andromeda | e4613308b38628b6352d3b553d560fbbff0470a0bed9ff350cb63f874b50dfe4

General

Target

6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

13KB
MD5

6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469
SHA1

633a951ef2c811aac91c3c0135f4413369d5634b
SHA256

e4613308b38628b6352d3b553d560fbbff0470a0bed9ff350cb63f874b50dfe4
SHA512

1f993ccbdf63136801b074fdb72b432f8f55d85d5fbcad88272ffa41f893559ca279b4eadafed44b0c06a0ec5e24625e3c88917f3b8bc556dfc278f083f25e8f
SSDEEP

192:PyEh4bJlnNdEIv1J/b9i7s4pwrARgZd1SrMksXgUdBOvAUPuDtwFWx3f/:604Vfdj9JT9uxRgZGz0glhPuDWWx3f

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2792-3-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2792-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2792-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2792-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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

Processes:

svchost.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\49231 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msiwvj.cmd"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid process

2792 svchost.exe

pid	process
2792	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:

6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

description ioc process

File created C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msiwvj.cmd svchost.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msiwvj.cmd	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

Processes:

svchost.exe6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

Processes:

6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid process

2480 6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

Processes:

6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid process

2480 6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	process
2480	6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	process
2480	6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes:

6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2792	2480	6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2792	2480	6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2792	2480	6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2792	2480	6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6f0f29b6f9e46b47f040c7017d15f469_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:2480

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:2792

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/2480-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000022000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2480-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2792-2-0x0000000000080000-0x000000000008C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2792-3-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2792-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2792-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2792-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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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