andromeda | 8e980b5ace2755777149be550ee752f339c50ded0ba5d44ab721f709c662f147

General

Target
JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe
Size 94KB
Sample251217-zvsd2abl6s
SHA256 8e980b5ace2755777149be550ee752f339c50ded0ba5d44ab721f709c662f147
MD5 354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606
SHA1 6375d3753b641a2014756c657d481b514439f8f3
SHA512 91a18b2a22bee00642aa07e3315cc2cda63fcda9a7d948d35f4c7f6421edcf5e7d8251e42e3156b0bc95c5bd72d8d7fa49014ce122508bafec214d48f493ed48
SSDEEP 1536:l6u6YB56XJ6owvzbNfURp4VntUhtH7Vi4Bhb:l6uB28owvlrVnihVVi4Hb
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

backdoor botnet discovery andromeda 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. 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2448-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/2448-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/968-12-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/968-16-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF5000-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
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\50563 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccznbyxha.pif"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2448	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1956 set thread context of 2448	1956	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe	77

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\ccznbyxha.pif	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_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2448	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe
2448	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2448	1956	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe	77
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2448	1956	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe	77
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2448	1956	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe	77
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2448	1956	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe	77
PID 2448 wrote to memory of 968	2448	JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe	78

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1956
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2448
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:968

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606.exe
Size 94KB
SHA256 8e980b5ace2755777149be550ee752f339c50ded0ba5d44ab721f709c662f147
MD5 354768b72c4c792e5cde2a4cf2078606
SHA1 6375d3753b641a2014756c657d481b514439f8f3
SHA512 91a18b2a22bee00642aa07e3315cc2cda63fcda9a7d948d35f4c7f6421edcf5e7d8251e42e3156b0bc95c5bd72d8d7fa49014ce122508bafec214d48f493ed48
SSDEEP 1536:l6u6YB56XJ6owvzbNfURp4VntUhtH7Vi4Bhb:l6uB28owvlrVnihVVi4Hb
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/968-7-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000A9E000-memory.dmp

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memory/968-10-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000A9E000-memory.dmp

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memory/968-12-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF5000-memory.dmp

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memory/968-16-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF5000-memory.dmp

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memory/2448-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

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memory/2448-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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