andromeda | 2a1a96c2336ce5aed07e28f34d92a9dc36fd92ffb3ad1cf7cc753e29cb029c38

General

Target

7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

39KB
MD5

7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb
SHA1

2aa2b6e9b480cc5899dd6ab8ecf52230250c723c
SHA256

2a1a96c2336ce5aed07e28f34d92a9dc36fd92ffb3ad1cf7cc753e29cb029c38
SHA512

a57fe0b42386d2ba3eb3c4476cc63162e562c4f5f49b065ff00a13b85b53dbe92ed955524fb2e891aac704835b1fd9171250f26b2406ea50f487ad3209258dce
SSDEEP

384:WNBaOwIkd38aJUEQGAJ7Xc9S+5VKz8WWnUw7XfJ8CcTtZ6cd1wcLEknpC4COuRaF:+wnx8aJBb19iz8vU8CCu1bZLwYM4X

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/1040-11-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009D5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1040-15-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009D5000-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\3490 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mseatx.cmd"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
1040	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:

7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

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

7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
1684	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe
1684	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
1684	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe
1684	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 1040	1684	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 1040	1684	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 1040	1684	7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7f69ea7f68be82b24f755d02f021eebb_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:1684
- 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:1040

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/1040-9-0x00000000007B0000-0x00000000007BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1040-5-0x00000000007B0000-0x00000000007BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1040-11-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1040-15-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1684-0-0x0000000002030000-0x0000000002035000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1684-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1684-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1684-1-0x0000000002040000-0x000000000204E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1684-6-0x0000000002030000-0x0000000002035000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1684-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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