andromeda | a88cdb26c7ff2fd0ac6a00e1ab81950d839000391a36d869260733ff1b036d5b

General

Target

6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

13KB
MD5

6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6
SHA1

0d12d543f624da36667e56b34647272763ea611e
SHA256

a88cdb26c7ff2fd0ac6a00e1ab81950d839000391a36d869260733ff1b036d5b
SHA512

3646079d3d8609dbbf0f330b71d24b2602f1c4d52dcd1e78cfb481674f014dd473f861b54e7fe0c05fd523360f43cc03f125f908854b97a76ccd9f35fc617448
SSDEEP

192:XyEh4bJlnNdEIv1J/b9i7s4pwrARgZd1SrMksXgUdBOvAUPuDtwFWx3f/:i04Vfdj9JT9uxRgZGz0glhPuDWWx3f

Score

10^/10

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Andromeda, Gamarue
Andromeda, also known as Gamarue, is a modular botnet malware primarily used for distributing other types of malware and it's written in C++.
botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload. 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1084-3-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1084-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1084-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1084-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda

Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\51201 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msuxeboe.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1084	svchost.exe

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msuxeboe.com	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2408	6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2408	6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2408 wrote to memory of 1084	2408	6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2408 wrote to memory of 1084	2408	6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2408 wrote to memory of 1084	2408	6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2408 wrote to memory of 1084	2408	6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6432f88bae0d65f05d7a4fabdb4784e6_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2408
- C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
  C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Adds policy Run key to start application
  - Deletes itself
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1084

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/1084-3-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1084-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1084-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1084-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1084-14-0x0000000000080000-0x000000000008D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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memory/2408-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000022000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2408-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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memory/2408-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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