ardamax | 40bfd35ea3949dfa0e266a0edb60064ece9262f0962ae70f63325fe2dfa3f969

General

Target

90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452
SHA1

7d5112ac3881d6987651b80f405fd7349f6f8699
SHA256

40bfd35ea3949dfa0e266a0edb60064ece9262f0962ae70f63325fe2dfa3f969
SHA512

801af95582ebf478bc54c71fc95e6a7c95fb4aef362c6ea4c2248f4aee6e6ebdaea16212a665a640a99b1593584a4f86ef748c875f05f5734ab313c77b640d52
SSDEEP

24576:wGaUTAHSf98qRIRWTGCig0FzLc9bz1hq8WcLoC6BXAL6phYE/W0aOj9+hyI98znd:wGrTjKdRWyL2z1hDLe6LIWwWoJU98znd

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/0x00070000000145ca-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2340	JRH.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2088	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe
2340	JRH.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\JRH Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\YHWLIK\\JRH.exe"	JRH.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\YHWLIK\AKV.exe	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\JRH.exe	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\	JRH.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\JRH.004	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\JRH.001	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\JRH.002	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_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	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JRH.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2340	JRH.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2340	JRH.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2340	JRH.exe
2340	JRH.exe
2340	JRH.exe
2340	JRH.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2088 wrote to memory of 2340	2088	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2088 wrote to memory of 2340	2088	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2088 wrote to memory of 2340	2088	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2088 wrote to memory of 2340	2088	90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\90e00c195b93d7d4ebfa9e0c66942452_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2088
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\JRH.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\YHWLIK\JRH.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:2340

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\YHWLIK\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
45a56a60fc710085ef72a86ae4de2a44

SHA1
91133410b770cfc8433b976aa44fc34346e614e6

SHA256
82d3a18d8121ad32e61d0c1fc1dabb2073d21ce82431c9d1259e2589aad373e2

SHA512
c4322b3b668efd8858ce71e1d80e25f21f75b39d4331d8c88050a8f484e524eac58226dfdbeb89fe569e89a6e93fcbb3300d537666126eb3fbf4fe54136aabbf

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\JRH.001

Filesize
60KB

MD5
5b79ad0d1d30119158b5ab4147edbd96

SHA1
6f802d57d49d7063e40b7bebafa8fb1051e0a907

SHA256
4ccebd38ac000cbc33a6cfc2e87e900ef64ba4b978f3facfdb5870e217ac3ff7

SHA512
497e3eff3c7356cf12efd153b651d1a1ef2cb07302eb5b71dcff0d6732e5273bcff5f82897dff85cdaae0bc159fa9c4588e3bc90ab12521532675bf116757c6b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\JRH.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
af3efaa90f29f6506693136ae1674fc7

SHA1
897aea8f6df7e29d43954512fc390b97c0eb4550

SHA256
4658d92f74df5ee142c08157985e25e41f74aaaa4256df9dfc9a011b7c3f0f44

SHA512
1a87ce2d0767204b1d636ce70c083c71f5cfa064680218906ff86c233968baca7ef605f2b1d9bfaf8326a8cbff7074ace766604b283c1a2b50d5788038dc9863

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\JRH.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
849ccf88f303042968366c7e87f09a80

SHA1
b2a41e3cc8ccc859d0b1c35f499866ca2477b0f2

SHA256
7a13a70bd7f196e02d483ebf5a9883252c22ebeba11be1d11f20aed8effd6753

SHA512
5182ce76a3ec26f9840694ef72b06ca3628836a907736be4a2fd93865e8408708385a9727488718b1902ae6a5ada769d4e3ca808a48bdd415f336d964f9a047d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YHWLIK\JRH.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
78dd492b06d03744d1954781d33775ca

SHA1
ef9462193e6ba7be64458ea1be6afcaeadc574b1

SHA256
c0664f94e9b2a7817f79b9457c31e524ef72ed7c073e79546d67e857b4637ede

SHA512
f88734970018f46b8c4ce350cccf577ac056957e933deb493becbc30b7165834ca68db423850220f8944b364dc97e1423247192faf4f3e4db85cf25c4576eef9

Download Submit
memory/2340-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2340-17-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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