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Database Entry



NanoCore


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8a170584ad7402c1bee5b9c0932475bce9eef45d40b0774594a8df01eb9737db
SHA3-384 hash: 97f16cada1468de5eeb05e80f5fac8cb6145fb5a54281025ec1084286c57f8de81227aebb9ca355b84d27df35e59d919
SHA1 hash: a388ed048b725f09fa1415bc49ee5210810a0202
MD5 hash: 1cf26a96c17dbab78096a376a904d334
humanhash: apart-helium-juliet-king
File name:1cf26a96c17dbab78096a376a904d334.exe
Download: download sample
Signature NanoCore
File size:555'008 bytes
First seen:2020-09-20 04:15:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'649 x AgentTesla, 19'461 x Formbook, 12'202 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:YeettA1LCVfpgehv2zv1gYVEdi3s6lE1gFRMD888BTv9LRie:P2tfpgeo2YWdi7ag/KL8Bv9L8e
Threatray 1'076 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH BFC4E1304E885F5FE5FDE1B800855129E3F698A2A613EB973CA460F872C33D54B3D669
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe NanoCore RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
NanoCore RAT C2:
yawalessinc.hopto.org:2786 (180.214.238.180)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
242
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories
DNS request
Creating a window
Sending a UDP request
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Adding an access-denied ACE
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
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Connection attempt to an infection source
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
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)
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
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
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: 287822 Sample: c3CHFtE8lI.exe Startdate: 20/09/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 67 Found malware configuration 2->67 69 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->69 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->71 73 11 other signatures 2->73 8 c3CHFtE8lI.exe 7 2->8         started        12 c3CHFtE8lI.exe 4 2->12         started        14 dhcpmon.exe 2->14         started        16 dhcpmon.exe 3 2->16         started        process3 file4 57 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\ZbPSGyp.exe, PE32 8->57 dropped 59 C:\Users\user\...\ZbPSGyp.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->59 dropped 61 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmp4FCD.tmp, XML 8->61 dropped 63 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\c3CHFtE8lI.exe.log, ASCII 8->63 dropped 77 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 8->77 18 c3CHFtE8lI.exe 1 14 8->18         started        23 schtasks.exe 1 8->23         started        25 c3CHFtE8lI.exe 8->25         started        27 schtasks.exe 1 12->27         started        29 c3CHFtE8lI.exe 2 12->29         started        31 c3CHFtE8lI.exe 12->31         started        33 schtasks.exe 14->33         started        35 dhcpmon.exe 14->35         started        signatures5 process6 dnsIp7 65 yawalessinc.hopto.org 185.165.153.6, 2786, 49716, 49717 DAVID_CRAIGGG Netherlands 18->65 51 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\dhcpmon.exe, PE32 18->51 dropped 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\run.dat, ISO-8859 18->53 dropped 55 C:\...\dhcpmon.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 18->55 dropped 75 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->75 37 schtasks.exe 1 18->37         started        39 schtasks.exe 1 18->39         started        41 conhost.exe 23->41         started        43 conhost.exe 27->43         started        45 conhost.exe 33->45         started        file8 signatures9 process10 process11 47 conhost.exe 37->47         started        49 conhost.exe 39->49         started       
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.NanoCore
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-09-19 10:11:49 UTC
AV detection:
24 of 29 (82.76%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
nanocore
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
evasion trojan keylogger stealer spyware family:nanocore persistence
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:
yawalessinc.hopto.org:2786
185.165.153.6:2786
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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_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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Web download

NanoCore

Executable exe 8a170584ad7402c1bee5b9c0932475bce9eef45d40b0774594a8df01eb9737db

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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