andromeda | a42daa4e8b4ed31be956f6107fee5cb4c25d88acf08f47e54e907e7b3ed44ac7

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe
Size

92KB
MD5

6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f
SHA1

5f4c95eb1b8ad1f34098e20533af87b26310c1b2
SHA256

a42daa4e8b4ed31be956f6107fee5cb4c25d88acf08f47e54e907e7b3ed44ac7
SHA512

dda034df269a1657338ccb95b5486bd45ec2cdd647ecc5357789203ea52abe8d0c6ec3e7b09c9d963897d05630d72995351a6568a69cbb7e96ca21807b35804b
SSDEEP

1536:FlY0b21rUYVknXfUlkStpUpbVwzgVxkNenDC:k0bykGkStpUJVwMLkNem

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/2752-15-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2752-19-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\10624 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msxawrqo.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2752	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_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2956 set thread context of 468	2956	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	30

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msxawrqo.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_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
468	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
468	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe
468	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 468	2956	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	30
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 468	2956	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	30
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 468	2956	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	30
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 468	2956	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	30
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 468	2956	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	30
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 468	2956	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	30
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 468	2956	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	30
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2752	468	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	31
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2752	468	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	31
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2752	468	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	31
PID 468 wrote to memory of 2752	468	JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2956
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6029568aa302b654e3f65664181e5a4f.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:468
- - 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:2752

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/468-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/468-2-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/468-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/468-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2752-11-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000D68000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2752-13-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000D68000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2752-15-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2752-19-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2956-1-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000402000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2956-0-0x0000000077D30000-0x0000000077D31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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