ardamax | fd8b98175b48a6d54ba42e8af25283622a799cdfad1ae300a9fd27282682e3cd

General

Target

8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923
SHA1

a5b470ea01d5be82702c53afef9f31f038cca0ba
SHA256

fd8b98175b48a6d54ba42e8af25283622a799cdfad1ae300a9fd27282682e3cd
SHA512

e11fd5b014644ac951fb50cf4120aa13265642f9f96003f9f207a93287a409fadbc053d928694301a765e8c630237ce6f6c391167d9507e0cb7368ca9225f628
SSDEEP

24576:L64MVTbSOPDHGZnuqNFcKeUIiVr1o7TJjC79VHhub04rSLMuToM/uRSZ4pCkDGdi:L64MTbxDHGt9Nhevi91o7Vjcf3xAcXPa

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
behavioral1/files/0x0006000000019248-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2352	NMH.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2880	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe
2352	NMH.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\NMH Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\YBRPXW\\NMH.exe"	NMH.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\YBRPXW\NMH.004	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\NMH.001	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\NMH.002	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\AKV.exe	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\NMH.exe	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\	NMH.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	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	NMH.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2352	NMH.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2352	NMH.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2352	NMH.exe
2352	NMH.exe
2352	NMH.exe
2352	NMH.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 2352	2880	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 2352	2880	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 2352	2880	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 2352	2880	8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8af5d73e89c0c3fbd1e190f40bf42923_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2880
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\NMH.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\YBRPXW\NMH.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:2352

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

1

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8

SHA1
ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba

SHA256
71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b

SHA512
a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\NMH.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\NMH.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\NMH.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
8024d8d4699489876801ec79b43a161a

SHA1
a461680f7258d7d501a85957382b5f9291ac65b4

SHA256
a3d51a50b6975953871487e5b385041357b185e58f21887d2bdd6c8e6f5c58fe

SHA512
01dfb5edf7d65d459051e121c463fe2936c2b4b77de9c1c1c0cd169b9fc3a3467e2ed464000f424fab7fe8fc0a1ff2f9baeaa3ef5a5dce12442717dbc861f7c5

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YBRPXW\NMH.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

Download Submit
memory/2352-15-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2352-17-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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