ardamax | d2543b8808c6554d3a1cfe7d3e0f3652bec283cd73040c808a7cecf04fb3e9c4

General

Target
81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size 1.3MB
Sample240801-yan1fazbka
SHA256 d2543b8808c6554d3a1cfe7d3e0f3652bec283cd73040c808a7cecf04fb3e9c4
MD5 81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8
SHA1 e485229c34b1bb3ff2a688c916e575b848179b9a
SHA512 3da5339aa12b2780f535fe496be53cb0a147eda4bfc54031d8057b5e1713c913c5fe807a83d1220a337bd02da5a2cdb26c7bf1ee7ae5e564c51357f3fe74b213
SSDEEP 24576:1ZxTqn2ZJkM45kXuVy8kDOoPjyGf/952uM++TXyQnxq07+ALPmoiMySeneB:1XTqn2Z3skXuMDOG908+bfnxdX5S
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/0x00070000000234ba-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-1-5-21-3881032017-2947584075-2120384563-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4656	XHX.exe
2756	Trade.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4656	XHX.exe
2756	Trade.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\XHX Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\VYDWGV\\XHX.exe"	XHX.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\VYDWGV\AKV.exe	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\XHX.exe	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\	XHX.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\XHX.004	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\XHX.001	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\XHX.002	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_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 3 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	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	XHX.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Trade.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4656	XHX.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4656	XHX.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2756	Trade.exe
4656	XHX.exe
4656	XHX.exe
4656	XHX.exe
4656	XHX.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4276 wrote to memory of 4656	4276	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4276 wrote to memory of 4656	4276	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4276 wrote to memory of 4656	4276	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4276 wrote to memory of 2756	4276	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 4276 wrote to memory of 2756	4276	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 4276 wrote to memory of 2756	4276	81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\81b929ce0a8db49538d5d405e07acdd8_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4276
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\XHX.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\VYDWGV\XHX.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:4656
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Trade.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Trade.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2756

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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Trade.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Trade.exe
Size 552KB
SHA256 99dcecb43615947fe3a131f215771fd669b8c804b9b2088c3b30f3b7c6976305
MD5 2c71d1e13ea522d88a2704e350f845f4
SHA1 3626d15878907d7bd256c58d9333a755952bc8ff
SHA512 4e6b780c189a004213e5507ad3f7f9eaf03dd25cb7fb6053ff419773c0fe6bb73eeaed6a4a51020098481a930c56e2f24f5128109a9cdb1dd859e5d317347bfc
SSDEEP 6144:lmFZN08RhsYiE2ITSa2nv9kXHZWk26nrYvQwBCZpQu6Pjees:azR6YP2Ieaiv9kXHsk26FpQu6Pjees
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AKV.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\AKV.exe
Size 456KB
SHA256 4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e
MD5 1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56
SHA1 048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc
SHA512 7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060
SSDEEP 6144:90B40/LoK9iOpVwcLxMkpTQwEep1xAqSkv9K4/6VDM0nam41lqV+k1t:OBz/EopVwcFMqQ5OKlkv94V+kP
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XHX.001

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\XHX.001
Size 61KB
SHA256 dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1
MD5 31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92
SHA1 0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9
SHA512 1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839
SSDEEP 768:Fo9fmwR3lyicJ7EYI4RLzpZbX2LEdTTESWkPvzckKlrJFiIn45DfJtDa:2hrcPIaF1X24JakPvzup2b5DB
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XHX.002

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\XHX.002
Size 43KB
SHA256 1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009
MD5 093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af
SHA1 6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5
SHA512 64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc
SSDEEP 768:tJzRGjVrli1HP6qsPH7dR0wvwjoe01yym3wMRz8J:tJmAHwPH7dR0jIN8Rz
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XHX.004

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\XHX.004
Size 1KB
SHA256 c39805b93b8e619a14b42e2845f8dabf5618cd8b9bfe6af76e05ad45ee8a994f
MD5 75cc717961890c68022ed0409ac01831
SHA1 3f0400fc685a46aa41e0b0ca7d0368be88df0552
SHA512 2822717d684e42394f01c0445ebf80e6dc09715d4e7a0e2c5c8cdd2f27c224489feb70d6e1078faac1b252fb4262292b5219b1506a30ffbd562348592354b596
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XHX.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VYDWGV\XHX.exe
Size 1.5MB
SHA256 42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b
MD5 0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff
SHA1 9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938
SHA512 bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c
SSDEEP 24576:8HcNCtrnCeZK8FUnIHh1q6DHxSPqVSCoTxAnKJxdBTrRpOZl3Z2sfvYBarT:8HcNCtrnCkHHhw67U5HNAnOT1pOZtZ2g
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memory/4656-27-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

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memory/4656-32-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

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Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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