ardamax | 381127acf31fef1d723bb1f5ae94047ea416c70c81a93d7b3d185909d1a21429

General

Target

7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

3.3MB
MD5

7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f
SHA1

919fab92e90ee5c9c3ebf1c3546e86cf29956301
SHA256

381127acf31fef1d723bb1f5ae94047ea416c70c81a93d7b3d185909d1a21429
SHA512

e2091ae0299e9406d857200eaf270b2386daab561ba8fb431272483759e867da531c4b2ce61ab614eed70305e4d30fd08bfd1f1dacb307bf4b33ee8faff02d75
SSDEEP

49152:EhN9qm8+sb2yWEKkCJDm6R3V+d+1PuckekYnUlGnOuX0cAwxXKeXf0La8tW7k8kK:cN88yWEK53L5uFZo9OuX0nCXKIf0m/7

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/0x0007000000023455-28.dat	family_ardamax

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 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-1-5-21-195445723-368091294-1661186673-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-195445723-368091294-1661186673-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	18296.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1448	18296.exe
4860	17592.exe
5036	TQS.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\TQS Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\UUBAFS\\TQS.exe"	TQS.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\TQS.002	18296.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\AKV.exe	18296.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\TQS.exe	18296.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\TQS.004	18296.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\TQS.001	18296.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 4 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	7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	18296.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	17592.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TQS.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4860	17592.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1916	7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 33	628	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	628	AUDIODG.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4860	17592.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 1448	1916	7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 1448	1916	7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 1448	1916	7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 4860	1916	7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 4860	1916	7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 4860	1916	7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 1448 wrote to memory of 5036	1448	18296.exe	86
PID 1448 wrote to memory of 5036	1448	18296.exe	86
PID 1448 wrote to memory of 5036	1448	18296.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7a52a77c9a4a1f73e91c03734e95c41f_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1916
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\iTV2HwOA\18296.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\iTV2HwOA\18296.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1448
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\TQS.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\UUBAFS\TQS.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5036
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\iTV2HwOA\17592.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\iTV2HwOA\17592.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4860

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x31c 0x4a8
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:628

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\iTV2HwOA\17592.exe

Filesize
2.1MB

MD5
82a5f51641d09120b0decc1ad53a3bd6

SHA1
c90855084cfb6bcf3017cfe6548bcb1b69ff7799

SHA256
6ce150df010aa333b7170ce8ab90882c1e23bcacd0b745bd73be40dd69ee5b8f

SHA512
98f7b507aa4dc5ba183b35897b759395e5283edc914eae409df25a35a611f375ecaf6b3e1dc8015c20167b659479e1b9a104e9f6026a028d0d35aaad44c9fbbb

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\iTV2HwOA\18296.exe

Filesize
1.1MB

MD5
dbc9bab93d357550e67c2709ac9692dc

SHA1
c1846f5f1cd348207b5a2287a932e07f13441bbd

SHA256
aead269348bdfb43cf65ab6a7ad72c07c161ba88d40c811649e7494b3749a65c

SHA512
0eed023a5ba17020b7f3024ad7fb846e50e44f2161d5e866d61f44129ce7b928ca1b727ba588a83dd6444541b319e6e49e857a9744569b3d2032bfb6835f69aa

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

Filesize
456KB

MD5
51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8

SHA1
ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba

SHA256
71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b

SHA512
a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\TQS.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\TQS.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\TQS.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
954452570bb5fb245a1110e038c899f5

SHA1
28167ce5f6e5d49de09550220a923f8f0a5b4823

SHA256
a4faa5c7d01fede620a4d1e86940d6d0c5351102b3ae1a06f874be06d2d56467

SHA512
c41e7ca141b0879f7a07f0a058e8501967ce25beb40b4a52b6f6f8912b25d14518cf18e31022c90519a2037d8b0d0925831711a003d930d2bad83226e57a3e6a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UUBAFS\TQS.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

Download Submit
memory/1916-1-0x0000000074C10000-0x00000000751C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1916-29-0x0000000074C10000-0x00000000751C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1916-0-0x0000000074C12000-0x0000000074C13000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1916-2-0x0000000074C10000-0x00000000751C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4860-43-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4860-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4860-31-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4860-44-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4860-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4860-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4860-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4860-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4860-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4860-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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