ardamax | abdb46b7b0dc2f0af990a3fb0dc3b57b4d7679bfb11e0930cb3ac6a3b27c89c7

General

Target

97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e
SHA1

e8f18079cf80ff98e2cbff681d5030d448ff5fde
SHA256

abdb46b7b0dc2f0af990a3fb0dc3b57b4d7679bfb11e0930cb3ac6a3b27c89c7
SHA512

d440bb6df55b7f7b0467a395c17ef6803bfb5219dc7c7870524aad58534459a89bbb06fc506542b5a1c6f40aa2c453883f1324032eea8047516ec745cdc3159a
SSDEEP

24576:OHvZTB90GTlsf3cRFRVsKDDbFRk85w2kCnuYq/vWYti+6:+BTB19DsKnxRG2xgvWYt

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/0x000700000002346d-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-1-5-21-355097885-2402257403-2971294179-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2224	KJE.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2224	KJE.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\KJE Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\LJKGRK\\KJE.exe"	KJE.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 opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\	KJE.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\KJE.004	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\KJE.001	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\KJE.002	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\AKV.exe	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\KJE.exe	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_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	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	KJE.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2224	KJE.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2224	KJE.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2224	KJE.exe
2224	KJE.exe
2224	KJE.exe
2224	KJE.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3536 wrote to memory of 2224	3536	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3536 wrote to memory of 2224	3536	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3536 wrote to memory of 2224	3536	97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\97ab68ef182b5818654f8f3d48edfe8e_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3536
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\KJE.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\LJKGRK\KJE.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:2224

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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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\AKV.exe

Filesize
461KB

MD5
eed8ebfafcd3dcb0f88b237388fba8df

SHA1
620767d6de979bf360e3a188ed03534c769f337b

SHA256
dc3c5152d69547ffb583574707025eee74af46882cdf851221f66b1e81d2ed90

SHA512
28148a2bfdbcaf61f5f664c6b4dd0377d151d775ad001818da2bba6327f02020fabb016a4c8aaa5f841ea1dc1a6d8419bca55bc74924a657476e15abbd8dabb3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\KJE.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
34c92b717ae97bc926f56ba56a44f24a

SHA1
ccaf3c6bf0c73564d0bf19c92b8d25008ffffbfa

SHA256
6e60d85b35f5e9222375f606e4116b38364a4a943596ddb0d914cf1cf4791774

SHA512
2a9eb63837db128c9e036976d903ebd925e6952ab6bf4efa0e370e79f9fefe0ed6e44e4ab444f56ace1149f4dd14797f568e8827e7cebd1e5581dcf309f9745a

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\KJE.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
246761f047f6aa98d6eaad66a2f883b9

SHA1
42474a5b23d03e094103b62fd7e820457cf807c4

SHA256
3774021a3cdf32d23fd5921cea4de8c26b08f0d601f3097550a7e8af7b00f111

SHA512
d39d0913975ca2f8d585b72667d76de09ce7817f6de26ef21a8b62edc25d7fab39785f036992d19ca5700f5fc2ee377e696142c41529f23f503e8eefff393144

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\KJE.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
f66d4a86efa8bb6df0aa310cd26bebdc

SHA1
6a5ca7d55dccab9609a6d3e37223e5278f964374

SHA256
dc023f329a3040a06be666edc602fffe8a70a8c9b2e5680630a2fb8b32678280

SHA512
0730bae376951479cb9ab99f9709e576c5a4f40c417fd163db65f8741bc675993b24a27783d69bdc142a4206083cb776af2ba42fc2ffa60c497ec95752fbe813

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LJKGRK\KJE.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9ab9b7b74790b7bb2798dd2b26f4a913

SHA1
e8ffa981a0149aa6441dcb0dd42f7baf6eb773a2

SHA256
df1c8d608ebd300889cf21c3bda6d5dd2574d68e1f530cc5a885449a22177a75

SHA512
ffffe21d8cc244aacaaba2eb13cc77ad800a196ecf6f77637a8a1f6d456cabb8331970ab358ab21dcf9832343379b4f0486da3990d45eb2f2765e55b7404739e

Download Submit
memory/2224-16-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2224-18-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-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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