ardamax | 7b76ed12353d052dbae9cb592f2791e3b85e4a88363037ca622e5da838595161

General

Target

08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81
SHA1

f04379595ff44da6d67ccab2e436b78d9121aabd
SHA256

7b76ed12353d052dbae9cb592f2791e3b85e4a88363037ca622e5da838595161
SHA512

9b2dd16f384c80d76230f5b57b9ff60fc47a3d9aa04b490cbae8b700982acd7c6ea4b771d6c0a0252d9a7cb6568d5d5cb8cbd48c7fc25c29c02236c3506651bf
SSDEEP

24576:0HvZTDxZ2I+vFYMzAXMohyKr7wyXkFqLIOBnLo4WRY/DmgE346EzbMQbPF:8BTb2I+2iAXPQs7wakFqc2nLEgdEzHY

Score

10^/10

ardamax 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/0x0007000000015649-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2128	VKM.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2132	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.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\VKM Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\YQIISO\\VKM.exe"	VKM.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\VKM.004	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\VKM.001	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\VKM.002	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\AKV.exe	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\VKM.exe	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2128	VKM.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2128	2132	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2128	2132	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2128	2132	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2128	2132	08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe	28

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\08274e04794c36866666a266901fcf81_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2132
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\VKM.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\YQIISO\VKM.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  PID:2128

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

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

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

Filesize
461KB

MD5
eed8ebfafcd3dcb0f88b237388fba8df

SHA1
620767d6de979bf360e3a188ed03534c769f337b

SHA256
dc3c5152d69547ffb583574707025eee74af46882cdf851221f66b1e81d2ed90

SHA512
28148a2bfdbcaf61f5f664c6b4dd0377d151d775ad001818da2bba6327f02020fabb016a4c8aaa5f841ea1dc1a6d8419bca55bc74924a657476e15abbd8dabb3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\VKM.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
34c92b717ae97bc926f56ba56a44f24a

SHA1
ccaf3c6bf0c73564d0bf19c92b8d25008ffffbfa

SHA256
6e60d85b35f5e9222375f606e4116b38364a4a943596ddb0d914cf1cf4791774

SHA512
2a9eb63837db128c9e036976d903ebd925e6952ab6bf4efa0e370e79f9fefe0ed6e44e4ab444f56ace1149f4dd14797f568e8827e7cebd1e5581dcf309f9745a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\VKM.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
246761f047f6aa98d6eaad66a2f883b9

SHA1
42474a5b23d03e094103b62fd7e820457cf807c4

SHA256
3774021a3cdf32d23fd5921cea4de8c26b08f0d601f3097550a7e8af7b00f111

SHA512
d39d0913975ca2f8d585b72667d76de09ce7817f6de26ef21a8b62edc25d7fab39785f036992d19ca5700f5fc2ee377e696142c41529f23f503e8eefff393144

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\VKM.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
fbf54ae1dcbe6a2a83e5406c1f86f98d

SHA1
3584c552fbb981de2d1a3e3eb48b5fd4bcbcc08f

SHA256
c0ac0a8ebd89b792215975402511a4b26cd85ba63b67a7a78b89aa2317bcd86f

SHA512
0fc4ebfd2e184578f3c29449f583995181c4f44f36b8396d4eaf1b40b6e35e611149040eab171afc63d69d01bb0b355114af271d89df0180ae1f9db1f31aaeb4

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\YQIISO\VKM.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9ab9b7b74790b7bb2798dd2b26f4a913

SHA1
e8ffa981a0149aa6441dcb0dd42f7baf6eb773a2

SHA256
df1c8d608ebd300889cf21c3bda6d5dd2574d68e1f530cc5a885449a22177a75

SHA512
ffffe21d8cc244aacaaba2eb13cc77ad800a196ecf6f77637a8a1f6d456cabb8331970ab358ab21dcf9832343379b4f0486da3990d45eb2f2765e55b7404739e

Download Submit
memory/2128-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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