Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
149s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20251015-en - resource tags
- submitted
03/12/2025, 01:26
General
- Target _c430256840a5795787ab14b715a12c2ae98276425d418040c178d85c988de1f3.exe
- Size 795KB
- Sample251203-btqxta1jcs
- SHA256 c430256840a5795787ab14b715a12c2ae98276425d418040c178d85c988de1f3
Malware Config
Extracted
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nanocore
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1.2.2.0
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192.227.217.229:7229
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fexgmail.zapto.org:7229
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86c0a97b-ad38-42e3-8308-eb6d7961b2a2
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activate_away_mode
true
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backup_connection_host
fexgmail.zapto.org
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backup_dns_server
8.8.4.4
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buffer_size
65535
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build_time
2025-09-12T00:59:11.355017936Z
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bypass_user_account_control
true
- bypass_user_account_control_data
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clear_access_control
true
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clear_zone_identifier
false
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connect_delay
4000
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connection_port
7229
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default_group
VGC
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enable_debug_mode
true
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gc_threshold
1.048576e+07
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keep_alive_timeout
30000
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keyboard_logging
false
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lan_timeout
2500
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max_packet_size
1.048576e+07
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mutex
86c0a97b-ad38-42e3-8308-eb6d7961b2a2
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mutex_timeout
5000
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prevent_system_sleep
false
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primary_connection_host
192.227.217.229
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primary_dns_server
8.8.8.8
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request_elevation
true
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restart_delay
5000
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run_delay
0
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run_on_startup
true
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set_critical_process
true
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timeout_interval
5000
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use_custom_dns_server
false
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version
1.2.2.0
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wan_timeout
8000
Signatures
- NanoCore
NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.
- Nanocore family
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_c430256840a5795787ab14b715a12c2ae98276425d418040c178d85c988de1f3.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_c430256840a5795787ab14b715a12c2ae98276425d418040c178d85c988de1f3.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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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\_c430256840a5795787ab14b715a12c2ae98276425d418040c178d85c988de1f3.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TkiEqnEQXdgAj.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\TkiEqnEQXdgAj" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp69A2.tmp"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"2⤵
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"2⤵
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TkiEqnEQXdgAj.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TkiEqnEQXdgAj.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TkiEqnEQXdgAj.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TkiEqnEQXdgAj.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\TkiEqnEQXdgAj" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp28EB.tmp"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"2⤵
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
powershell.exe.log
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
__PSScriptPolicyTest_whebzlmw.jjt.ps1
tmp69A2.tmp
TkiEqnEQXdgAj.exe
memory/1388-47-0x0000000006890000-0x00000000068C4000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-21-0x00000000054D0000-0x0000000005536000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-63-0x00000000074C0000-0x0000000007564000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-14-0x0000000002BD0000-0x0000000002BE0000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-15-0x0000000002BD0000-0x0000000002BE0000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-13-0x0000000002AC0000-0x0000000002AF6000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-16-0x0000000005570000-0x0000000005B9A000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-48-0x0000000075710000-0x000000007575C000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-81-0x00000000078B0000-0x0000000007946000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-82-0x0000000007830000-0x0000000007841000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-20-0x0000000005430000-0x0000000005452000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-62-0x00000000068F0000-0x000000000690E000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-22-0x0000000005BA0000-0x0000000005C06000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-23-0x0000000005DD0000-0x0000000006127000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-85-0x0000000007970000-0x000000000798A000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-65-0x0000000007C60000-0x00000000082DA000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-38-0x00000000062D0000-0x00000000062EE000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-39-0x00000000065A0000-0x00000000065EC000-memory.dmp
memory/2392-93-0x00000000056E0000-0x0000000005A37000-memory.dmp
memory/2392-116-0x0000000075710000-0x000000007575C000-memory.dmp
memory/2392-124-0x00000000071A0000-0x00000000071B1000-memory.dmp
memory/2392-125-0x00000000071E0000-0x00000000071F5000-memory.dmp
memory/3312-64-0x0000000005120000-0x0000000005132000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-5-0x0000000005120000-0x00000000051BC000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-2-0x0000000004E30000-0x0000000004EC2000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-4-0x0000000004EE0000-0x0000000004EEA000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-0-0x00000000002D0000-0x000000000039C000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-1-0x0000000005300000-0x00000000058A6000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-7-0x0000000004F80000-0x0000000004F90000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-8-0x00000000068B0000-0x0000000006926000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-3-0x0000000004F80000-0x0000000004F90000-memory.dmp
memory/3720-6-0x0000000005100000-0x0000000005112000-memory.dmp
memory/3972-109-0x0000000075710000-0x000000007575C000-memory.dmp
memory/3972-123-0x0000000006CA0000-0x0000000006D44000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-54-0x0000000075710000-0x000000007575C000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-80-0x00000000078B0000-0x00000000078BA000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-17-0x0000000002CB0000-0x0000000002CC0000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-83-0x0000000007A70000-0x0000000007A7E000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-66-0x0000000007830000-0x000000000784A000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-18-0x0000000002CB0000-0x0000000002CC0000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-86-0x0000000007B70000-0x0000000007B78000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-84-0x0000000007A80000-0x0000000007A95000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-78-0x0000000006D60000-0x0000000006D8E000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-42-0x0000000006520000-0x000000000653E000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-69-0x0000000006C90000-0x0000000006CAA000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-70-0x0000000006CC0000-0x0000000006CCE000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-71-0x0000000006CD0000-0x0000000006CE2000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-72-0x0000000006CE0000-0x0000000006CEE000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-68-0x0000000006C80000-0x0000000006C92000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-74-0x0000000006D00000-0x0000000006D14000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-75-0x0000000006D10000-0x0000000006D20000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-76-0x0000000006D30000-0x0000000006D44000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-77-0x0000000006D50000-0x0000000006D5E000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-79-0x0000000006D90000-0x0000000006DA4000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-41-0x0000000005A90000-0x0000000005A9A000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-73-0x0000000006CF0000-0x0000000006CFC000-memory.dmp
memory/5060-43-0x0000000006560000-0x000000000656A000-memory.dmp