ardamax | 67fbd59f7ec6fa4ba5c1474624d67e96adaff2fdd5f9e2f1ed45628bab402396

General

Target

97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88
SHA1

25f0df2cd2a817f2dd2d46e170af94439465c36e
SHA256

67fbd59f7ec6fa4ba5c1474624d67e96adaff2fdd5f9e2f1ed45628bab402396
SHA512

ce2f12a7f38d70651c7948c3653cd339b1411642b509b8bab307fa2f4cd83a46c84f4ecac8c1ecae890611c5f215af91a4a4e3026974c6ac167ffb6f8d5f3ee7
SSDEEP

24576:D64MVTYKLK2WaAinT0f+BCmBcRmL/dirn3Hodm7gtlTdrQVME4BKvOMHryD6CuZ:D64MTqpa31BCmBsm2iWkTdmME4k92Hu

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/0x0007000000016d20-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1508	WGQ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2028	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.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\WGQ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\MOCKHA\\WGQ.exe"	WGQ.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\AKV.exe	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\WGQ.exe	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\WGQ.004	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\WGQ.001	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\WGQ.002	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_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	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	WGQ.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1508	WGQ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 1508	2028	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 1508	2028	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 1508	2028	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 1508	2028	97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\97bb35894cf60096f86e5913d68d3e88_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2028
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\WGQ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\MOCKHA\WGQ.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  PID:1508

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

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\MOCKHA\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8

SHA1
ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba

SHA256
71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b

SHA512
a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\WGQ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\WGQ.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\WGQ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
76e31e86d0f2237b8b7aaffe9b7c973e

SHA1
af7715999f6ae809f243efe175df6a27370d3242

SHA256
c27326f01858477d85f98599f77c4652effd20541e7f327488459b85f86d2a38

SHA512
6b0b9a5f99af01a9478134c7a9c71382690bd4a4bdcf8f2eec9c5c550dacbc9fbe75fee96062fd7151f3a6fdaf455210abd724400850638340c816e38438c457

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\Windows\SysWOW64\MOCKHA\WGQ.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

Download Submit
memory/1508-15-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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