ardamax | 7103ee77df2485fd88694c961f1437d7232fcb838999b3ac63372c704701dbd8

General

Target
69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size 1.1MB
Sample240724-cbhddsvcjf
SHA256 7103ee77df2485fd88694c961f1437d7232fcb838999b3ac63372c704701dbd8
MD5 69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a
SHA1 12198be5977dd1ed7bcf7c85d878a1e312544e89
SHA512 155140b13ec47e9c3a1fc39f679a7529ea4ffa7e1c5d9cbb2c246ba1b2afaea4170719f49798e0cd207c887ef4fbd8a9edaf1e4e2303d5cc204af5357d4d79bf
SSDEEP 24576:3HvZTNwZVCjhu8msa/D2tIxhWdNZehhuxjAOPHmKG47UmOJ1:XBT+jCjA4a/Dz0ehI9tFwJ
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/0x0007000000023484-8.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-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4204	LCS.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4204	LCS.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\LCS Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WVBBLE\\LCS.exe"	LCS.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\WVBBLE\AKV.exe	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\LCS.exe	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\	LCS.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\LCS.004	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\LCS.001	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\LCS.002	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.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	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	LCS.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4204	LCS.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4204	LCS.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4204	LCS.exe
4204	LCS.exe
4204	LCS.exe
4204	LCS.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3156 wrote to memory of 4204	3156	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3156 wrote to memory of 4204	3156	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3156 wrote to memory of 4204	3156	69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69d203dbc642d29ba220968ff624ec0a_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3156
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\LCS.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\WVBBLE\LCS.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:4204

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\WVBBLE\AKV.exe
Size 461KB
SHA256 667ab5d791b89216a46f7dd3a1bcb9b7e5f235415a74a9678ca41cec051c462f
MD5 7e335c1258740a5798c2b3eea5a97229
SHA1 6ce1e98ddc05a4b9e772901c9bc6caae4103267f
SHA512 8c190dd139f5459a91c81871f53fc080a81c6397c68cb5b0ee195571012cc8af923b10cd77301da1816f935d36a0587d1c75126f5553005a0f50eb22d3441cb4
SSDEEP 6144:Wco3XADYIgW/bj7Vk3LZBAkDp8K1DqTOrpuI/vVVMDnrh4rTW7:lQXcRD/jVk3VBAihtEOryETW7
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LCS.001

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\LCS.001
Size 61KB
SHA256 c519bcfc50245700b30cb417478b46810443b03a6447387dd1d0a13966ff00dd
MD5 9fca42b7fa3132ded471b886c4bf8a51
SHA1 86109ac13f8b63bd3467bbf05e39c5cf9bd11d26
SHA512 bbdd590e1bd2971fbc6a462f6501341c0808d658ba3407b051f9d299d9babf0632af092d64c6ad290d4ae5d9db8c367898a064bbea916c516c0a54066ad698ab
SSDEEP 768:F/fLm74marJjdeYYIUy0GhZXX2LEVPBib6Pzz0c+FrJFi0n45MtDa:N0ErHepIYI5X24106PzzSJ2v5M
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LCS.002

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\LCS.002
Size 43KB
SHA256 b632cedab7ce3d19eebc0d31864dc8c38cd249dcbde299cda818f7026ec294cf
MD5 4c30b3e90b3da5619bc0d5f53c025135
SHA1 829f487b7c26f6cb8b7f211b2331abbc5229aa61
SHA512 fd0b36fb43c6b62f6d47455b392276d4e3710b204ef11c70cefed417740a4b5d9357ba37f612f3f87d539175af312ead05bc7a4360fe3e26fd43c56e856e6313
SSDEEP 768:khzRGjVrli1HP6qsPH7dR0wvwjoe01yym3wMRg4J:khmAHwPH7dR0jIN8Rg
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LCS.004

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\LCS.004
Size 1KB
SHA256 0154568cf48711bce2d3bc0308426aebd877dc7dde49d82dad4604e064d76935
MD5 8003974b10e9eac821443540f943f0df
SHA1 bdea90fb7b7b0ade55ecbb2a82c4f3b468ae6cee
SHA512 781ebe42118762c0705ed08100bbed687f6ca7e23bdff37b1b85b9fb46bac7bfe80f5ae289e9afcccd82417b8d71c5e9af224658f401fb8b98e7d6195e29b8a3
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LCS.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WVBBLE\LCS.exe
Size 1.5MB
SHA256 cb770745d547a27a4b99fdbe27a672135f812b29d94fd2b843d06bb5aa1748aa
MD5 9c28244f2dbe3a4758b532838b0040c9
SHA1 4b58bb4033d43ae64af6c18db48d5d25e23f6121
SHA512 24ed3d4c6aae307a0f1bb1f063b211152644b06d7425a5fe24b09f5f747dd63011451cef3f47cc4985b3316cf1213c056d38768ccb7f44cb2fab28cf4e30e969
SSDEEP 49152:wHD5G6PFG56GfXZ4JGJXAqceeTEplZWTw9di:wHD5G6PFG8GfJ4AQqcemwbi
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memory/4204-16-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp

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memory/4204-18-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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