andromeda | ea71c4637ebc8f144f2e41570d233b65f8549ec7c36fd9b49b1c816057a71745

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
Size

148KB
MD5

64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad
SHA1

13f0e3b910559ffa9c7d246b9c4b5af439132ddc
SHA256

ea71c4637ebc8f144f2e41570d233b65f8549ec7c36fd9b49b1c816057a71745
SHA512

df8cf5e60ae53f9b46bfee1fc8b448935cac690717dfd9aa3cdbf8d4f9d09e584d8f0bd6deba4283b2bedc3b26125006f88554fbf603029d63e77d254e93356e
SSDEEP

3072:rXU8ENlgB7VWLhs8ss8SzUj+aajCKoCdCRhUzML14IO:rbUOZj+aajboYzMaB

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/224-26-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/224-30-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD5000-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\21658 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msmioj.cmd"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
224	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_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2976 set thread context of 212	2976	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	87

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msmioj.cmd	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_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
212	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
212	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
212	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
212	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2976	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 212	2976	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	87
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 212	2976	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	87
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 212	2976	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	87
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 212	2976	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	87
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 212	2976	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	87
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 212	2976	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	87
PID 212 wrote to memory of 224	212	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	88
PID 212 wrote to memory of 224	212	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	88
PID 212 wrote to memory of 224	212	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2976
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
  0
  2⤵
  - Maps connected drives based on registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:212
- - 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:224

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/212-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

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20KB

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memory/224-30-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD5000-memory.dmp

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20KB

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memory/224-26-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD5000-memory.dmp

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20KB

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memory/224-21-0x0000000000850000-0x000000000085E000-memory.dmp

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56KB

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memory/224-23-0x0000000000850000-0x000000000085E000-memory.dmp

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56KB

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memory/2976-9-0x0000000002210000-0x0000000002220000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-11-0x0000000002230000-0x0000000002240000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-14-0x0000000002260000-0x0000000002270000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-12-0x0000000002240000-0x0000000002250000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-10-0x0000000002220000-0x0000000002230000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-1-0x0000000002180000-0x0000000002190000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-15-0x0000000002270000-0x0000000002280000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-6-0x00000000021E0000-0x00000000021F0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-5-0x00000000021C0000-0x00000000021D0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-13-0x0000000002250000-0x0000000002260000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-4-0x00000000021B0000-0x00000000021C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-3-0x00000000021A0000-0x00000000021B0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-16-0x00000000022A0000-0x00000000022B0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-2-0x0000000002190000-0x00000000021A0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-7-0x00000000021F0000-0x0000000002200000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2976-8-0x0000000002200000-0x0000000002210000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2976-0-0x0000000002170000-0x0000000002180000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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