andromeda | d933db5eb76e3f458f02629ff1b38c0018bd05a78b2e6b355b852c1421da527a

General

Target

7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

36KB
MD5

7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee
SHA1

b37166c6de537cf6ceadec24363746cc01cf578e
SHA256

d933db5eb76e3f458f02629ff1b38c0018bd05a78b2e6b355b852c1421da527a
SHA512

a005c5b84a62d6a7cbc86871d497c25e546128189a89083048ab970fb954fb45a001abaf76d0a09043bf3862bf83c67798122bac64dab11947fca33354d81cc4
SSDEEP

768:yn3YvkRELW2UWLejDVgfd+6jhGcBF7ARYMMDHjvEXRYJ+ipezs/TGuWoUyhVmSMH:y8f/jwTYMMHYRYJ+ipezsLjVOS0zP

Score

10^/10

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Andromeda family
andromeda
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
behavioral2/memory/720-10-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/720-14-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD5000-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\11300 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msijcgee.scr"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
720	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2348	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.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:

7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4852 set thread context of 2348	4852	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	89

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

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

7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2348	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
2348	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2348	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
2348	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes:

7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 2348	4852	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 2348	4852	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 2348	4852	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 2348	4852	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 2348	4852	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 720	2348	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	90
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 720	2348	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	90
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 720	2348	7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4852
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Maps connected drives based on registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2348
- - 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:720

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee_JaffaCakes118.exe

Filesize
36KB

MD5
7d29ae182936344f866cd472ef9aa0ee

SHA1
b37166c6de537cf6ceadec24363746cc01cf578e

SHA256
d933db5eb76e3f458f02629ff1b38c0018bd05a78b2e6b355b852c1421da527a

SHA512
a005c5b84a62d6a7cbc86871d497c25e546128189a89083048ab970fb954fb45a001abaf76d0a09043bf3862bf83c67798122bac64dab11947fca33354d81cc4

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memory/720-6-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/720-8-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/720-10-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/720-14-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2348-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2348-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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