File name:

NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0.zip

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/48ec0a57-b481-4e3e-a0be-a4479f9a023c
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

NanoCore is a Remote Access Trojan or RAT. This malware is highly customizable with plugins which allow attackers to tailor its functionality to their needs. Nanocore is created with the .NET framework and it’s available for purchase for just $25 from its “official” website.

Analysis date: September 15, 2024, 18:44:23
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
evasion
netreactor
nanocore
Indicators:
MIME: application/zip
File info: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=store
MD5:

F2549C20E2F9F1A53F3664C2D514B9CF

SHA1:

24F15B846F6FBCDBC0E8A42ED5DC50946579B9E2

SHA256:

4E1210DCA7C2620E3C008DB891954CB32755CA65ECDE01C5CE4F634938278491

SSDEEP:

98304:BCivIvnmTJBGCTjKn9DcydDwaJp9WJlPyx0xu4lQJ7/VfXgcWVXwDsG/C4zvnTyy:9E7amKwsb0nYSnlSkbX

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  • MALICIOUS

    • NANOCORE has been detected (YARA)

      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Checks for external IP

      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
  • INFO

    • Manual execution by a user

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 1480)
      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 1480)
    • Disables trace logs

      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
    • Reads the computer name

      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
    • Checks supported languages

      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 1480)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
      • slui.exe (PID: 6488)
    • Sends debugging messages

      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
    • .NET Reactor protector has been detected

      • NanoCore.exe (PID: 6180)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 6488)
      • slui.exe (PID: 5172)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report

Nanocore

(PID) Process(6180) NanoCore.exe
ERROR
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.zip | ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion: 20
ZipBitFlag: -
ZipCompression: None
ZipModifyDate: 2019:11:17 06:57:26
ZipCRC: 0x00000000
ZipCompressedSize: -
ZipUncompressedSize: -
ZipFileName: NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0/
No data.
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Total processes
137
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1480"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" x -iext -ow -ver -- "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0.zip" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.91.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
1920C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
2080"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0.zip"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.91.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
5172"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
SppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
6180"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\NanoCore.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\NanoCore.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
NanoCore
Version:
1.2.2.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\nanocore rat 1.2.2.0\nanocore 1.2.2.0 cracked by alcatraz3222_final\nanocore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\mscoree.dll
Nanocore
(PID) Process(6180) NanoCore.exe
ERROR
6488C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
6568C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
Total events
3 299
Read events
3 265
Write events
34
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:1
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\GoogleChromeEnterpriseBundle64.zip
(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0.zip
(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:name
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:size
Value:
80
(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:type
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:mtime
Value:
100
(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface\MainWin
Operation:writeName:Placement
Value:
2C0000000200000003000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF3D0000002D000000FD03000016020000
(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\ArcColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:name
Value:
256
(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\ArcColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:size
Value:
80
(PID) Process:(2080) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\ArcColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:psize
Value:
80
Executable files
8
Suspicious files
11
Text files
337
Unknown types
2

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\Databases\geolocation.sqlitesqlite
MD5:0E8D861CDDEDE3A0B2B02CFC0B060B99
SHA256:11BD851D8994D3CA9D078144679AA2DC06841ADDD0947B8FA8AD36758BDECF7A
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\Plugins\CorePlugin.ncpbinary
MD5:7914E7302F72D330AA5F6C5C8C26DF43
SHA256:F66985518B1E56A04F512D110F5B79F21ED91CBCBF6BD3E17EBA3DCDFB85F9B5
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\ClientPlugin.xmlxml
MD5:5D0381A56563B1CA8928E3CF087F1625
SHA256:0497B92461C2A9CE3101D9397FB3079F60979164336A16653D282273D3085BCC
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\client.binexecutable
MD5:906A949E34472F99BA683EFF21907231
SHA256:9D3EA5AF7DC261BF93C76F55D702A315AA22FB241E4207DC86CD834C262245C8
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\ClientPlugin.dllexecutable
MD5:BDC8945F1D799C845408522E372D1DBD
SHA256:61E9D5C0727665E9EF3F328141397BE47C65ED11AB621C644B5BBF1D67138403
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\Databases\main.sqlitebinary
MD5:8B25E101BCEF867CE355AD7BFDCAAEC8
SHA256:BC214403975F7F733BE9455B0076BB3F9A7471AA5ECFFE6AC7DB06F9111F0CE0
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\NanoCore.exeexecutable
MD5:33FCC2383C9B90EAB547D6C43FA2E475
SHA256:E7FB74EB2170E30BF6650F9E5FC2C60F68F3532CEE3E0309DE503A19CD7647C6
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\PluginCompiler.exeexecutable
MD5:E2D1C5DF11F9573F6C5D0A7AD1A79FBF
SHA256:0B41B2FCD0F1A4E913D3EFE293F713849D59EFEBB27BAC060AB31BED51AC2F6B
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\Plugins\ToolsPlugin.ncpbinary
MD5:699EB468E7D6BEE9C429923B5B477545
SHA256:D753BC28D842E44FFBF6CF99314FEBE5ED7759B25A74CA34A47FDD153BF2A6AB
1480WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\Plugins\SecurityPlugin.ncpbinary
MD5:44BD68199BB393D0EEB7AE83B56D9B9F
SHA256:25B1B0836838740D394CD35EAEFC660E9EABEB611A701A451EB1119F6427FC12
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
33
DNS requests
18
Threats
7

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
7008
svchost.exe
GET
200
88.221.169.152:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
DE
binary
973 b
whitelisted
6180
NanoCore.exe
GET
200
104.26.12.205:80
http://api.ipify.org/
US
text
11 b
whitelisted
6416
svchost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
US
binary
471 b
whitelisted
5112
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
88.221.169.152:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
DE
binary
407 b
whitelisted
6180
NanoCore.exe
GET
200
104.26.12.205:80
http://api.ipify.org/
US
text
11 b
whitelisted
5112
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
88.221.169.152:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
DE
binary
419 b
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
7008
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6056
RUXIMICS.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
7008
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
7008
svchost.exe
88.221.169.152:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
3260
svchost.exe
40.115.3.253:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6180
NanoCore.exe
104.26.12.205:80
api.ipify.org
CLOUDFLARENET
US
shared

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 40.127.240.158
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.206
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 88.221.169.152
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 40.115.3.253
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.17
  • 20.190.160.22
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 40.126.32.138
  • 40.126.32.68
  • 20.190.160.20
  • 40.126.32.140
whitelisted
api.ipify.org
  • 104.26.12.205
  • 104.26.13.205
  • 172.67.74.152
shared
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 13.85.23.86
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.166.126.56
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
6180
NanoCore.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
POLICY [ANY.RUN] External IP Lookup by HTTP (api .ipify .org)
6180
NanoCore.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
ET POLICY External IP Lookup api.ipify.org
2256
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain (ipify .org) in DNS Lookup
6180
NanoCore.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
SUSPICIOUS [ANY.RUN] An IP address was received from the server as a result of an HTTP request
6180
NanoCore.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
POLICY [ANY.RUN] External IP Lookup by HTTP (api .ipify .org)
6180
NanoCore.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
ET POLICY External IP Lookup api.ipify.org
6180
NanoCore.exe
Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected
SUSPICIOUS [ANY.RUN] An IP address was received from the server as a result of an HTTP request
Process
Message
NanoCore.exe
Trying to load native SQLite library "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\NanoCore RAT 1.2.2.0\NanoCore 1.2.2.0 Cracked By Alcatraz3222_Final\x86\SQLite.Interop.dll"...