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Database Entry



NanoCore


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b40e22d33523ae869ba4a9a9159d37d61ec056fc14dc3db7406d79620b801816
SHA3-384 hash: ecd251b724c25481520ba489c054400edda59b962f715939d39e17443183b4b26031b2be0d2964faba36b5d55ba8923a
SHA1 hash: 634a546e3841af29b068c7c6535206695eb704d0
MD5 hash: f261164b55c3be5c3c86150ff2a7cc27
humanhash: lake-green-early-princess
File name:f261164b55c3be5c3c86150ff2a7cc27.exe
Download: download sample
Signature NanoCore
File size:724'480 bytes
First seen:2021-02-23 16:08:41 UTC
Last seen:2021-02-23 18:06:42 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'652 x AgentTesla, 19'463 x Formbook, 12'204 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:4U1KZEwKE03lKYxU/3JHrcnfgqIxI9f105FnYGK53:4U1bE03lpS3JLcnf3e+y59S53
Threatray 1'581 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH 8EF4495023F94604F6FA2BB098BFDFB02B767C96A835D29D1AC135DF2971B408961723
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe NanoCore RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
NanoCore RAT C2:
strongodss.ddns.net

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
118
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Sending a UDP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file
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
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Detected Nanocore Rat
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
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 dynamic DNS services
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AntiVM_3
Yara detected Nanocore RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 356818 Sample: TdX45jQWjj.exe Startdate: 23/02/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 52 strongodss.ddns.net 2->52 58 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->58 60 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->60 62 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->62 64 11 other signatures 2->64 9 TdX45jQWjj.exe 6 2->9         started        13 RegSvcs.exe 4 2->13         started        15 dhcpmon.exe 4 2->15         started        17 dhcpmon.exe 3 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 file5 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\RTOqzQABo.exe, PE32 9->46 dropped 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmp84A9.tmp, XML 9->48 dropped 50 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\TdX45jQWjj.exe.log, ASCII 9->50 dropped 70 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 9->70 72 Writes to foreign memory regions 9->72 74 Allocates memory in foreign processes 9->74 76 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 9->76 19 RegSvcs.exe 1 13 9->19         started        24 schtasks.exe 1 9->24         started        26 conhost.exe 13->26         started        28 conhost.exe 15->28         started        30 conhost.exe 17->30         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 54 strongodss.ddns.net 87.237.165.78, 49728, 49729, 49730 MTVHGB Russian Federation 19->54 56 79.134.225.43, 49733, 49734, 49737 FINK-TELECOM-SERVICESCH Switzerland 19->56 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\run.dat, ISO-8859 19->42 dropped 44 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\dhcpmon.exe, PE32 19->44 dropped 66 Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag 19->66 68 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 19->68 32 schtasks.exe 1 19->32         started        34 schtasks.exe 1 19->34         started        36 conhost.exe 24->36         started        file9 signatures10 process11 process12 38 conhost.exe 32->38         started        40 conhost.exe 34->40         started       
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.AgentTesla
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-02-23 16:09:07 UTC
AV detection:
17 of 28 (60.71%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
nanocore
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:nanocore evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Drops file in Program Files directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Maps connected drives based on registry
Checks BIOS information in registry
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
NanoCore
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
strongodss.ddns.net:58103
79.134.225.43:58103
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f0a09c48af16c079c37ad0914f18897976357981fe5ee6f556ab9f9f70b9a671
MD5 hash:
f984a71581f6da5732110be2a569a392
SHA1 hash:
10de05b6b35fc5dbc00c42d59a4b850bcaae01e6
SH256 hash:
7f1302d9fa4764d9bf0cd458a03f08a094f19b4c1b6c853c921bfdbaf737d35e
MD5 hash:
cc6b3b9b0ad4da3a16e9ad87fc437c98
SHA1 hash:
c146265694dc6676ce9cc8541e049a6a38f9b020
SH256 hash:
b40e22d33523ae869ba4a9a9159d37d61ec056fc14dc3db7406d79620b801816
MD5 hash:
f261164b55c3be5c3c86150ff2a7cc27
SHA1 hash:
634a546e3841af29b068c7c6535206695eb704d0
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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:RSharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:identifiers for remote and gmremote
Rule name:win_nanocore_w0
Author: Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>

File information


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