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Database Entry



NanoCore


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs 1 YARA 16 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 23fb8fd0c58657ad6c35b656ff52c87c2f9b1c76fc6ca155dc983e5b45c10945
SHA3-384 hash: bb05831e9f30f3bb7f4779981b6710303058f11ab8a8ca90eeea31db3f8fa76abda4b14353de8225f0b4f06561b9cf67
SHA1 hash: 27955fa33b255ee367dfcfe20ab5f38ea67bcf64
MD5 hash: a154eb2f2e3d5553dbaeb5ab613b56d0
humanhash: emma-nuts-robert-utah
File name:POEA Memorandum Circular on delisted Agencies.exe
Download: download sample
Signature NanoCore
File size:626'176 bytes
First seen:2022-05-26 05:32:04 UTC
Last seen:2022-05-26 06:37:53 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
ssdeep 6144:CxB6sQMRa7rxrNrPY5c00cuMAH1Ox45mpcTqNGX0K/bSH:E6sQMRaXFtqj7GMx45WcTWK0
Threatray 5'809 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1CBD4E81C3A014A76FC1F85308D011A8DAB661A13F343AD8263AF1FCEFBDA5556F059B6
TrID 48.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
23.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
9.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
9.2% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
9.2% (.EXE) DOS Executable Generic (2000/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon e0d8cec6c6c6cce0 (2 x SnakeKeylogger, 2 x FormBook, 2 x NanoCore)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe NanoCore RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
NanoCore C2:
194.147.140.9:9036

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
194.147.140.9:9036 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/636235/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
361
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
POEA Memorandum Circular on delisted Agencies.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2022-05-26 05:34:32 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Running batch commands
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a file
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd.exe obfuscated
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
Nanocore
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Binary or sample is protected by dotNetProtector
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Detected Nanocore Rat
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Sigma detected: NanoCore
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Uses dynamic DNS services
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected Nanocore RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 634460 Sample: POEA Memorandum Circular on... Startdate: 26/05/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 50 shahzad73.ddns.net 2->50 52 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->52 54 Found malware configuration 2->54 56 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->56 58 10 other signatures 2->58 9 POEA Memorandum Circular on delisted Agencies.exe 2 2->9         started        13 memorandum.exe 2->13         started        15 vbc.exe 1 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 file5 44 POEA Memorandum Ci...ed Agencies.exe.log, ASCII 9->44 dropped 64 Writes to foreign memory regions 9->64 66 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 9->66 17 vbc.exe 9 9->17         started        22 cmd.exe 3 9->22         started        24 cmd.exe 1 9->24         started        68 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 13->68 26 conhost.exe 15->26         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 46 shahzad73.ddns.net 194.147.140.9, 49769, 49770, 49771 PTPEU unknown 17->46 48 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 17->48 38 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\run.dat, Non-ISO 17->38 dropped 60 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 17->60 28 schtasks.exe 1 17->28         started        40 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\memorandum.exe, PE32+ 22->40 dropped 42 C:\Users\...\memorandum.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 22->42 dropped 30 conhost.exe 22->30         started        62 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 24->62 32 conhost.exe 24->32         started        34 schtasks.exe 1 24->34         started        file9 signatures10 process11 process12 36 conhost.exe 28->36         started       
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.NanoBot
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-05-26 05:33:10 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
61
AV detection:
17 of 26 (65.38%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
nanocore
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:nanocore keylogger spyware stealer suricata trojan
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Uses the VBS compiler for execution
Executes dropped EXE
NanoCore
suricata: ET MALWARE Possible NanoCore C2 60B
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
shahzad73.ddns.net:9036
shahzad73.casacam.net:9036
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
23fb8fd0c58657ad6c35b656ff52c87c2f9b1c76fc6ca155dc983e5b45c10945
MD5 hash:
a154eb2f2e3d5553dbaeb5ab613b56d0
SHA1 hash:
27955fa33b255ee367dfcfe20ab5f38ea67bcf64
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_NanoCore
Author:abuse.ch
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Babel
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with Babel
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Dotfuscator
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with Dotfuscator
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_dotNetProtector
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with dotNetProtector
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Goliath
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with Goliath
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_SmartAssembly
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly
Rule name:malware_Nanocore_strings
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Nanocore in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_NanoCore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects NanoCore
Rule name:nanocore_rat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:Nanocore_RAT_Feb18_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Nanocore RAT
Reference:Internal Research - T2T
Rule name:Nanocore_RAT_Feb18_1_RID2DF1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Nanocore RAT
Reference:Internal Research - T2T
Rule name:Nanocore_RAT_Gen_2
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detetcs the Nanocore RAT
Reference:https://www.sentinelone.com/blogs/teaching-an-old-rat-new-tricks/
Rule name:Nanocore_RAT_Gen_2_RID2D96
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detetcs the Nanocore RAT
Reference:https://www.sentinelone.com/blogs/teaching-an-old-rat-new-tricks/
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:win_nanocore_w0
Author:Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>

File information


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