andromeda | 79092ea7b41172e2a465fe9a8ba12561485df97752951544f501a6d4b5c5f7b9

General

Target

92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

42KB
MD5

92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce
SHA1

39c58128c4371cb049601c4824bffe92aa5dcdf6
SHA256

79092ea7b41172e2a465fe9a8ba12561485df97752951544f501a6d4b5c5f7b9
SHA512

eb137606eea7362dd8be949ac0ffa98d76d422352099f043cde13740ab6f0c81aa2e36a4d418a8abd71ce6405e3fc284bf597c1ed1d046431ccab378a6592cac
SSDEEP

768:9dfTIvjmE+agXrctcpqSfl466Clts8+xeF93HhEeyy1u:9pIvSE+1r41CWatT13BEeA

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. 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2764-3-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2764-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2764-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2764-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\61180 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msxaoqwk.com"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	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	92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msxaoqwk.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	92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2688	92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2688	92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2764	2688	92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2764	2688	92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2764	2688	92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2764	2688	92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\92ed9a29af90b7a7b9936bd17974fbce_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:2688
- 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:2764

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/2688-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000022000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2688-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2688-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2764-3-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2764-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2764-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2764-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2764-28-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000085000-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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