ardamax | 149823c7e80fd7ef355974eb9fd033fbefbe73320650ca3ec4adb2313d0c03de

General

Target

38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

515KB
MD5

38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11
SHA1

a62706619db0c703d4f97f34058a2f870ea8e64e
SHA256

149823c7e80fd7ef355974eb9fd033fbefbe73320650ca3ec4adb2313d0c03de
SHA512

490496ea067e6b7de1c2ea0c904e82c00908e52413fb93c5c1f96ca5b3a28400c11d3ec277a9d050807894c5a3a669dbc64af0a06b5334ec391519bc424d51d6
SSDEEP

6144:mRov6tHxGS6crRMiTEJmzIBTwQZ86GndOaArse6/3ylB+77MMt09gxughBAqVnoC:mGucDccfTtGdOSeqiz+109GDnlno32kU

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/0x00070000000167b4-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2028	NPCP.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2260	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe
2260	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe
2260	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe
2028	NPCP.exe
2028	NPCP.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\NPCP Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\NPCP.exe"	NPCP.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\28463\NPCP.007	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NPCP.exe	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	NPCP.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NPCP.001	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NPCP.006	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_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	2028	NPCP.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2028	NPCP.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2028	NPCP.exe
2028	NPCP.exe
2028	NPCP.exe
2028	NPCP.exe
2028	NPCP.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2028	2260	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2028	2260	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2028	2260	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2028	2260	38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\38e279b5cc857eeca4708f9d63b41d11_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2260
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NPCP.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\NPCP.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:2028

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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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
405KB

MD5
dc82dc0d160dbcb878f36801464f7caa

SHA1
ab2f476da88d018b7aa27f8bdd9f15405b49169a

SHA256
a79c4e0c6490d7319ab85d4d4a2bbf9e0c84a8e5af86b52c9ddb8779ffabb8fd

SHA512
e3a8c85871026fdb15261da096aaac73236ceb5e6b60f091fa027565dc6f39ed4b9c27bb4b09d48aed6c5d849464e2e8540e1823e07d9bfbd77422d83125beed

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NPCP.001

Filesize
510B

MD5
9594bf943dc2dc7cd005721a7f4f7cb9

SHA1
a025681e25d0e8b30a179955696050085714e4bd

SHA256
303e714606451dd680efb004fceacca6413fbd4292be9293e5d25f0c79d60f60

SHA512
fcdc433077fa46f9ded931915ea7283d0d40a1696994a2947d28436cb681a953ff148f37a92d85ddaea1129f5e33b4cdb7370307da6d6d793094184d57e366c8

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NPCP.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
d06046faed6ce5b6c70786ca53cd79a6

SHA1
18a945748b4aa894487530612e6aaf20c4a5d074

SHA256
fc01b2bcc8f17f707502d7fd5a14217863a1e3e00a8529c2a9e8d46f39ee1412

SHA512
96769913e2a30ccc21deaa7803013d44ae437edee2bf9fc0532055da3c4a6c5de0bb6485da46dca00caab35a43014361713d5282e0783065f9ce5a7523012e90

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NPCP.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
2166b0dbd65cc3244d0a2e7695b32a40

SHA1
358e6bbd414ce534c6bf60785281928ca8abcc23

SHA256
6c97872edcb4f6af14d0650f6b9f7256d0081b1d7ff77050e56fbe1d894044d2

SHA512
45e51c7cd899eaa7187d7adee6bf89cf52b4c48908e72499afdfeaf5db5846614a9bfe60773abd551a8e89f718ad5d875cdff3f25f5a80ca219d49418157d6eb

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@FE4C.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d9cb831b02f14f8371acd33c684190fb

SHA1
5035c9ceaf35bf0c14cdc0349d1284beb0e3892b

SHA256
be821327fbd0d0a4b0e61f939349cfaa660a3cbcf037dd8c664a1a52372b32a5

SHA512
452d409cfd53dc8a98e7e9746d7c88e0545df024f1fe5ab81a1ecab84664b8ca7eb8d53d1c66322d49dfe74035d5e6540ad7c95b57757fe91af99bb8edab097e

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NPCP.exe

Filesize
500KB

MD5
a4c7f5f230b30d5e289a092bd915952c

SHA1
db42fb8d2fdf74ddbe6789a4e4a725b41e8612cf

SHA256
531a5334e3132b0df427514b614075800d0cf0f4ada9da4c8a60632b53f3fd5d

SHA512
601475753cf9159670c544d53fbbe31fc7063cb95c905c3e1d5a9bc296482e29ff0abc3e5058f724d622c4aeaf3a35ebff75752828bd7176aae291a51713d56e

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memory/2028-24-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-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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