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Database Entry



NanoCore


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a30dd99039152a76aacb5607d79b400098d9cd24350c0121fe4f7811177c0dbc
SHA3-384 hash: 00be1f2091aa43d29c0be0b36674dd27ee0353c7aad333e21c228d73bebdec8ff4d8cb9122c0c9ee112c352141745d55
SHA1 hash: bdd6837ed43fe15855aaacc58f1c6807afb4627e
MD5 hash: 241b90f14ff5aff002d61f69357a09cc
humanhash: nebraska-eighteen-pluto-alanine
File name:POEA ADVISORY 2020.PDF.exe
Download: download sample
Signature NanoCore
File size:1'074'326 bytes
First seen:2020-08-27 05:36:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash fcf1390e9ce472c7270447fc5c61a0c1 (863 x DCRat, 118 x NanoCore, 94 x njrat)
ssdeep 24576:BAOcZeJIZ/HgLpkKnNANMyib+Qqxg539FQZMaBQi2jf:b8/AtbnWpib+pxw96ZMAo
Threatray 1'277 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH 66351242B3C288B1D4721C31592AAB156E7C79301F29DA2EE3E44DBDDEB11D09635BB3
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe NanoCore nVpn RAT


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abuse_ch
Malspam distributing NanoCore:

HELO: sd.latticesystems.com
Sending IP: 96.44.130.88
From: POEA MANILA <info1@poea.gov.ph>
Subject: POEA MEMORANDUM NO. 62-2020 ON ACCREDITATION OF AGENCIES
Attachment: POEA ADVISORY 2020.PDF.lzh (contains "POEA ADVISORY 2020.PDF.exe")

NanoCore RAT C2:
91.193.75.18:54985

Hosted on nVpn:

% Information related to '91.193.75.0 - 91.193.75.255'

% Abuse contact for '91.193.75.0 - 91.193.75.255' is 'abuse@kgb-vpn.org'

inetnum: 91.193.75.0 - 91.193.75.255
netname: NET-NINAZU
remarks: ------------------------------------------
remarks: * This network is used for a VPN service.
remarks: * No logs are stored in any shape or form.
remarks: ------------------------------------------
country: RU
admin-c: NVS100-RIPE
tech-c: NVS100-RIPE
abuse-c: NVS100-RIPE
mnt-by: NINAZU-MNT
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-END-MNT
org: ORG-KHd1-RIPE
sponsoring-org: ORG-MW1-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PI
created: 2012-06-04T11:05:55Z
last-modified: 2020-07-28T21:23:48Z
source: RIPE

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
179
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Searching for the window
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Sending a UDP request
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Adding an access-denied ACE
Launching a process
Deleting a recently created file
DNS request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Result
Threat name:
Nanocore
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Detected Nanocore Rat
Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
Yara detected AntiVM autoit script
Yara detected Nanocore RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 278497 Sample: POEA ADVISORY 2020.PDF.exe Startdate: 27/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 78 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->78 80 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->80 82 Detected Nanocore Rat 2->82 84 5 other signatures 2->84 14 POEA ADVISORY 2020.PDF.exe 77 2->14         started        17 uhvc.pif 1 2->17         started        19 uhvc.pif 2->19         started        21 uhvc.pif 2->21         started        process3 file4 74 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\uhvc.pif, PE32 14->74 dropped 23 uhvc.pif 4 4 14->23         started        27 wscript.exe 17->27         started        29 wscript.exe 19->29         started        31 wscript.exe 21->31         started        process5 file6 72 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\RegSvcs.exe, PE32 23->72 dropped 86 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 23->86 33 wscript.exe 1 23->33         started        35 uhvc.pif 27->35         started        37 uhvc.pif 29->37         started        39 uhvc.pif 31->39         started        signatures7 process8 process9 41 uhvc.pif 33->41         started        43 wscript.exe 35->43         started        45 wscript.exe 37->45         started        48 wscript.exe 39->48         started        dnsIp10 50 wscript.exe 1 41->50         started        52 uhvc.pif 43->52         started        76 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 45->76 54 uhvc.pif 45->54         started        56 uhvc.pif 48->56         started        process11 process12 58 uhvc.pif 50->58         started        60 wscript.exe 52->60         started        process13 62 wscript.exe 58->62         started        64 uhvc.pif 60->64         started        process14 66 uhvc.pif 62->66         started        process15 68 wscript.exe 66->68         started        process16 70 uhvc.pif 68->70         started       
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.NanoCore
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-27 05:38:07 UTC
AV detection:
24 of 29 (82.76%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
nanocore
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
evasion trojan persistence keylogger stealer spyware family:nanocore
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
NanoCore
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
officer170.webredirect.org:54985
chidera12345.ddns.net:54985
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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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Malspam

NanoCore

Executable exe a30dd99039152a76aacb5607d79b400098d9cd24350c0121fe4f7811177c0dbc

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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