ardamax | 45741908aba41ce4ff4b0140a1eda218ad305eeba332eff777ea2c3da5c2e593

General

Target

6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

514KB
MD5

6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e
SHA1

d96066b599457cb26d13871df8048e39351b787e
SHA256

45741908aba41ce4ff4b0140a1eda218ad305eeba332eff777ea2c3da5c2e593
SHA512

aa53a237714f67b12e7e83d1bee4c4b0a4a624c445558182ec601ec705a65da4fa1c227d6dd0e78f8db74f75caa045163c39f2985b4619a7efcff94d52d822eb
SSDEEP

12288:iIyZQI56Uys3G/1p9WTfXeMo5LBPxZGhWOZdZ8mUgNX:EZ9ys3C1UXPYBpZEWAGmvd

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/0x0007000000023456-12.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-1-5-21-1176886754-713327781-2233697964-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1484	TWTI.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4320	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_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\TWTI Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\TWTI.exe"	TWTI.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TWTI.001	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TWTI.006	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TWTI.007	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TWTI.exe	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_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	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TWTI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4320 wrote to memory of 1484	4320	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe	93
PID 4320 wrote to memory of 1484	4320	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe	93
PID 4320 wrote to memory of 1484	4320	6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6b84c6ae8724d9ab87154aa07293da4e_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4320
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TWTI.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\TWTI.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1484

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

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@8889.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
cde9827bcff03c6c1f883f693c8c6700

SHA1
c2ce6d6a1dd2e17d8736e779ebe1f6d0383b4f46

SHA256
ba4566adf8b2cd5a6afb6fcb2a43cd80139d1882f71f03ccd4d0eea71fac8252

SHA512
11b901e644a52826c317435dc87872b55a36fa9d477530a030d1f137beb2710544b1f0e2fd23b3f6528f2f71ab55c66d219a87f1d5bc0f6ec0fd5aecd7659bc5

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

Filesize
458KB

MD5
14f8412a6efc0043fdf855f6eff2217f

SHA1
99c8ada8c45b390c44e7daf706705a653914f85f

SHA256
57dad901c66f57147e75656fa5b4df9fd62158b546dc7ceee18767f1ca95e6bc

SHA512
cafbbb42a9b0877f1bcf17a0219d9570bee5878cccbfe2a30f947cff492d3bc089fed34dbf12e410031f9f70decccbaf3464c1e4e71d7d771efa048580bbeb81

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

Filesize
452B

MD5
226ee506dfdf089f613d4b6149d88d36

SHA1
0475b9dbf38faa471b8d2a71ff776cd84d130ef5

SHA256
a5d1cbbe29084f4255c03c7e9bd65d0f9d9c89a7bf031ab8adb9d1b09f21048c

SHA512
d4bc34d55735269343dfb21678f8bf9f4a0641b211e5fb8e39b05f1dfff15e1523a50fc175f6205b7bcc675c54a654f089fd844652c681d4ea9fc26aab5015f5

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
acfe714319d5092d079a46d20785dab8

SHA1
67c491b9abb9ecffa1c87ce9ec1d516cd5fd9715

SHA256
832732c6ebefed88a2db93f73867ca0d5bd5b2a012ccbcfcf26e22bed6dc4fac

SHA512
895b25109ae1d6b64c6383cd74e8354cda27aa4925c06d7ef90edb748fb7765a07253ce0f69b3d0a13f8c63d1d226df61f50a56fe05569d31a4a5265f4175a8f

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
dd462f9742de6d9d95459334538c2b1f

SHA1
8718400320b2aa38ff37dba0fe82062e5d3839bd

SHA256
b172cb7ab44abac00ea09707fe8926aa327e01f22726a887fa0e8eb72cdf1e54

SHA512
bc21d555ade6009250a892ef4b55f8ee96998dfafb3557da1e347297f0dc5f0e53e635f4b5d53261cccc46629adabd208fbc7a53fb826ff1606c47eb57e4537c

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

Filesize
567KB

MD5
4ea1467f05af54ad8c98ee4926aff85c

SHA1
a377d95a18ed943cae552af415647ec6e9861c1e

SHA256
b5a510cf3884c0217cafd5f378ce3eb389bd4e88eea5f662e5c364a6e3fb4476

SHA512
049b8f935e96773f35f67d0ff6de74e6dda04f5add09964500a356184db0c3229943ef5a27df2b1e8098bf693e3016007272e797c37e99a1ebdce0999363963d

Download Submit
memory/1484-23-0x0000000000640000-0x0000000000641000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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