andromeda | 86ed0a3a06f872ca5c54da8a6fca20f7f41f726793a0f586f3ac7663e02bc9f1

General

Target

b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

40KB
MD5

b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103
SHA1

e3cf88d370c28e02c70ed1105c7aa5d4217537a5
SHA256

86ed0a3a06f872ca5c54da8a6fca20f7f41f726793a0f586f3ac7663e02bc9f1
SHA512

57ea0d9844299a86b9891779eea8ceb7fa5a9b18d4a802f79f0869f2b420ece04d8a5ac530d760f8d22de4080f9383970006f7ca5293a9da226dd60726a03b45
SSDEEP

768:MXvvcXtkh40BxOkLcV2cjmtMjr3U0CuHQ0:MX3cXtSBxdLcutSr3wE

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
behavioral1/memory/884-14-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/884-18-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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
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\63846 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msxonfrp.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
884	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	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2872 set thread context of 788	2872	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	28

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msxonfrp.com	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	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
788	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
788	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe
788	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2872	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2872 wrote to memory of 788	2872	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2872 wrote to memory of 788	2872	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2872 wrote to memory of 788	2872	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2872 wrote to memory of 788	2872	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2872 wrote to memory of 788	2872	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2872 wrote to memory of 788	2872	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 788 wrote to memory of 884	788	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 788 wrote to memory of 884	788	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 788 wrote to memory of 884	788	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 788 wrote to memory of 884	788	b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2872
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b06aeb00fd6345e61776ce1cfeeac103_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:788
- - 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:884

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/788-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/788-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/788-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/788-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/884-10-0x0000000000860000-0x0000000000868000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/884-12-0x0000000000860000-0x0000000000868000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/884-14-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/884-18-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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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