andromeda | e89501359ea45090e291c41057a4a1a1f8f085ace3bbd0a010644137abd45a74

General

Target

b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

59KB
MD5

b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98
SHA1

c009b7d25411de48ed1767010a294db8d8aa982b
SHA256

e89501359ea45090e291c41057a4a1a1f8f085ace3bbd0a010644137abd45a74
SHA512

98686a6b5f913823ae05648a9da060d4063c0ed10cbb2687a6cd8a0115c43a126cdd9fef1577ee94ba382ac41fe893dcefcd639ab777e3ac7f582d9be7ff4e97
SSDEEP

1536:FaIH+4X84gYART5m+vWOfTeN4ECVtHu/leA:FKjYc5jOdN4En

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
behavioral2/memory/4812-9-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4812-13-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-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\55651 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msuups.cmd"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
4812	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:

b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1496 set thread context of 4988	1496	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	83

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msuups.cmd	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

Processes:

b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exeb4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
4988	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe
4988	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
4988	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe
4988	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exeb4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 4988	1496	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 4988	1496	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 4988	1496	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 4988	1496	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 4988	1496	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 4988	1496	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4812	4988	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4812	4988	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4812	4988	b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1496
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_JaffaCakes118.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4aa15dedab1394293d34435691e4b98_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:4988
- - 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:4812

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/1496-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/4812-5-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C1E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4812-7-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C1E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4812-9-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4812-13-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4988-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4988-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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