Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    128s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/07/2026, 14:42

General

  • Target
    nCoreLauncher-Setup.exe
  • Size 358KB
  • Sample260704-r282csct3p
  • SHA256 ddebbc1ab1fc10722c35e5e18072ffa888dd39cfb06d655affb945cf07e9dce6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • exe.dropper

    https://ncore.logicmeow.co.uk/ncore-launcher-windows-x64-package.zip

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • exe.dropper

    https://ncore.logicmeow.co.uk/ncore-launcher-windows-x64-package.zip

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 5 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nCoreLauncher-Setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nCoreLauncher-Setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2724
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ncore-dl.ps1"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4940
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ncore-dl.ps1"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5264

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 19KB
        • SHA256 798e4ecc38caa198bc7df2497bf2f9f1949ee1aebe53003b9364f176213ce179
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ncore-dl.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ncore-dl.ps1
        • Size 288B
        • SHA256 9903532bcba0f182e7eb73cc2dcbeda545a9057ea9f66485fd7c0fd25b7241ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ncore-dl.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ncore-dl.ps1
        • Size 278B
        • SHA256 82c3831e55c1086115c2ca9a93c4eec1cc3b66d7cf950ebaff565a4ff2ecf314
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        NSISdl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsn1833.tmp\NSISdl.dll
        • Size 15KB
        • SHA256 32e35e4b97f8df08f07d8879ba2ec963c75707440cfc0275e944a31c946f633f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsn1833.tmp\System.dll
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 996645d7f16a6294babb6da83478062aed7b72318d7a51b66e90ab5d3edc51a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nsDialogs.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsn1833.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 715a9b58de0995d1a08384c522ad9af210e2791aaf8e87a6c07bfe72ebfd2cb5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nsExec.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsn1833.tmp\nsExec.dll
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 3a101fa91d4e8831dfb748a1e345ab74fd4a551e64254710bdf53972ba9b473c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4940-32-0x0000000005CE0000-0x0000000005D2C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-35-0x00000000061E0000-0x00000000061FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-26-0x0000000005060000-0x00000000050C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-27-0x00000000050D0000-0x0000000005136000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-30-0x0000000005950000-0x0000000005CAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-24-0x0000000072D70000-0x000000007352C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-31-0x0000000005CB0000-0x0000000005CCE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-23-0x0000000005170000-0x00000000057BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-34-0x00000000075D0000-0x0000000007C4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-25-0x0000000004FC0000-0x0000000004FE2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-37-0x0000000072D70000-0x000000007352C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-20-0x0000000072D82000-0x0000000072D83000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-21-0x00000000027D0000-0x0000000002806000-memory.dmp

        memory/4940-22-0x0000000072D70000-0x000000007352C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5264-44-0x0000000006EA0000-0x0000000006EEC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5264-42-0x0000000006580000-0x00000000068DB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5264-46-0x0000000072D60000-0x0000000072D75000-memory.dmp

        memory/5264-49-0x0000000072D60000-0x0000000072D75000-memory.dmp

        memory/5264-39-0x0000000072D60000-0x0000000072D75000-memory.dmp