andromeda | 9c1ea511005895e3b3a5991dabc2c41630a4c78791160406b23a7ba1b484febe

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe
Size

102KB
MD5

3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550
SHA1

825e0eb83d7177b3dacd35ed3bf09bd95606226f
SHA256

9c1ea511005895e3b3a5991dabc2c41630a4c78791160406b23a7ba1b484febe
SHA512

14822276c59edbdd3b738777b55c8f7c5ae954b84c214673c21a8778762664c38454d713de567af0e489223195c1d1c492f27848355eec15adf603b4c593874d
SSDEEP

768:1U3YOKhv05tblSEQbSY2S0uHFD5DlDDSis/IGCSml7phARzFqCLikJt1ZNP6N6U1:I3KkIb3LrBDD9Hr5A9gOdtR60UrKA42

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/2324-16-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2324-20-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\37129 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mswivkem.scr"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2324	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	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2612 set thread context of 2616	2612	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	31

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mswivkem.scr	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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2616	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2616	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe
2616	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2616	2612	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	31
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2616	2612	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	31
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2616	2612	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	31
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2616	2612	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	31
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2616	2612	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	31
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2616	2612	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	31
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2616	2612	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2324	2616	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	32
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2324	2616	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	32
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2324	2616	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	32
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2324	2616	JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2612
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3e4ce0ac61692035dd1a340bdbf58550.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:2616
- - 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:2324

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/2324-13-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DA8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2324-14-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DA8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2324-16-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2324-20-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2612-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2612-1-0x0000000000403000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2612-0-0x0000000077220000-0x0000000077221000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2612-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2616-3-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2616-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2616-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2616-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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