ardamax | 16d81008d16cebf0bf85757b1e7789e3783584be97ddbbb3d7347323bffe91d7

General

Target

617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

479KB
MD5

617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2
SHA1

541b81ed9648b4fa95b56c78725523b147421f6d
SHA256

16d81008d16cebf0bf85757b1e7789e3783584be97ddbbb3d7347323bffe91d7
SHA512

f2d435e825ca9a7f57b5db594d52991847f9de6434b8c7c27beaaa298b5fa576ba2fcc6c9598929e1b7e70e00a94edb4acf9cad91754bb09e90a1e56a49c16d4
SSDEEP

12288:3sltrW2kAjNf/Ww1J2HXD/rnf3Gf4iLKvu:c/MANXWw1GXDz+LGu

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
behavioral2/files/0x00070000000234a4-12.dat	family_ardamax

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 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-1-5-21-464762018-485119342-1613148473-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3112	AWPB.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5064	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_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\AWPB Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\AWPB.exe"	AWPB.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWPB.001	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWPB.006	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWPB.007	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWPB.exe	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_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 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 3112	5064	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 3112	5064	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 3112	5064	617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\617207e22b773248ac162d3c731d92e2_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5064
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWPB.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\AWPB.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  PID:3112

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

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@A2B8.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
5094ea365054fad0ba2635f30d17d463

SHA1
7977dac5f35a65904230fa4393b2334e846045ac

SHA256
b4d3bb2bfc2aa63972c6afc57af1fcec86b732290fc878ffe8a05fb2570ebd44

SHA512
5268446665f04eaa1ba960ab2cb6fb962fd146ec00c9eabada7433d3e5750bbf3e2b3fd749be5aa391913c989efb1a676b6cdda46d6ea2e085ecbac3964275cf

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

Filesize
393KB

MD5
fd763aa6397099f2b9433e151f3ee240

SHA1
7ce5738891dd6ab99e703a2e9aba7a34e82c5c1a

SHA256
9192b775120d88affe9f86c0b3a8eebdea468e6ed868340f70f1dcd824daa70f

SHA512
92e9d17a2c19f31d7155c9cd7f0786e613050a1cdb3c5db40b53271e835b0ab54af014a443f44d083ebc12678abaa19a342424c14f5ea9dfab14e9d5c5e7fab5

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

Filesize
422B

MD5
a5e02f74617ae2b0c0144a25fa512c96

SHA1
dcdd47aa7997c84c4c7dafe955ade6be8db63113

SHA256
ac615c01e2fd653fe39ecc9ca2577c144f802a13822c714c13e25a1a548bcec8

SHA512
5616678a35d4c48c7266e263310c22c1830eaac8530c6f1c82d89980230d375dec3921329703fc648938f9bd4f9d91718b502085c6346c3e5d652b5047e6e3bc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWPB.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
9debeb853ab5e0f5c22c27bba2577550

SHA1
1eebd17676eb4f3a568e0127ed73fd93b8f0afc4

SHA256
1f515119f19140178848795922412b048bf212afd9c38ebd304cf8346a542d63

SHA512
52ac35f8903450da9e6ec61608add625f7bdb3dd7865cc7cf1ad46365ee6c2897cf696a1fdee012a51046358386e1e6efc0ecb116fa34531ea72f08cf3ab1845

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWPB.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
6681a0740cf6b8babb91527991c691a4

SHA1
a5a3a93d4f9f664997ba02a1fe8b26f3881c174a

SHA256
1efa0be2f1620c92ba910ac6aacbac854c0f89b7bfb3952a7a5bbbb6ba19e0b8

SHA512
427ffd43177bcf5c65ce00968f9f8d81079d038811b51f483df802408f68d6a7233f180315c3e5a0e52638f188ab6e69fdb65653c526a4bfb059cebed2bcde56

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWPB.exe

Filesize
472KB

MD5
5ef5629026bb439c91a3b9ea4fa8e43e

SHA1
248726c42e1dee804850afcfebac55351372ee83

SHA256
6d9ffbd91d2aae1959e7426ff2031464806df43126f6b460a56f4059f2769177

SHA512
78900cd646a071ef81ec56b6611dca598b859ca25f1267523f3bbe220bed8b7a9b3f8e5929fda34791fdb4252e42e31c398ffbf19a63ffee1d68ca65b3d2ba47

Download Submit
memory/3112-23-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004D1000-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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