andromeda | d78866867278edafd1aa34bc7ce716463962553739e84b13a9fd012f69e7e837

General

Target

87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

29KB
MD5

87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db
SHA1

58da785c1590ffccc93c19a9413f32608aa06f8e
SHA256

d78866867278edafd1aa34bc7ce716463962553739e84b13a9fd012f69e7e837
SHA512

cdeb8d3dcc07c30830e1b7743d83203884ee25b6b169a80358c420ae7d2745996feb7ce3b9ba7415e33e33a7785be18493d624b24b26ab20e0b30bf91df67b7a
SSDEEP

768:nTs4HygUoZyE2TtDKXDSgmgI8Rk/93iu0iV:igUSuREJjIH/Jiu0iV

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
behavioral1/memory/2808-6-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2808-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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
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\15833 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msyvffezz.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
2808	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:

87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

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

87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

Processes:

87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2768	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2768	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
2768	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes:

87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2768 wrote to memory of 2808	2768	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2768 wrote to memory of 2808	2768	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2768 wrote to memory of 2808	2768	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2768 wrote to memory of 2808	2768	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_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:2768
- 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:2808

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/2768-0-0x0000000000406000-0x0000000000408000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2768-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2808-3-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000005F8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2808-4-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000005F8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2808-6-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2808-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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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