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. 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4392-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4392-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4492-11-0x0000000000EF0000-0x0000000000EF5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4492-15-0x0000000000EF0000-0x0000000000EF5000-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\3744 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccluau.exe"	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4392	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3988 set thread context of 4392	3988	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	89

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4392	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe
4392	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3988 wrote to memory of 4392	3988	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	89
PID 3988 wrote to memory of 4392	3988	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	89
PID 3988 wrote to memory of 4392	3988	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	89
PID 3988 wrote to memory of 4392	3988	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	89
PID 3988 wrote to memory of 4392	3988	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	89
PID 3988 wrote to memory of 4392	3988	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	89
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 4492	4392	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	90
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 4492	4392	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	90
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 4492	4392	JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3988
- 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:4392
- - 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:4492

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

Filesize
130KB

MD5
21f961350844e6661b31219dd2856400

SHA1
37a742a2617c116f6d02025c66d709eca9cf092b

SHA256
ddd154269fe59ec9fbea0660c3708781ef89aa7a73dd5f6597d3a5c0a1ab99d5

SHA512
89f34550cb86007f71d51f108db3f6be19b21940236683c751c9a566c83873171c1fecebdc20ac83bcc9449165ecdbe4b668fb99f1e459e67e69a4dc749c0f90

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memory/4392-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/4392-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/4492-7-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4492-9-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4492-11-0x0000000000EF0000-0x0000000000EF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4492-15-0x0000000000EF0000-0x0000000000EF5000-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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