Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
25/04/2026, 04:20
General
- Target theponzu.exe
- Size 202KB
- Sample260425-eyft7afs5v
- SHA256 6d0e049a0d63ca850cf647b0fccddf3c26dd1f724ea117fb80594c8aab5ad53a
Malware Config
Extracted
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nanocore
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1.2.2.0
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theponzu.com:443
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sc88884.com:443
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503f6977-9083-4b30-8f7b-4efcf549cd98
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activate_away_mode
false
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backup_connection_host
sc88884.com
- backup_dns_server
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buffer_size
65535
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build_time
2026-02-04T05:34:26.777808736Z
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bypass_user_account_control
true
- bypass_user_account_control_data
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clear_access_control
false
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clear_zone_identifier
false
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connect_delay
4000
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connection_port
443
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default_group
Default
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enable_debug_mode
false
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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
503f6977-9083-4b30-8f7b-4efcf549cd98
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mutex_timeout
5000
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prevent_system_sleep
false
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primary_connection_host
theponzu.com
- primary_dns_server
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request_elevation
false
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restart_delay
5000
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run_delay
0
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run_on_startup
false
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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
- Family: NanoCore
NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 45 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\theponzu.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\theponzu.exe"1⤵
- 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
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C:\Program Files (x86)\DPI Host\dpihost.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\DPI Host\dpihost.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
dpihost.exe
memory/3460-10-0x0000000002510000-0x000000000279B000-memory.dmp
memory/3460-7-0x0000000074B20000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3460-8-0x0000000074B20000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3460-11-0x0000000074B20000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-4-0x0000000074B20000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-1-0x0000000074B20000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-0-0x0000000074B21000-0x0000000074B22000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-12-0x0000000074B20000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-13-0x0000000074B20000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-14-0x00000000031D0000-0x000000000345B000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-16-0x00000000031D0000-0x000000000345B000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-18-0x00000000031D0000-0x000000000345B000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-24-0x00000000031D0000-0x000000000345B000-memory.dmp