nanocore | 6cc902a129311aaac4f40644029251ed2fc60a9138cb705d85e556deaf5d5cff

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
11/03/2025, 12:58

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General

Target

f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe
Size

1005KB
MD5

f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c
SHA1

8411f0e9b01e4ff7fce473e05f2ff34bd4d452a3
SHA256

6cc902a129311aaac4f40644029251ed2fc60a9138cb705d85e556deaf5d5cff
SHA512

cabae307fda0635670d07247de662796e988fb0080c0bae05d93d9bd64f5112266268738cdd7549aefb368c6818ffa73e9e7b9f166fdd791cbba3b12c14b54b4
SSDEEP

12288:RO64ectxdIsRVIEmfds397GSP32CXE4H932CXEa/M:R57YgswEodslGSf2CPHJ2CJ/M

Score

10^/10

nanocore defense_evasion discovery keylogger spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

niiarmah.kozow.com:9301

niiarmah.duckdns.org:9301

Mutex

10406b63-713b-4c08-b037-a196ecfc3de2

Attributes

activate_away_mode
true
backup_connection_host
niiarmah.duckdns.org
backup_dns_server
8.8.4.4
buffer_size
65535
build_time
2020-08-24T03:26:43.193669336Z
bypass_user_account_control
true
bypass_user_account_control_data
clear_access_control
true
clear_zone_identifier
false
connect_delay
4000
connection_port
9301
default_group
Default
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
10406b63-713b-4c08-b037-a196ecfc3de2
mutex_timeout
5000
prevent_system_sleep
false
primary_connection_host
niiarmah.kozow.com
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
Nanocore family
nanocore

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2228	svhost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe
2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	svhost.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2520 set thread context of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30

Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 1 TTPs 1 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 created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Antispyware\Security.exe:Zone.Identifier	cmd.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 9 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	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	reg.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svhost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	timeout.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
1784	timeout.exe

NTFS ADS 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Antispyware\Security.exe:Zone.Identifier	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe
2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe
2228	svhost.exe
2228	svhost.exe
2228	svhost.exe
2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe
2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2228	svhost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2228	svhost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 37 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2228	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2280	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	31
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2280	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	31
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2280	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	31
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2280	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	31
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2728	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	33
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2728	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	33
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2728	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	33
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2728	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	33
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2756	2728	cmd.exe	35
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2756	2728	cmd.exe	35
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2756	2728	cmd.exe	35
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2756	2728	cmd.exe	35
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2624	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	36
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2624	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	36
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2624	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	36
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2624	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	36
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2732	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	38
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2732	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	38
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2732	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	38
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2732	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	38
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2616	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	40
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2616	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	40
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2616	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	40
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2616	2520	f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe	40
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1784	2616	cmd.exe	42
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1784	2616	cmd.exe	42
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1784	2616	cmd.exe	42
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1784	2616	cmd.exe	42

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2520
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svhost.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svhost.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Checks whether UAC is enabled
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2228
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c copy "C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Temp/f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c.exe" "%appdata%\Antispyware\Security.exe" /Y
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2280
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows" /v Load /t REG_SZ /d "%appdata%\Antispyware\Security.exe.lnk" /f
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2728
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
    reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows" /v Load /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Antispyware\Security.exe.lnk" /f
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2756
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c echo [zoneTransfer]ZoneID = 2 > %appdata%\Antispyware\Security.exe:Zone.Identifier
  2⤵
  - Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - NTFS ADS
  PID:2624
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ren "%appdata%\Antispyware\Security.exe.jpg" Security.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2732
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Antispyware\Security.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2616
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    timeout /t 300
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:1784

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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\Roaming\Antispyware\Security.exe.bat

Filesize
209B

MD5
b0d86bf8ebf3a961a9eb244c9387f47b

SHA1
1227e30c2504575ce80830e78fe8d97ec98d2994

SHA256
6e544573bfd75d9c8846e8a6fe037b20874e8f10fc7559c18af52f01e789f856

SHA512
ec987050df366b71d0d098cccf1d667e9284581b0b7206b8e1ebaa4345fe6a8175732f8ce8210e6fd7c9ea95a8d5bf57e1159c712a4524a886441c92f9f56e01

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svhost.exe

Filesize
255KB

MD5
9af17c8393f0970ee5136bd3ffa27001

SHA1
4b285b72c1a11285a25f31f2597e090da6bbc049

SHA256
71d6a7a3fe5f8dc878cd5bdeca0e09177efb85c01e9a8a10a95262cabefaa019

SHA512
b90f7de7d5ce72dccb264c7ba609e173c529b9d99ed9a63f88632bc58b1a994bbb727365f519c73b979f8918bd6de3c39a9f0347eb3a4bccdce4b2772a6516a3

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Antispyware\Security.exe

Filesize
1005KB

MD5
f1cc61e9f5c6582068587a299af11e0c

SHA1
8411f0e9b01e4ff7fce473e05f2ff34bd4d452a3

SHA256
6cc902a129311aaac4f40644029251ed2fc60a9138cb705d85e556deaf5d5cff

SHA512
cabae307fda0635670d07247de662796e988fb0080c0bae05d93d9bd64f5112266268738cdd7549aefb368c6818ffa73e9e7b9f166fdd791cbba3b12c14b54b4

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memory/2228-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2228-23-0x0000000074290000-0x000000007497E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2228-14-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2228-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2228-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2228-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2228-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2228-45-0x0000000074290000-0x000000007497E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2228-44-0x0000000074290000-0x000000007497E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2228-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2228-24-0x0000000074290000-0x000000007497E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2228-28-0x0000000000590000-0x000000000059A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2228-29-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2228-30-0x0000000000640000-0x000000000064A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2228-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2520-1-0x00000000010B0000-0x00000000011B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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memory/2520-43-0x0000000074290000-0x000000007497E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2520-22-0x0000000074290000-0x000000007497E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2520-0-0x000000007429E000-0x000000007429F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2520-46-0x0000000074290000-0x000000007497E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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