ardamax | b514019e29f3799fe2cf2073740785722958cf98cdf330dacfd3df0a5534b072

General

Target

03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f
SHA1

aa62d57b87558bd4b890469298e0eab853fcb81f
SHA256

b514019e29f3799fe2cf2073740785722958cf98cdf330dacfd3df0a5534b072
SHA512

72f192e894f3cdfbb98f825fc4efdc865d4c470eeb8fc940e8f85c404454a05ede6ca7296432ed080e5f2a529b357acce0eb43e1aa38eec6fb0ca69a79f65fd8
SSDEEP

24576:Dk/ATwovHcv4wQU+VzfQESTsC62ZEQJsP+vchH/G6BFwjP9+FXs6yHp8PIG:IoTvvHNwQHzf8sC9ZE7Y+fG6Bs9sXs62

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000014319-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2992	NCM.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2968	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe
2992	NCM.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\NCM Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\CYYNAU\\NCM.exe"	NCM.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\NCM.exe	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\	NCM.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\NCM.004	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\NCM.001	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\NCM.002	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\AKV.exe	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2992	NCM.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2992	NCM.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2992	NCM.exe
2992	NCM.exe
2992	NCM.exe
2992	NCM.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 2992	2968	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 2992	2968	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 2992	2968	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 2992	2968	03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe	28

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\03d25e9579723defe7546ba9fcdb9a0f_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2968
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\NCM.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\CYYNAU\NCM.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2992

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

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\AKV.exe

Filesize
466KB

MD5
4c5711d8a02899113661bdff195d80d5

SHA1
263592abea6d60887defb4b1bcb47dbb383edfb6

SHA256
661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195

SHA512
4b16ee6c75a169ad02c6b30d08efcd969ba8840adf49f6eeec3abbe8b9f5f288e1b1cfb4431711a74510a6973663335e43d256ae0dcd1a68f55331152a4f64ae

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\NCM.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
7a5612cc859be918c5767487f8a6815a

SHA1
a855d3a3e6336ac0508a8099e8ace14680394c36

SHA256
643419bc7e3a46ecdd7196858b3489c806c5edc486b513ce58519a109544c9d1

SHA512
31c541870dbc695c34d132c4232accc2fe511f30188a4db33d5c41758cf5af00a4906b55b0a208b5848436313fd3d8ccf6be7f1af62ecedd3a5c4c301dc5e11d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\NCM.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
b2bcd668abf17ee408d232cc636614b2

SHA1
c354f941121515536c4f0d9ae49ed1a9b28534b4

SHA256
563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99

SHA512
ba1be164de5919ae45f4bedfebe7e7799626b457f07b42fc43b8912f2932955833617b45e147e2e4d406f57f57f50c1869aa611db18a569919395e42fa53a702

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\NCM.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
bfc7fa62204c8e982d2a100b2d8cea86

SHA1
6e0c5ae8f2c237037bd9ff23ca22949ad863cc0b

SHA256
9c24e1244c15920cdbc269d770e984191efe7e8c5e6fb4ff8440c73c64f689cb

SHA512
2406203ea0f7708f1eb5a4386058f426d880754e2c387b3cc4aac12a7c6a111b5197883a71566589d1d3d9e4114ff2de0227123a0e2523a2ffd65bae025d9389

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\CYYNAU\NCM.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
a9ea3f61a57b36cde9953afd91f18d34

SHA1
e7e931b96b6e39b64a2a38d704bbe9561a234cbc

SHA256
accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec

SHA512
0a6a42a772a3afd66233d9d3abb962b3a8cbf3d6e0e719352795b6441a148617dbe788991f0cead29d4b1540726504c9c56bebd9836ae6263b82a121fafd89fc

Download Submit
memory/2992-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2992-17-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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