andromeda | dcd652ab491333fa7a1629c42b4828ee00d748019dad1e1cc27015ad617e3386

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe
Size

130KB
MD5

501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954
SHA1

b397a8511cca6bd06120d358332e9ac9811c1b3a
SHA256

dcd652ab491333fa7a1629c42b4828ee00d748019dad1e1cc27015ad617e3386
SHA512

a13664487a760ee766901f9273178384c780420a856e849a50df678bd62a302ef03bcc15c06ead6555e349eb5e7a7d5989003b9ec04f9a6403145c5495dcbcad
SSDEEP

768:63wD8nDo85dItyQtF/5tkblGrMfNb4ptxdFghB:vwDZUyQ3Bi5GrMfCbHQB

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/396-9-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000845000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/396-13-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000845000-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\55929 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msqalzl.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
396	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_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4460 set thread context of 1728	4460	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	86

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msqalzl.com	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_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1728	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe
1728	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1728	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe
1728	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1728	4460	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	86
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1728	4460	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	86
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1728	4460	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	86
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1728	4460	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	86
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1728	4460	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	86
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1728	4460	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	86
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 396	1728	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	87
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 396	1728	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	87
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 396	1728	JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4460
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_501de7a3c3fcf49ae679e0e1a4647954.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:1728
- - 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:396

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/396-7-0x0000000000880000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/396-5-0x0000000000880000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/396-9-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000845000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/396-13-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000845000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1728-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1728-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4460-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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