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Database Entry



NanoCore


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8918cac7def47a7ac76637f485862b03b005d3b9eaa6a6b5c99ec781068ccfb6
SHA3-384 hash: 597adf4dd2854a5e7d5a2a26d8fd5eb637fb12373dd4d47f5a81a4dcb7fd5cbeddfc55d41655403d87d0b515fd922956
SHA1 hash: 1bf028428d5676b664e6068839e2aea422e804ca
MD5 hash: 35c74fcc584114fdb5aa8f46d80fc969
humanhash: queen-floor-magnesium-twelve
File name:Project_Purchase_ A02057 NMB TYP PIP SCAN000.pdf.exe
Download: download sample
Signature NanoCore
File size:529'920 bytes
First seen:2020-10-26 09:08:28 UTC
Last seen:2020-10-26 11:23:44 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'666 x AgentTesla, 19'479 x Formbook, 12'209 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:ZbVzLbJpQwu7yYsymmGZuzbXAN0203Jq8HcD+jrrN:ZVbJpHu7lmmGZy7U0P3Uuc6jN
Threatray 1'214 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH E6B4F2B0F0D2ACEBF8E686F7086DE92012E1255F5466D60DE1F57B6589F335202F1A0B
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe NanoCore RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
Malspam distributing NanoCore:

HELO: server.ccamatli.com
Sending IP: 185.104.114.215
From: AZHAR OSMAN <azharosman@ccamatli.com>
Subject: RFQ 33091782773847 (DAHLIA, TERATAI & KANGSAR) - SUPPLY
Attachment: Project_Purchase_ A02057 NMB TYP PIP SCAN000.pdf.img (contains "Project_Purchase_ A02057 NMB TYP PIP SCAN000.pdf.exe")

NanoCore RAT C2s:
engr101.ddns.net:41205 (129.205.112.168)
engr101.hopto.org:41205 (93.161.193.99)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
119
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Deleting a recently created file
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories
DNS request
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Result
Threat name:
Nanocore
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Detected Nanocore Rat
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
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)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: NanoCore
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Sigma detected: Suspicious Double Extension
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
Uses dynamic DNS services
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected AntiVM_3
Yara detected Nanocore RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 304866 Sample: Project_Purchase_ A02057 NM... Startdate: 26/10/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 40 Found malware configuration 2->40 42 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->42 44 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->44 46 16 other signatures 2->46 7 Project_Purchase_ A02057 NMB TYP PIP SCAN000.pdf.exe 6 2->7         started        11 dhcpmon.exe 5 2->11         started        process3 file4 28 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\tsYNRcn.exe, PE32 7->28 dropped 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmp15B2.tmp, XML 7->30 dropped 48 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 7->48 13 Project_Purchase_ A02057 NMB TYP PIP SCAN000.pdf.exe 1 11 7->13         started        18 schtasks.exe 1 7->18         started        20 schtasks.exe 1 11->20         started        22 dhcpmon.exe 2 11->22         started        signatures5 process6 dnsIp7 36 engr101.ddns.net 129.205.112.168, 41205 globacom-asNG Nigeria 13->36 38 engr101.hopto.org 193.161.193.99, 41205, 49718, 49721 BITREE-ASRU Russian Federation 13->38 32 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\dhcpmon.exe, PE32 13->32 dropped 34 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\run.dat, ISO-8859 13->34 dropped 50 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 13->50 24 conhost.exe 18->24         started        26 conhost.exe 20->26         started        file8 signatures9 process10
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.AgentTesla
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-10-25 23:43:42 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
6
AV detection:
23 of 29 (79.31%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
nanocore
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
persistence evasion trojan keylogger stealer spyware family:nanocore
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Drops file in Program Files directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Checks whether UAC is enabled
NanoCore
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
engr101.ddns.net:41205
engr101.hopto.org:41205
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_NanoCore
Author:abuse.ch
Rule name:Nanocore
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Nanocore in memory
Reference:internal research
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_Gen_2
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detetcs the Nanocore RAT
Reference:https://www.sentinelone.com/blogs/teaching-an-old-rat-new-tricks/
Rule name:win_nanocore_w0
Author: Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>

File information


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Malspam

NanoCore

Executable exe 8918cac7def47a7ac76637f485862b03b005d3b9eaa6a6b5c99ec781068ccfb6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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