ardamax | 954828111dfe35f4efdea985d83e58c60a922acbfe4047f8ee396e7acbb816af

General

Target

6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

957KB
MD5

6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b
SHA1

a61efb932ad146bb8a83847c644b6019c5fa5de9
SHA256

954828111dfe35f4efdea985d83e58c60a922acbfe4047f8ee396e7acbb816af
SHA512

2aa1c47f6a7f130c2488bc3736999ae29b7a8e266d8513a8cc81491e02247a1ae9363074e40d64355591962285a605b6e0e9130dfef480ec5eeab5e3ea75f0a6
SSDEEP

24576:XU4oTpaVyXD/GGTfQE2ENwTH5auHXT7sRapmqekQVkgn:XULTpSeZfB2ENduns4pfY

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
behavioral1/files/0x00060000000194fa-5.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2176	AVW.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2836	6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe
2176	AVW.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\AVW Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\FRMYNM\\AVW.exe"	AVW.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\AVW.002	6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\AVW.exe	6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\	AVW.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\AVW.004	6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\AVW.001	6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_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	2176	AVW.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2176	AVW.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2176	AVW.exe
2176	AVW.exe
2176	AVW.exe
2176	AVW.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 2176	2836	6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 2176	2836	6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 2176	2836	6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 2176	2836	6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6782327239a5270825d476b7de67501b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2836
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\AVW.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\FRMYNM\AVW.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:2176

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

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\AVW.001

Filesize
60KB

MD5
a15c556f17d7db8287e023138942d5db

SHA1
880bf8ec944120830dc2e2e040e5996e4e0e6c83

SHA256
f3716810ab011a4cb7693d31b69cd540380ef2a067724e0d568070c8a558694e

SHA512
930339711e3d73e5af0778367a648c94411c20d23bf4c27ec5d72222e76b8902eb3fc0992d70cc4141600c19087159514246d42f1e762c98dad306f8e0bd99cd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\AVW.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
daabecdfba287a3333b60ae82211acd7

SHA1
e67b4c7bf0dd71ad47263a58bb60be4bce504b84

SHA256
12981c35adf6f00c7dddbc3ab23c04c30133cc5be107015dab9fd7ba4e8b4173

SHA512
937f551f959bd823292fe5983bbfb1c3a6dd86426a5da228dc7ddba38138c898599bc713d707b9d3463b20825cee0783d92c1c19019cd0328986a8aef5c1222f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\AVW.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
9cd45fefa6a2a4cd9a24a336897d900e

SHA1
1dcee26c0345e5e316778b9003096276a2b7f8eb

SHA256
a957025c5ca7dba2a64985671d9e644fc059953647ca1667833d22afdee1b6e6

SHA512
70a66e193b42af399585069385e92d78f86983ab497414ac01742a0fb23864330687305f3ea3652d0b1fb10c37c1000a2edb8924230fe3fd3ff81e94ac345462

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\FRMYNM\AVW.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
f3819a6cab8ae058254c4abb3844d87e

SHA1
0f8b1a74af87f1823ec0d76e21a8d54d55a53a8b

SHA256
3d656d1364b4b2382020f64990a2c630b7b9422ca7b7fe2c30646fda3303e6c9

SHA512
dfe9d342f3ad543fec8bd278e21ac5059b1c36ed3f735734e9b92d639cb25609f9307862ab2b35ea3e88713f4a652abe5863871225f915462c79d493ac5e1f57

Download Submit
memory/2176-13-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2176-15-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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