nanocore | bffc649f9caaeb25d0ee5c19cebc71a5b2494271255a1e143bc0849494ae9cd2

Analysis

max time kernel
143s
max time network
148s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240508-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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23-06-2024 13:21

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General

Target

kitty.exe
Size

671KB
MD5

fa361fd31808cd531b1c534715fa2612
SHA1

f16c315dba445b58a71bbaa2fa879b05cadb502d
SHA256

bffc649f9caaeb25d0ee5c19cebc71a5b2494271255a1e143bc0849494ae9cd2
SHA512

3fdef184f3bacfd405c5e32ab7e8295cbc687124dd9541d8d2c8c5fbfd74412c2f709cd5ab8972fbb39ac6e2158af1984ee374aef5a42165e5e9b254e54961d1
SSDEEP

12288:HLV6Btpmk7SwAJ8VAMj6if5DwfzcEu54gIdlsI14/uMhrj6zTP3yF2Bdl:rApf7Swy8V6A5DwfzcEu54Vn1S3VsL3R

Score

10^/10

nanocore evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

NanoCore
NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware nanocore
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
T1547.001

Modify Registry
T1112

Processes:

kitty.exe

description ioc process

Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ARP Host = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ARP Host\\arphost.exe" kitty.exe
Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion trojan

System Information Discovery
T1082

Processes:

kitty.exe

description ioc process

Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA kitty.exe
Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

Processes:

kitty.exe

description ioc process

File created C:\Program Files (x86)\ARP Host\arphost.exe kitty.exe
File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\ARP Host\arphost.exe kitty.exe
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence execution

Scheduled Task
T1053.005

Processes:

schtasks.exeschtasks.exe

pid process

2896 schtasks.exe
2560 schtasks.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

Processes:

kitty.exe

pid process

2400 kitty.exe
2400 kitty.exe
2400 kitty.exe
2400 kitty.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

kitty.exe

pid process

2400 kitty.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

kitty.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2400 kitty.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2400 kitty.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ARP Host = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ARP Host\\arphost.exe"	kitty.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	kitty.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\ARP Host\arphost.exe	kitty.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\ARP Host\arphost.exe	kitty.exe

pid	process
2896	schtasks.exe
2560	schtasks.exe

pid	process
2400	kitty.exe
2400	kitty.exe
2400	kitty.exe
2400	kitty.exe

pid	process
2400	kitty.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2400	kitty.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2400	kitty.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes:

kitty.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2400 wrote to memory of 2896	2400	kitty.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2400 wrote to memory of 2896	2400	kitty.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2400 wrote to memory of 2896	2400	kitty.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2400 wrote to memory of 2896	2400	kitty.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2400 wrote to memory of 2560	2400	kitty.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2400 wrote to memory of 2560	2400	kitty.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2400 wrote to memory of 2560	2400	kitty.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2400 wrote to memory of 2560	2400	kitty.exe	schtasks.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kitty.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kitty.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2400

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "ARP Host" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2868.tmp"
2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2896

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "ARP Host Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2914.tmp"
2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2560

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2868.tmp
Filesize
1KB

MD5
1fb868da8972c98303d5b8a1640a3052

SHA1
dff1a9e1f187ed867895078523b569fbbac825c3

SHA256
8e74325e8c8f5432a80a71efc90ba52ad493c65a9ea258c46b5a0e8ba9e113aa

SHA512
b9a3a07f2404c119cc1e392ba9605d269e6f9b9d20ec202abeefe302ef2ef70c74ed0c04a5ba10a750ab84cbde4d35aafbe8cfb448abd089d3573e624539fc4e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2914.tmp
Filesize
1KB

MD5
447ab194ab36cb1d20078d80e502b1b2

SHA1
a947b3b2c91d7c50bb8d39bd4fc91a0d0cc5b1c0

SHA256
8d5304b20b7d7dea223ce2738e5668054250d57bf6bed86b305b69924bd472f5

SHA512
49ddc557f7f6635627eea9bf0fa12a14b7b13edb235ed560ee0044a7f87fe27b686ff878d347d0273d92eb0b318b8c2bca85c0fbf42d586ed7d7da39eac6a327

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memory/2400-0-0x0000000074DA1000-0x0000000074DA2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2400-1-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007534B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2400-2-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007534B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2400-10-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007534B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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