andromeda | f61b5c1c425d49a70487f13f500b96384bd058af7005f977a12e6d7bb31a4ba0

General

Target

82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da
SHA1

5534c45b28462525d23dd3829793a93bb52a5eae
SHA256

f61b5c1c425d49a70487f13f500b96384bd058af7005f977a12e6d7bb31a4ba0
SHA512

e74abfe0a749d7fd4ef5fdb727177498522c0e58d9bee5c87f084ad3fed1e538b45a4917b44bf85933ad6f93081b3957b8d712de59c6269b52896e8cc60d258e
SSDEEP

768:SRoS5Gcu6KDBZGvXVoc7vwFrbxazHs1W498cIOEDAF54:SRPMNGfVoevwlbxEs1WRcIjf

Score

10^/10

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence upx

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

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4536-13-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4536-17-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-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

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\11981 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mssuya.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4536	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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2428 set thread context of 3740	2428	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

UPX packed file 2 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2428-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2428-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3740	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe
3740	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3740	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe
3740	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2428	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 3740	2428	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 3740	2428	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 3740	2428	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 3740	2428	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 3740	2428	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3740 wrote to memory of 4536	3740	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3740 wrote to memory of 4536	3740	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3740 wrote to memory of 4536	3740	82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2428
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\82397e61d9b5eda38cebb93da544a9da_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:3740
- - 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:4536

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/2428-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
592KB

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memory/2428-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
592KB

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memory/3740-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3740-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4536-9-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FBE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4536-11-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FBE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4536-13-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4536-17-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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