ardamax | 60e75fde69c750b653a3801b39ee5829a7f2b44d81719a6d9af1346fcf5c4220

General

Target
682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size 1.1MB
Sample240723-s263faxdkj
SHA256 60e75fde69c750b653a3801b39ee5829a7f2b44d81719a6d9af1346fcf5c4220
MD5 682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0
SHA1 75ada069ae7062852af3fa3ecf0b317cdf927053
SHA512 76a885a70e36243b0ea01a0121339f73a586da1a447fbb5ae3ba7270b195330cd8549e30fb736393579074a4101e5b0665c87c7bd0d2f63d53ef099e806aeb1a
SSDEEP 24576:uHvZTPv+G2PkjaoSebcUu69+fTqeC+u4WX9FVrwW+BpXvtm9UOZWr:eBTPv+GckOoSew64melu4WtrV+BB0eaW
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/0x00070000000234a8-8.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-1-5-21-2636447293-1148739154-93880854-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
464	MPJ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
464	MPJ.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\MPJ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\RBFOCL\\MPJ.exe"	MPJ.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 created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\MPJ.004	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\MPJ.001	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\MPJ.002	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\AKV.exe	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\MPJ.exe	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\	MPJ.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MPJ.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	464	MPJ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	464	MPJ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
464	MPJ.exe
464	MPJ.exe
464	MPJ.exe
464	MPJ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 464	1944	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 464	1944	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1944 wrote to memory of 464	1944	682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\682b26712c5d442e59bbe6ded5d41fb0_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1944
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\MPJ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\RBFOCL\MPJ.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:464

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

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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AKV.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\AKV.exe
Size 461KB
SHA256 dc3c5152d69547ffb583574707025eee74af46882cdf851221f66b1e81d2ed90
MD5 eed8ebfafcd3dcb0f88b237388fba8df
SHA1 620767d6de979bf360e3a188ed03534c769f337b
SHA512 28148a2bfdbcaf61f5f664c6b4dd0377d151d775ad001818da2bba6327f02020fabb016a4c8aaa5f841ea1dc1a6d8419bca55bc74924a657476e15abbd8dabb3
SSDEEP 6144:1AySU95mJcftj2aV9rpLCe9QOTML3hgqB4h1sE/6VOMfnzjGCEjp3z:+y5YPaV9NWUQAI6W4hKMj1
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MPJ.001

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\MPJ.001
Size 61KB
SHA256 6e60d85b35f5e9222375f606e4116b38364a4a943596ddb0d914cf1cf4791774
MD5 34c92b717ae97bc926f56ba56a44f24a
SHA1 ccaf3c6bf0c73564d0bf19c92b8d25008ffffbfa
SHA512 2a9eb63837db128c9e036976d903ebd925e6952ab6bf4efa0e370e79f9fefe0ed6e44e4ab444f56ace1149f4dd14797f568e8827e7cebd1e5581dcf309f9745a
SSDEEP 768:3YBjSWR3lyicJ7EYI4RLzpZbX2LEdTTESWkPvzckKlrJFiIn45rfJtDa:+hrcPIaF1X24JakPvzup2b5rB
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MPJ.002

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\MPJ.002
Size 43KB
SHA256 3774021a3cdf32d23fd5921cea4de8c26b08f0d601f3097550a7e8af7b00f111
MD5 246761f047f6aa98d6eaad66a2f883b9
SHA1 42474a5b23d03e094103b62fd7e820457cf807c4
SHA512 d39d0913975ca2f8d585b72667d76de09ce7817f6de26ef21a8b62edc25d7fab39785f036992d19ca5700f5fc2ee377e696142c41529f23f503e8eefff393144
SSDEEP 768:WBzRGjVrli1HP6qsPH7dR0wvwjoe01yym3wMRy8J:WBmAHwPH7dR0jIN8Ry
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MPJ.004

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\MPJ.004
Size 1KB
SHA256 0c24ba7d44d32f43f27dd5e08b12a970fe5d73160e1819f920ab8aeca7e27213
MD5 1d0ec851016d5fb4ddc9b6029f2d4a70
SHA1 e1de265adfa3ddd10e9289c2fe4443031511d66b
SHA512 72d7ab8d65c7855a0e570e7f2bbb452d363597addc70b1cb79ac8a1592ff3e54c632ece5d96c0f90d1847becef8cf60d7a23952173df408592e9ec3c937877e9
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MPJ.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RBFOCL\MPJ.exe
Size 1.5MB
SHA256 df1c8d608ebd300889cf21c3bda6d5dd2574d68e1f530cc5a885449a22177a75
MD5 9ab9b7b74790b7bb2798dd2b26f4a913
SHA1 e8ffa981a0149aa6441dcb0dd42f7baf6eb773a2
SHA512 ffffe21d8cc244aacaaba2eb13cc77ad800a196ecf6f77637a8a1f6d456cabb8331970ab358ab21dcf9832343379b4f0486da3990d45eb2f2765e55b7404739e
SSDEEP 24576:nj/0YV2jIsyMmVmeGUWROwEp2Gw/0ToRxHibl55NTrpplZyc2cfq0hfW67m:nj/0YV2jIDyUW8waJ/sXHiFNTdplZt2d
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memory/464-16-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp

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memory/464-18-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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