nanocore | 698bbc6332e4ab6b6ce177f2f1b98a2c442daf57732a60310223f70d56b57688

General

Target

HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe
Size

691KB
MD5

feb349345dd90bfac35b83746707e189
SHA1

9aed8d3872ffa5e2390c0e8331e3b69e6e136eee
SHA256

d97dd1eecff5bdd498edf0ad38d94615979ba81ee958de888e24c2f0c7655948
SHA512

999ceb1df64b1c1f48dcce37b0e68454c4386bd1c04233d72769f64a7ccdaa81519e39d5cf86106a1211fb42b73d92e100e285598ddddddd37fbe67eed144740
SSDEEP

12288:Imr/AkAlAfZ9AuXrzCD/qRVSQyld6Je5Cf+5rDUUqjiFJlyIebaPMeT2Epd6K3A:Imrh5qD0kQMyRfII2JEFb9eJ

Score

10^/10

nanocore discovery evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

hemplife.ddns.net:4090

Mutex

bdfb0778-1d81-4148-b073-d325afc8042a

Attributes

activate_away_mode
true
backup_connection_host
backup_dns_server
8.8.4.4
buffer_size
65535
build_time
2022-01-21T01:02:08.001782136Z
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
4090
default_group
OLU DARA
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
bdfb0778-1d81-4148-b073-d325afc8042a
mutex_timeout
5000
prevent_system_sleep
false
primary_connection_host
hemplife.ddns.net
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

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\ARP Monitor = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ARP Monitor\\arpmon.exe"	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.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	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2836 set thread context of 5012	2836	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	103

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\ARP Monitor\arpmon.exe	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\ARP Monitor\arpmon.exe	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.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
4728	schtasks.exe
2012	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe
5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe
5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 5012	2836	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	103
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 5012	2836	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	103
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 5012	2836	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	103
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 5012	2836	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	103
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 5012	2836	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	103
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 5012	2836	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	103
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 5012	2836	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	103
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 5012	2836	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	103
PID 5012 wrote to memory of 4728	5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	104
PID 5012 wrote to memory of 4728	5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	104
PID 5012 wrote to memory of 4728	5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	104
PID 5012 wrote to memory of 2012	5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	106
PID 5012 wrote to memory of 2012	5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	106
PID 5012 wrote to memory of 2012	5012	HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe	106

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2836
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.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:5012
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "ARP Monitor" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7470.tmp"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4728
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "ARP Monitor Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp74CE.tmp"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2012

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

System Information Discovery

1

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\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\HSBC PAYMENT NOTIFICATION______Pdf.exe.log

Filesize
1KB

MD5
e08f822522c617a40840c62e4b0fb45e

SHA1
ae516dca4da5234be6676d3f234c19ec55725be7

SHA256
bd9d5e9f7fe6fcff17d873555d4077d15f7d6cdda1183e7f7d278b735ffe1fd7

SHA512
894a7fb7bbc18ac6ba13378f58a7db80ad00d6080be9a66b01cae8e23e41d9d2d4cd53c1e20669356b73590c8a3ebfda4bdda3258f81240db56c4a81b7313fe4

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7470.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
1bb06030378adb2252d7bf35a6464bd8

SHA1
35c297371b558df4385a79d11659e2894571009d

SHA256
5cfb9dd10ee883e9b05294817dd3012d2f4d79fc33a1532186b5b14f6aaa8052

SHA512
f576a84ed184c73a3ec28b88de21cbb7e0019225ef32dde93bbe07ffb5fe1bb81ad4bc1036a73792d08142d261ecd220367247c123d6c4f8a1218baacaa75325

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp74CE.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
acc7d7829edec6af26aa18f8ca7776ef

SHA1
29f5290d08127f29924a2eb189e21b9bcfbb6f3a

SHA256
2165ad57e4cd29e911a2861e1fe6366ce11912c95f8e5ede61d247b75753001a

SHA512
07e84e0f7eb030dc0f2efde201c023051a2559dbdcde957fea73669a6e2deac9848cf3503e4e7f9524660d61ead850632bb998f12b73b887dfe841286002bc5b

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memory/2836-6-0x0000000006740000-0x000000000674E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2836-1-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000D92000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2836-5-0x0000000006710000-0x000000000671A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2836-0-0x00000000745BE000-0x00000000745BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2836-7-0x0000000006F30000-0x0000000006FCC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/2836-8-0x00000000745BE000-0x00000000745BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2836-9-0x00000000745B0000-0x0000000074D60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2836-10-0x00000000078D0000-0x000000000794E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
504KB

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memory/2836-11-0x0000000008C60000-0x0000000008CC6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2836-12-0x0000000007760000-0x000000000779A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
232KB

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memory/2836-3-0x0000000005790000-0x0000000005822000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/2836-4-0x00000000745B0000-0x0000000074D60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2836-2-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000006204000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/2836-17-0x00000000745B0000-0x0000000074D60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5012-18-0x00000000745B0000-0x0000000074D60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5012-16-0x00000000745B0000-0x0000000074D60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5012-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/5012-26-0x0000000005820000-0x000000000582A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/5012-27-0x0000000005960000-0x000000000597E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/5012-28-0x00000000059E0000-0x00000000059EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/5012-29-0x00000000745B0000-0x0000000074D60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5012-30-0x00000000745B0000-0x0000000074D60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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