andromeda | 83cb41214c581f9f116ad1db639825fe905c9f16bc7f1b7b38bd4a2bb016965b

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe
Size

83KB
MD5

9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4
SHA1

d8395b2e9bcd684c3512f49093bb5cf5c00ae071
SHA256

83cb41214c581f9f116ad1db639825fe905c9f16bc7f1b7b38bd4a2bb016965b
SHA512

fe1d613d0e3443d60d89530e020d8d375c606b8af8a1c3953605fdad27feb2cb5cdca1750826ce1179a7aedcba9c1e116ee869ee1d26734e63a6604c26e96169
SSDEEP

1536:AS7D7hSgjpEQGFzNs6HsUswzaCN4ahCQ6g5a0yRxGiqXyvWQuvZozJ83qw7f1mlB:AS7D/psdMRZl2p6lcAso1GcItT0Tp6KX

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/5440-9-0x0000000001370000-0x0000000001375000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/5440-13-0x0000000001370000-0x0000000001375000-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\29385 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msaqkugl.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5440	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_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5384 set thread context of 1572	5384	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	87

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msaqkugl.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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1572	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe
1572	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1572	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe
1572	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5384	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5384 wrote to memory of 1572	5384	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	87
PID 5384 wrote to memory of 1572	5384	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	87
PID 5384 wrote to memory of 1572	5384	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	87
PID 5384 wrote to memory of 1572	5384	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	87
PID 5384 wrote to memory of 1572	5384	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	87
PID 5384 wrote to memory of 1572	5384	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	87
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 5440	1572	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	88
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 5440	1572	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	88
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 5440	1572	JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5384
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9d5bae919928da882b8329c7801456f4.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:1572
- - 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:5440

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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Downloads

memory/1572-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/5440-5-0x00000000003C0000-0x00000000003CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/5440-7-0x00000000003C0000-0x00000000003CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/5440-9-0x0000000001370000-0x0000000001375000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/5440-13-0x0000000001370000-0x0000000001375000-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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