NanHaiShu

NanHaiShu is a remote access tool and JScript backdoor used by Leviathan. NanHaiShu has been used to target government and private-sector organizations that have relations to the South China Sea dispute. [1] [2]

ID: S0228
Type: MALWARE
Platforms: Windows
Version: 1.1
Created: 18 April 2018
Last Modified: 23 June 2020

Techniques Used

Domain ID Name Use
Enterprise T1071 .004 Application Layer Protocol: DNS

NanHaiShu uses DNS for the C2 communications.[2]

Enterprise T1547 .001 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

NanHaiShu modifies the %regrun% Registry to point itself to an autostart mechanism.[2]

Enterprise T1059 .005 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic

NanHaiShu executes additional VBScript code on the victim's machine.[2]

.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

NanHaiShu executes additional Jscript code on the victim's machine.[2]

Enterprise T1562 .001 Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools

NanHaiShu can change Internet Explorer settings to reduce warnings about malware activity.[1]

Enterprise T1070 .004 Indicator Removal: File Deletion

NanHaiShu launches a script to delete their original decoy file to cover tracks.[2]

Enterprise T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

NanHaiShu can download additional files from URLs.[1]

Enterprise T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

NanHaiShu encodes files in Base64.[2]

Enterprise T1218 .005 System Binary Proxy Execution: Mshta

NanHaiShu uses mshta.exe to load its program and files.[2]

Enterprise T1082 System Information Discovery

NanHaiShu can gather the victim computer name and serial number.[1]

Enterprise T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery

NanHaiShu can gather information about the victim proxy server.[1]

Enterprise T1033 System Owner/User Discovery

NanHaiShu collects the username from the victim.[2]

Groups That Use This Software

ID Name References
G0065 Leviathan

[1][3]

References