e83a8bbed1a28425d56be1f9c3e87965e20d9fa8

SHA256
ec4bb6b826974d391dcb82a3992352b110f6f752ebba38b727671261c0ca2912

SHA512
401970597faf9d84f12637c7ff5e16e248127b44b1186ab4acc064b77a01fb06082712f13243610a0e32470cbc39069459beee7d48a03e6d332a3559f9bad2cf

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp313E.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
c6f0625bf4c1cdfb699980c9243d3b22

SHA1
43de1fe580576935516327f17b5da0c656c72851

SHA256
8dfc4e937f0b2374e3ced25fce344b0731cf44b8854625b318d50ece2da8f576

SHA512
9ef2dbd4142ad0e1e6006929376ecb8011e7ffc801ee2101e906787d70325ad82752df65839de9972391fa52e1e5974ec1a5c7465a88aa56257633ebb7d70969

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3209.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
3d1580c0395f6de62659467f5b7f1acf

SHA1
8e73a3885896cecca7ff799a272fc9ddfe06ea96

SHA256
6f40196c42a171f24a3e16edeca664cdc5a2f7c150d468255b0e14ab10a2b714

SHA512
7637c0d9b03227dffcb00a68d97ddce60bfc40ca0f8a7a4bbd700ea56be6d570908511dea5cab9f609a7da2e558e5298c482fd1e330af085f9c52867d5a847ea

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\system.exe

Filesize
858KB

MD5
945d30684e328c1dc007ed0f71499788

SHA1
ac5e19f1e2c964ff70075c66506fee1ac19e79af

SHA256
30c3ac8b70c175f99f714f34feb8fae9192260335f2372831fceaed3f4a9e861

SHA512
b0835bb184a227dc12653e142140c777c277e18e5f9cfbe40653bc596e8d50e5a251382533aed75cd0c0f451b7aac254442f2e970306275f9cf62eb97337be50

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memory/2164-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2164-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2164-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2164-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2164-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2164-38-0x0000000074742000-0x0000000074744000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2164-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2164-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2164-50-0x0000000074742000-0x0000000074744000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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