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Database Entry



NanoCore


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b68c297a7780902c0b67ee593d52271a0e5c14370f15718b6d816030bcf20e88
SHA3-384 hash: fd13d0a646d0a7dc18752d4776dfb00b9867213c8580dd95f48b4742302a70d78c9cfc0dee2a94859cc71cfc70b86dcb
SHA1 hash: 6006c7f1e4f4e1c6c4f346707ebb3eded444e1e9
MD5 hash: ef4980e4520551d402c1723432a424ea
humanhash: carpet-michigan-monkey-lactose
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature NanoCore
File size:356'864 bytes
First seen:2023-06-20 19:09:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
ssdeep 6144:Iav/Vr+D/yp5TiciHhkzz9neBf6z4WnBohpnhWLFPZLXtZXkp+:/Vr+DMTiciiF2a6phWdzZXkp+
Threatray 1'617 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T15574E089329172CFC81BCC7AC9D61C64A7A2726B072BC247749316DC8E4D6DBDF542E2
TrID 44.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
21.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
8.7% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
8.4% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Reporter jstrosch
Tags:.NET exe MSIL NanoCore X64

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
386
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
nanocore
ID:
1
File name:
file
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-06-20 19:11:11 UTC
Tags:
nanocore

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

Behaviour
Launching a process
Creating a file
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
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
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
confuserex packed packed remcos
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, zgRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
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)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: NanoCore
Uses dynamic DNS services
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Nanocore RAT
Yara detected zgRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.Nekark
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-06-16 13:00:30 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
4
AV detection:
21 of 37 (56.76%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
nanocore
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:nanocore keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
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
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
NanoCore
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
yesican.ddns.net:57498
127.0.0.1:57498
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
b68c297a7780902c0b67ee593d52271a0e5c14370f15718b6d816030bcf20e88
MD5 hash:
ef4980e4520551d402c1723432a424ea
SHA1 hash:
6006c7f1e4f4e1c6c4f346707ebb3eded444e1e9
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_ConfuserEx
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with ConfuserEx Mod
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:MALWARE_Win_zgRAT
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects zgRAT
Rule name:nanocore_rat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:Nanocore_RAT_Feb18_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
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 (Nextron Systems)
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:Windows_Trojan_Nanocore_d8c4e3c5
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_nanocore_w0
Author:Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

NanoCore

Executable exe b68c297a7780902c0b67ee593d52271a0e5c14370f15718b6d816030bcf20e88

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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