ardamax | ddaf60f4c4265e879d2f0986c9ba3035fe8edd19bc25d92ef8e8c55cd3497867

General

Target

49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0
SHA1

3c5894975abee5734b1a9db3c2c3507fac90cb15
SHA256

ddaf60f4c4265e879d2f0986c9ba3035fe8edd19bc25d92ef8e8c55cd3497867
SHA512

baa821d9be61a7a26acf9cedc5dce4921a073fe5203561218623eed71adb0dfc7eea4896d6edb73cb14890922e3702b42fc2bd288d52804b2934043e39d04d0a
SSDEEP

24576:xZxTjYieCO/S4XwVPrVObBKQ+l3XCyrW+2uU9xGP0f:xXTJLO64UkEVCyrK

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
behavioral2/files/0x00070000000234b8-8.dat	family_ardamax

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2650514177-1034912467-4025611726-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2650514177-1034912467-4025611726-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	HAH.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4400	HAH.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4400	HAH.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\HAH Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\GIQWBK\\HAH.exe"	HAH.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 opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\	HAH.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.004	49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.001	49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.002	49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\AKV.exe	49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.exe	49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_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 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4400	HAH.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4400	HAH.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4400	HAH.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4400	HAH.exe
4400	HAH.exe
4400	HAH.exe
4400	HAH.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 4400	1712	49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 4400	1712	49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 4400	1712	49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4400 wrote to memory of 660	4400	HAH.exe	90
PID 4400 wrote to memory of 660	4400	HAH.exe	90
PID 4400 wrote to memory of 660	4400	HAH.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\49b457ed16e4688a2813734180866fd0_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1712
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\GIQWBK\HAH.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - 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
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4400
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.exe > nul
    3⤵
    PID:660

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

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

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

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92

SHA1
0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9

SHA256
dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1

SHA512
1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
4db89d811584382200ea30051efcdf3b

SHA1
35eccb46065581a31dd7eac9b5ba654f8220ba0f

SHA256
01429025909b18bdeebc673929bc785e3262a11f6fbb2622572bf096611c8d1d

SHA512
1166fb86cbc1e40ebb92aa3c25573c19a1b4f2b1f5b3337a96ece60a4f04dd5775d0cbfa2dc3ade5262f2a0f5ce06c676d2c6eb7446aa1c9f858bbe83dbf3386

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GIQWBK\HAH.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

Download Submit
memory/4400-16-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4400-18-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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