ardamax | 4cf308143f01db4d5080cf334bc6423f2985ddabbcf335a570db5223c745061e

General

Target

48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3
SHA1

35e93ad49ad3341dcb4db31b214986dbc99d4820
SHA256

4cf308143f01db4d5080cf334bc6423f2985ddabbcf335a570db5223c745061e
SHA512

667c9180003c8bf71083fccee4d529511d2ec66e9167a228b81f187409446994c93bdfb3995eea9a217f5f2f762025bafe0750a0075bd60b54cc5b82fa09830c
SSDEEP

24576:U64MVTOqYM+7AJLIJEk4h9moouq1UzKGli0fG0XfbWWZTkOcdzv8zsAWZ8o:U64MTOqY1AIEk8KGAoG0zVtGOsAk8

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/0x0007000000015ccc-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1744	QSY.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3004	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_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\QSY Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\IWWLCN\\QSY.exe"	QSY.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\QSY.004	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\QSY.001	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\QSY.002	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\AKV.exe	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\QSY.exe	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 1744	3004	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 1744	3004	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 1744	3004	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 1744	3004	48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\48977331ef395658fde3ec1596e80fa3_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3004
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\QSY.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\IWWLCN\QSY.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  PID:1744

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\IWWLCN\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8

SHA1
ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba

SHA256
71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b

SHA512
a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\QSY.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\QSY.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\QSY.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
525cf421366be1ac9bf71dd63314a865

SHA1
580f157d9d3852fa6304c90b8392edac4cd8e5e4

SHA256
4a81a01442cdb5da86adae3c215138de77732a518285cb35d4efe297239ac183

SHA512
a6e0409c043abe709b477f109a8f8ea84446bf302f002293ce8d8fcac3af1e147f133fd7711ca0d863ebf1a162c6b0e8f7a6e8090fc9b8c0df1562691654ac25

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\Windows\SysWOW64\IWWLCN\QSY.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

Download Submit
memory/1744-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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