ardamax | 049a5315c80ab2623e7fd8db65e4bd3b5bf9e312f6c714db7f34224a40005a80

General

Target

19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a
SHA1

04a243641fbb89172d372a511b2d2667f56b45a8
SHA256

049a5315c80ab2623e7fd8db65e4bd3b5bf9e312f6c714db7f34224a40005a80
SHA512

7646a5e98ba13be44eaa038ac3e9f60d209ca2dd22c39dc44a770268c046aa3d913047fe120751079f715b1397d5571e97d171a1167a847eb893db88514f11e9
SSDEEP

24576:Sk/AT38bTEjinjSX4ySEHrQ8MpNrL0KPHchcz3Di8LtxiSicF4eM+tI6ZD:roTKQenj2G8MpNnFUhEP5ftI6

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/0x00070000000144e9-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2396	YQJ.exe
3004	[uC]Injector.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe
2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe
2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe
2396	YQJ.exe
3004	[uC]Injector.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\YQJ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\NAXPMW\\YQJ.exe"	YQJ.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\NAXPMW\YQJ.001	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\YQJ.002	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\AKV.exe	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\YQJ.exe	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\	YQJ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\YQJ.004	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_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	2396	YQJ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2396	YQJ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2396	YQJ.exe
2396	YQJ.exe
2396	YQJ.exe
2396	YQJ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2396	2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2396	2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2396	2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2396	2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 3004	2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 3004	2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 3004	2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 3004	2368	19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\19c4a1ec1300be2460cf38b502deb25a_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2368
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\YQJ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\NAXPMW\YQJ.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:2396
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\[uC]Injector.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\[uC]Injector.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  PID:3004

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\[uC]Injector.exe

Filesize
208KB

MD5
228ad8b963ed6db0ef0bf4cf76e73388

SHA1
b2d5d6d900a2c0a20cfe367ca46aa785a55d6103

SHA256
ac8becea89d0145e31ee20b805e50784497589215fec28411b21dddde9611e49

SHA512
8e75f7a9cd34fc3ab79209dfa2a27b1e21c6d2691fedaf990dfd9346d9a2eaa766ea55ffb60df82e2f859c9b0d78a4e20634c3fa68331b5a23a4eda724fa10ff

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\AKV.exe

Filesize
466KB

MD5
4c5711d8a02899113661bdff195d80d5

SHA1
263592abea6d60887defb4b1bcb47dbb383edfb6

SHA256
661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195

SHA512
4b16ee6c75a169ad02c6b30d08efcd969ba8840adf49f6eeec3abbe8b9f5f288e1b1cfb4431711a74510a6973663335e43d256ae0dcd1a68f55331152a4f64ae

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\YQJ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
1226c67cfa7a94fd9181c73535dcd042

SHA1
08bf3926f6f210048f7b5bb7bf2ac81f69412fbb

SHA256
3bbe524ceb3068b241997981b3a04347c03034500beb07ae45da1d6c62dd25c2

SHA512
0ef8a799f6df0960b96f5dfdf378464f1343276ac7410ebbcdecb2964b6906c3d70a5946651ba0e1008ab3686118e2effd74449ed2944b0366757bf2fd57ada0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\YQJ.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
b2bcd668abf17ee408d232cc636614b2

SHA1
c354f941121515536c4f0d9ae49ed1a9b28534b4

SHA256
563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99

SHA512
ba1be164de5919ae45f4bedfebe7e7799626b457f07b42fc43b8912f2932955833617b45e147e2e4d406f57f57f50c1869aa611db18a569919395e42fa53a702

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\YQJ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
101df3480e64e159094c6a02584bc909

SHA1
d3b756cb52df0efda71d7c87e5c92ddd068d196e

SHA256
d319f657e48fa4f6619037a897121a4b0e7198846ca2296a1dbfc599a65c5dac

SHA512
b4adcda87db535b89cc5fb62123b6384e66b5d10f35c6d5b2115df27a2f6af105c507d7d7ef7c25fb8a02a53662492886c1c2a53d0a8c3efcd5e2854b4f4c207

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\NAXPMW\YQJ.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
a9ea3f61a57b36cde9953afd91f18d34

SHA1
e7e931b96b6e39b64a2a38d704bbe9561a234cbc

SHA256
accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec

SHA512
0a6a42a772a3afd66233d9d3abb962b3a8cbf3d6e0e719352795b6441a148617dbe788991f0cead29d4b1540726504c9c56bebd9836ae6263b82a121fafd89fc

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memory/2396-17-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2396-31-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3004-27-0x0000000074751000-0x0000000074752000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3004-29-0x0000000074750000-0x0000000074CFB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/3004-30-0x0000000074750000-0x0000000074CFB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/3004-32-0x0000000074750000-0x0000000074CFB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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