andromeda | 4226d1c632c6615898258a9e288208dec4cf238090bfddb472d5a386f7593981

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe
Size

66KB
MD5

48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba
SHA1

a891e62a75592d8dbe977892808e0b977ca654be
SHA256

4226d1c632c6615898258a9e288208dec4cf238090bfddb472d5a386f7593981
SHA512

02a97d85edb32c4f3c9bdf1624296565697806eb7f95e48232c518cb711a5b7f05c89ae207b014ed336fe40a2c15717933f5eeb2bb05c190edf9e9cba25be339
SSDEEP

1536:ubq3GQK0S35fKBkvO4HtmVz9Xmx/7M75c/H9G8Yv:830gBWQ5NmBRmx/7M75c1Gn

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
behavioral2/memory/648-10-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000007E5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/648-14-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000007E5000-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\3749 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mseiqgr.bat"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
648	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_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1032 set thread context of 3828	1032	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	89

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mseiqgr.bat	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_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3828	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe
3828	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3828	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe
3828	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1032 wrote to memory of 3828	1032	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	89
PID 1032 wrote to memory of 3828	1032	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	89
PID 1032 wrote to memory of 3828	1032	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	89
PID 1032 wrote to memory of 3828	1032	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	89
PID 1032 wrote to memory of 3828	1032	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	89
PID 1032 wrote to memory of 3828	1032	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	89
PID 3828 wrote to memory of 648	3828	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	90
PID 3828 wrote to memory of 648	3828	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	90
PID 3828 wrote to memory of 648	3828	JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1032
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_48ee33f4a486c7017b6976d017159aba.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:3828
- - 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:648

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/648-6-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/648-8-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/648-10-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000007E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/648-14-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000007E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1032-0-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000576000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/1032-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp

Filesize
92KB

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memory/3828-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3828-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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