andromeda | c4cc9eb70d6c313dcdd38b50b6503a2355ae637fb95a460e52d112bbb6657b43

General

Target

7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

84KB
MD5

7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b
SHA1

821ff74ca137855fa895ac1cdea41dbb069241f7
SHA256

c4cc9eb70d6c313dcdd38b50b6503a2355ae637fb95a460e52d112bbb6657b43
SHA512

86bd84c0e3e50bc496d71e4ca1fce3e1a72052707cb8c1b39a96bc67e2147066e6ff4147e4e0678f9d2a3076ee94021d8fdecbe6924c743794ad499ce6cced42
SSDEEP

384:zxJM8vcK/MnSslNQIMnFrcS7oET4jSJkvFKB2DED/JTlu6r0eFxs:1K8v6S5LFh7oET4+QQBGErJJu00ay

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/2688-8-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2688-12-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\44665 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mswoamqa.scr"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
2688	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:

7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mswoamqa.scr	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:

7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

Processes:

7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2640	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2640	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe
2640	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage 1 IoCs

Processes:

7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2640	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes:

7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2640 wrote to memory of 2688	2640	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2640 wrote to memory of 2688	2640	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2640 wrote to memory of 2688	2640	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2640 wrote to memory of 2688	2640	7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7234d3d19f72a607e8aedce00c5bfa4b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2640
- 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:2688

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/2640-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2640-2-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000262000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2640-0-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000245000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2640-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2688-5-0x0000000000530000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2688-6-0x0000000000530000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2688-8-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2688-12-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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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