andromeda | bed8dbcea7803f19890def8f04a44fbd2aa21c7d7d58775c65b6a2c92fcda52a

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
max time network
130s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
09/03/2025, 18:09

Sharing

Copy URL

Twitter E-mail

Report Analysis Logs

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe
Size

40KB
MD5

5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb
SHA1

1b3d53be370325f08d7c219816b7ebdf881e0a37
SHA256

bed8dbcea7803f19890def8f04a44fbd2aa21c7d7d58775c65b6a2c92fcda52a
SHA512

ce1a56ecce8f9c7241d4e3ba022365321ccdeb489f935b434261b2ef2b8e8b187c22357ae4349097c2ff1c6e56605f29746f1f435c2c5467adfc55e989f57fd8
SSDEEP

768:YauZOSrqaR5L0dHLcv+NOqQjKU8F3ACZH3noTMor5IILkX:xuhxwdH7ImGWwMorBoX

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/1844-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1844-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\38652 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msqwkpyo.scr"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1844	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_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msqwkpyo.scr	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2132	JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2132	JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe
2132	JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 1844	2132	JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe	30
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 1844	2132	JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe	30
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 1844	2132	JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe	30
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 1844	2132	JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5a89090a5357ac0c2e6cfcdecf92f6bb.exe"
1⤵
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2132
- C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
  C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Adds policy Run key to start application
  - Deletes itself
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1844

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

memory/1844-2-0x0000000000940000-0x0000000000948000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

Download
memory/1844-3-0x0000000000940000-0x0000000000948000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

Download
memory/1844-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

Download
memory/1844-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

Download
memory/2132-0-0x00000000003C0000-0x00000000003C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

Download
memory/2132-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

Download