ardamax | 6c8e074360379aa4a78adf18742865ea0df4694b2904b8746d1ef19143c0afa1

General

Target

443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195
SHA1

8ca16f85440304fef69b44beae48bda604176ae7
SHA256

6c8e074360379aa4a78adf18742865ea0df4694b2904b8746d1ef19143c0afa1
SHA512

875f683b2ec533a5be167f53cc3c9b6ec0064f9573f74752bbf49e5004b6e061774fd998ec52d6ee8dde54f102bf9a66b39e5e22324c391ffcace73f6fde84e9
SSDEEP

24576:zk/AT2IEk9CKppgc+Xf91WHecDvpYfX7zEtMvREJWtK9T:YoT2INRppgccV1W+dfvaOc

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/0x0007000000016cdb-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2100	HHQ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2484	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe
2100	HHQ.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\HHQ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\FGFSLO\\HHQ.exe"	HHQ.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\FGFSLO\HHQ.exe	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\	HHQ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\HHQ.004	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\HHQ.001	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\HHQ.002	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\AKV.exe	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_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	2100	HHQ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2100	HHQ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2100	HHQ.exe
2100	HHQ.exe
2100	HHQ.exe
2100	HHQ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 2100	2484	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 2100	2484	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 2100	2484	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 2100	2484	443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\443bed010c55e39f42b21963e8df2195_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2484
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\HHQ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\FGFSLO\HHQ.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:2100

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\FGFSLO\AKV.exe

Filesize
463KB

MD5
eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832

SHA1
1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa

SHA256
96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061

SHA512
d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\HHQ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd

SHA1
7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09

SHA256
70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24

SHA512
ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\HHQ.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2

SHA1
a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336

SHA256
4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d

SHA512
dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\HHQ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
eff6954d446b39ff85c5dfb54b90c60b

SHA1
d298b59341abd108c8874d1eaadbc374d4afb342

SHA256
5168060747fc0b5e4360f922019e3974869f074a91904f62afe2e9cf3824f143

SHA512
9952eac5713547eaffb49506b869239e736bc84f9a7bd7d14a7df588e41e977cddbd80e69674257387935f6f8a8dd4e2c1df65e9521ea2a0285e4edad3c111bc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FGFSLO\HHQ.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041

SHA1
3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802

SHA256
734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4

SHA512
5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399

Download Submit
memory/2100-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2100-17-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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