Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240730-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240730-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    02/08/2024, 04:37

General

  • Target
    830f293b40c08dde71363380a35fdcfb_JaffaCakes118.exe
  • Size 1.3MB
  • Sample240802-e8wnds1cpa
  • SHA256 f65d4c93f7de550c3f5ed902ea725a3ed4bf3ad669024051d6357664ad4064a6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Ardamax

    A keylogger first seen in 2013.

  • Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 16 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\830f293b40c08dde71363380a35fdcfb_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\830f293b40c08dde71363380a35fdcfb_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3696
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CFMDLC\HOT.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\CFMDLC\HOT.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4596
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DeskLock.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DeskLock.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4524

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        DeskLock.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DeskLock.exe
        • Size 209KB
        • SHA256 6bf9d8fbeab99c3a15f6a19f0aa01334ba15b71de967cc9c9cfbdf46bdccc581
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        DeskLock.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DeskLock.ini
        • Size 94B
        • SHA256 dbb2762f75dda074f02160f50353722202d603c5ac3d1d26590f9a80eb5eb39d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        AKV.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CFMDLC\AKV.exe
        • Size 456KB
        • SHA256 4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        HOT.001

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CFMDLC\HOT.001
        • Size 61KB
        • SHA256 dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        HOT.002

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CFMDLC\HOT.002
        • Size 43KB
        • SHA256 1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        HOT.004

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CFMDLC\HOT.004
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c8859c82cb50272113f60826be3fea66a680148b9423aa41c086b0ec25554da2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        HOT.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CFMDLC\HOT.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/4524-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-47-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4596-25-0x0000000000700000-0x0000000000701000-memory.dmp