ardamax | 75bc1046286f4aa2ecb487658b7a89f0e13f986d0fba8ac73c530923ace04e91

General

Target

5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b
SHA1

5225b0c112e10062df504fff86a1378a8de10ca4
SHA256

75bc1046286f4aa2ecb487658b7a89f0e13f986d0fba8ac73c530923ace04e91
SHA512

b3744dab9dc0c5f87e2c3a87e85cabcd0cd549da00bf884f1d8fc3d21011cc40a465ba61e9ea2f74d64f92d5feef77fc88e332ed069157defdd60655a21be436
SSDEEP

24576:7HvZThOwRssqeKEpGNOnxs8b0ZgpFXMYIZTgVnfBiNjN4H6xfshlqo:LBTh/dKEpAOnxse0ZgplMtZT9NjN4H6F

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/0x0007000000015d62-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2796	JYF.exe
2744	Quest Bug.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe
1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe
1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_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\JYF Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\IMXGHC\\JYF.exe"	JYF.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\JYF.001	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\JYF.002	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\AKV.exe	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\JYF.exe	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\JYF.004	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2744	Quest Bug.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2796	1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2796	1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2796	1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2796	1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2744	1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2744	1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2744	1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2744	1620	5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5f609405c20a7d95e73a96e370346a7b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1620
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\JYF.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\IMXGHC\JYF.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  PID:2796
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quest Bug.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quest Bug.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2744

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\IMXGHC\AKV.exe

Filesize
459KB

MD5
28f68e988bfb6a7c9d45d23058cf74e5

SHA1
a0740aea5602429f844cc7ba35c637d26c59edf9

SHA256
1dd66d2320104e426a9d8ae390d3199a6ae2ecadb85e35eed9c6ed7a1819d478

SHA512
dccc2cb961f86a0e11a27976d9f53043df895edf8ca624ace1be2b002b5ce2c372a833b87fdbeb518ada7666c72d01b9724f5ba203b301af444e1ac01104fcda

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\JYF.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
a2e848c23f0e2cca1974ea55e6a99779

SHA1
34a5a236c6bdfb6b9a47d5cd213147da7a507ad9

SHA256
e852249a3fc489ee5c3fb4928dab911c4d826ef180f27faaa2f37a7179d231e4

SHA512
70b67fd7368b0efdcaaad3cf8478b7519761afcb0578bded88f61bc357cbddf0c851e8248cab32c1d3b12dc933a33ccd23906aee695a9a9748a1d465566a108f

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\JYF.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
94aba5bdc0756bc2ceb5f521c4b620c6

SHA1
fbfd46ae5704c7dd6d63b959c1edb869f7dd19cf

SHA256
5bc8115fdcbe153a33a3feb65bc9eefe4e2a0357a145525f05689054939779e3

SHA512
0f4e154a0813f39f76acc95ec70b87241017d4210b44395bea9ef66c31f0da05503cf8ad665e03fd0c7aed8084e99bf3358de699bbcae2ffbe5176987640e33b

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\JYF.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
b270ede47ab154cb451fc141b3e72e15

SHA1
b8dbd924f8597a209140ccadca303bfd4e9af341

SHA256
5b6a3f7a074ab388281de7fb6179b4d4ec4a4b33ab827ab01f3d0241784de541

SHA512
5f7684307be237a1043e6ccfd69935ca52d91f8a2953451afd5753671e78a8c6e5064beb88167aec270d2dbfdf70f4d8a84d45af53fe6adcd5901daa35c8f302

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quest Bug.exe

Filesize
288KB

MD5
1eaed21281b8e34b273a82ee9533559c

SHA1
4c909ffa9c73bd70e73b3c13d52aa54618009577

SHA256
420689ab0cd8fea39591779663b29cf572d1084c519711b22775f5f3194eb3c1

SHA512
f463269dc44c72ae142ea5b912c3833d1c9b47665a0036758a87a98689968e7c153c1b451738e061df26396e6ca7c2422a4a5b499c9dec653d31018d6e9c0d64

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\IMXGHC\JYF.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
b2d5e28fcce82e8ee5e1c0b1502e8730

SHA1
2573726de59c9c342e3d77bf7436704e74ad90f4

SHA256
b69590e97e053d49295aa1776526052caf3669579e81302825c954b0a4804095

SHA512
0318b6cc12c373a200fdfd144af551c90e2db0219115c6d7d3ec43275f177831c71a06a1c9741cc9522defb293212375707df73e28824d4b37c1d8a6d7c0638b

Download Submit
memory/2796-16-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-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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