andromeda | ddd154269fe59ec9fbea0660c3708781ef89aa7a73dd5f6597d3a5c0a1ab99d5

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe
Size

130KB
MD5

21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400
SHA1

37a742a2617c116f6d02025c66d709eca9cf092b
SHA256

ddd154269fe59ec9fbea0660c3708781ef89aa7a73dd5f6597d3a5c0a1ab99d5
SHA512

89f34550cb86007f71d51f108db3f6be19b21940236683c751c9a566c83873171c1fecebdc20ac83bcc9449165ecdbe4b668fb99f1e459e67e69a4dc749c0f90
SSDEEP

1536:Dvlaogp1aofuQ/y84HzSKQm1iVjSSnzVx4PUV2/UUaUAf0eBddA7XnI3ATGixMF/:sgofsbSW12jlapCcpiIu+34GXAmpy

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. 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1660-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1660-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1660-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2244-18-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2244-22-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\27424 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccclis.exe"	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1660	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3044	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3044 set thread context of 1660	3044	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	30

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\ccclis.exe	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	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1660	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe
1660	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3044 wrote to memory of 1660	3044	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	30
PID 3044 wrote to memory of 1660	3044	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	30
PID 3044 wrote to memory of 1660	3044	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	30
PID 3044 wrote to memory of 1660	3044	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	30
PID 3044 wrote to memory of 1660	3044	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	30
PID 3044 wrote to memory of 1660	3044	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	30
PID 3044 wrote to memory of 1660	3044	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	30
PID 1660 wrote to memory of 2244	1660	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	31
PID 1660 wrote to memory of 2244	1660	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	31
PID 1660 wrote to memory of 2244	1660	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	31
PID 1660 wrote to memory of 2244	1660	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3044
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1660
- - C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2244

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

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe

Filesize
130KB

MD5
21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400

SHA1
37a742a2617c116f6d02025c66d709eca9cf092b

SHA256
ddd154269fe59ec9fbea0660c3708781ef89aa7a73dd5f6597d3a5c0a1ab99d5

SHA512
89f34550cb86007f71d51f108db3f6be19b21940236683c751c9a566c83873171c1fecebdc20ac83bcc9449165ecdbe4b668fb99f1e459e67e69a4dc749c0f90

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memory/1660-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/1660-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/1660-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/1660-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/1660-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2244-14-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2244-16-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2244-18-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2244-22-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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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