ardamax | 9858205318c5a4df73d18e6d814ce6712f154c3ebc3af4acf44a68879613a562

General

Target

0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

991KB
MD5

0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80
SHA1

2ead9badbc6e6c8954058bf8f88903588e926ec1
SHA256

9858205318c5a4df73d18e6d814ce6712f154c3ebc3af4acf44a68879613a562
SHA512

f10dbfffba2e3c57c45ca68883c1f4f9027c734dc047303eda1e74f56ec9267d6f5f12129f21e63cd224639f0b5181fe802c054bb72873f2116b42c8231f3244
SSDEEP

24576:B64MVTqdySnIS1KwMlyqqf6CpqkvNq9JcS8cR0tgYy1K:B64MTqUS1KRyWErqnTR0tgd1

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/0x000800000001469e-14.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2052	MYI.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1876	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe
2052	MYI.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\MYI Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\QKMQNT\\MYI.exe"	MYI.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\QKMQNT\MYI.004	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\MYI.001	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\MYI.002	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\MYI.003	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\MYI.exe	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\	MYI.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	2052	MYI.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2052	MYI.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2052	MYI.exe
2052	MYI.exe
2052	MYI.exe
2052	MYI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1876 wrote to memory of 2052	1876	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1876 wrote to memory of 2052	1876	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1876 wrote to memory of 2052	1876	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1876 wrote to memory of 2052	1876	0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe	28

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0d0a67ccea7b5969c94d0315012d2f80_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1876
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\MYI.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\QKMQNT\MYI.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:2052

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\QKMQNT\MYI.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\MYI.003

Filesize
65KB

MD5
cefd6e9c8a039ab9a7833414dfb03f76

SHA1
2a026d0514e0119d0fd545a0d2f6deb198806b70

SHA256
4d71cf9a598c7babd938c2635a755441da18502118cc3336ae25389510c7d01f

SHA512
efcfd6654bf0c45158f43a8c8fd45cc8d40cac227926faa0cd368f1d8012df1bc271f3c7d5db539b1bf282087e533e5a809cf040ac087fcfab58bb320c5a5502

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\MYI.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
cdf1671b99ef01e1d2b369b387bc4732

SHA1
6c1341e941139899debe2b5c9e936ab3b38c86cc

SHA256
36fa5ba83ed70a40e4038d15fe70014ceaf0d87753cded55cec9c86f0c3b020c

SHA512
2f410d7676b3fa9cfee11b3908088727b6dc490c20eeaac4260c23b7b23aad8018dee4d24d944d24cf4c544883e35eb80c4de6788c48739809cc0e9ea15fab28

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\MYI.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\QKMQNT\MYI.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

Download Submit
memory/2052-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2052-17-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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