andromeda | bca1659fd2cde4e10be7dc027f3327f4c1b9cb97e90cbccb0d17fc82e2327a35

General

Target

615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

77KB
MD5

615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4
SHA1

4cdb636ba2c1c3dba0368ce31667578160db9adb
SHA256

bca1659fd2cde4e10be7dc027f3327f4c1b9cb97e90cbccb0d17fc82e2327a35
SHA512

3a14d6b5abeeded7229888b6e45aa46b2ff657c419b42de97ddf69a9587e855fb3758d5f76c59ebad0c95f62074a78a70c9ec6a3546a74dc1b5b89cf010bf635
SSDEEP

768:JtdO8/vaB3KOVSlxr4tC3/ps/DKE/Oxg8VbKp4wHiXtv3qPI1+AMDLVIJjFAMVrf://CpV0ACPps/PNubK5HKvai+rqHhCE

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. 2 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2076-16-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2076-20-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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

Processes:

svchost.exe

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\19733 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msvynktkm.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
2076	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

Processes:

615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1944 set thread context of 2192	1944	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

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

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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

Processes:

615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

Processes:

615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2192	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2192	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe
2192	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
1944	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes:

615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 2192	1944	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 2192	1944	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 2192	1944	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 2192	1944	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 2192	1944	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 2192	1944	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 2192	1944	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2076	2192	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2076	2192	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2076	2192	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2076	2192	615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1944
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\615073eb75ad0dbccb6afaf663ffd0e4_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - Maps connected drives based on registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2192
- - C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Deletes itself
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2076

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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memory/1944-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2076-12-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2076-14-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2076-16-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2076-20-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2192-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2192-7-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2192-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2192-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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