andromeda | de98f29cf48539cbf8102a56d0e475ea46764efadffdac1815f803abc395ccc5

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
153s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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03-11-2024 21:41

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General

Target

8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

13KB
MD5

8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c
SHA1

0de82d1f655c00f0de6dca2eae2b5abcf5cf67ba
SHA256

de98f29cf48539cbf8102a56d0e475ea46764efadffdac1815f803abc395ccc5
SHA512

6ff5f06f0037e1246221efd85bc82e1b0a1ec5fe637b3acad4609fd125f7646e7021548e67b77699049b39e0eaf0cdcca143ff9c9b0137b303d547fa29160d8c
SSDEEP

384:ILOTSoMaHAhzQYVu1TY7gKJEmizmzCaF1FYu:JSagh0Qu1UkKE7AF

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

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/180-6-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E15000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/180-10-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E15000-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\54394 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msebjps.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
180	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	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
448	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe
448	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
448	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe
448	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 448 wrote to memory of 180	448	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 448 wrote to memory of 180	448	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 448 wrote to memory of 180	448	8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8da240f8b9ae8f85913d31027afa5b2c_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:448
- 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:180

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/180-2-0x0000000000E30000-0x0000000000E3E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/180-4-0x0000000000E30000-0x0000000000E3E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/180-6-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E15000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/180-10-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E15000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/448-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/448-1-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000522000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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