ardamax | 12893481b04564624964972d930b86d0a12f667de6b271e85c92c483d9b228ab

General

Target
62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size 2.0MB
Sample240722-l984fasalg
SHA256 12893481b04564624964972d930b86d0a12f667de6b271e85c92c483d9b228ab
MD5 62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634
SHA1 f3ca5de3851570f813e9bf62be3aecf469120207
SHA512 13f0de6e8b48bd333f709bd3feebe5c6c048c41fdb96618d3023eb40877b3cb7ea2ba1e54c3cf57e3d3b0fcafef064cd8ac73314ec15944892a2522db4e60590
SSDEEP 49152:KoTRR0cjN1GVjNGZNRyAIK3/HNzFXL39oaDcM:lR0MNofWNRNHoa
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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/0x000700000002341d-10.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-1-5-21-701583114-2636601053-947405450-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2484	QBP.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2484	QBP.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\QBP Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\NARCUN\\QBP.exe"	QBP.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 8 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.002	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\AKV.exe	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.chm	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.003	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.exe	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\	QBP.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.004	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.001	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_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	2484	QBP.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2484	QBP.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2484	QBP.exe
2484	QBP.exe
2484	QBP.exe
2484	QBP.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 2484	5020	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 2484	5020	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 2484	5020	62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\62d2b3a22d70b893887d14f749e1e634_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5020
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\NARCUN\QBP.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:2484

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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AKV.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\AKV.exe
Size 463KB
SHA256 96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061
MD5 eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832
SHA1 1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa
SHA512 d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b
SSDEEP 6144:k1+xTZXVYwi0VrQLS0jOQk+gAmRxYqBAygw/lV7MXm7nvhe1gSD1Md:0wFFXVrQGsOQXZ+CGAyNhe1fD1Md
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QBP.001

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.001
Size 61KB
SHA256 70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24
MD5 425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd
SHA1 7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09
SHA512 ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b
SSDEEP 768:t5RUHzUzl212q7YJRNSRBTZuX2LEH0GB2jPezHXR3rcFiTJn45nEV5U:Go01MJHONsX24U1Pezh7PC5nEV
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QBP.002

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.002
Size 43KB
SHA256 4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d
MD5 12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2
SHA1 a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336
SHA512 dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd
SSDEEP 768:zipMkSRrW+sXubaqE7PsdxxQvjPj2iQ01kpNwMRW5:mpfpXRPsdxx4PSUkJRW5
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QBP.003

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.003
Size 68KB
SHA256 f170be2582c82ea131e1f688eea6e1cd17d14e6a9bb805b6aed2791e625a74d8
MD5 f47e8f65618e1b1f7e1720713f5a8c4c
SHA1 abad8e9e13b1e41f2af86e3c16526c6f2d05d952
SHA512 635d617dbd15d00e2f7470857531b9820439a8816f2c74b3d83156599537ff42e26ea7d769863f2768eb2770ba9c47b1a10eb3e2677fe92b9eda6ae51da18dcb
SSDEEP 1536:oosJL+g/2HskT0u8IvLK9jIO7nToIfQRA4VVBtS:oPL9/c/LK9FbTBfQRA4V
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QBP.004

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.004
Size 1KB
SHA256 59831b976f8ec8a599e28ac5d308219cbed92da87a1fbc45e9b2f43a35eb3f4a
MD5 ba1e36bdda3e458aa95ae2161b7d078b
SHA1 3558ec6b09ce573cb5eb36fe4abecc9da9a14884
SHA512 0051fef58f571eaf6a29f74ed86b16c09fe9ece20edd399573e952e0956acc9bda52c17ccb12a2e70fada86e07f47ba87bc436e4ef03834063f8f466aeda8813
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QBP.chm

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.chm
Size 20KB
SHA256 c69e694d6db9a958a99901afb86a8b864a17b510a5dcdd1c176f53abf0c61a61
MD5 164ea98e2f64635f8a097870781da36c
SHA1 7cd9294657902f6bc199007e30f6514fce66f666
SHA512 4e19842a0d959876cdac60fd145fa36f2d98650b843c6faea2b01e205b2f0ce262b45c1c60fbf483320f012d4c00b96dff36e72d27ecbe9133f09d6618cbde20
SSDEEP 192:7sqtv2bhs5issT4cU8hkycYmP1twbf9q4CtN1sLacE+NfNfQo7UWf4oXt3YTu9ZP:75lVis3F8uhYswbw7NuNfNX7fRp9R
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QBP.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NARCUN\QBP.exe
Size 1.5MB
SHA256 734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4
MD5 f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041
SHA1 3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802
SHA512 5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399
SSDEEP 49152:YhM1+MJKDL0X2Q+BIMUwqv68ThprZalIEjL:YhM1+MJKDL22QMI006NbjL
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memory/2484-21-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005E1000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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