ardamax | 0affe09c5f128671ec14d0b6e8d8d36c09c5c16f40cb6c198664546f9cf54ee8

General

Target

98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.4MB
MD5

98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3
SHA1

a8e05aea4ac5f9bc523bf932d1cd9c65496d9c67
SHA256

0affe09c5f128671ec14d0b6e8d8d36c09c5c16f40cb6c198664546f9cf54ee8
SHA512

210a43e3272bb0cc1069c940a9eed0bb4dbeb19d0b3e2e477edc6d34042cd2c2b92aa657b967718d84538d9c848986de2f13d60d4215660e9842ea1cc5e1cc98
SSDEEP

24576:Nk/AT1AmrLvqsPpSQaoCRM5SdoM6ELZmqq4UJ2tbNwsX4B1ogtm3/kagBp:yoT6mrXPpSQaoiMq63qqwNli1ogtY/G

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/0x0007000000017349-11.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2796	QST.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1904	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe
2796	QST.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\QST Start = "C:\\Windows\\JEVKYI\\QST.exe"	QST.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 Windows directory 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.002	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\JEVKYI\AKV.exe	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.003	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.exe	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\JEVKYI\	QST.exe
File created	C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.004	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.001	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_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	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	QST.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2796	QST.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2796	QST.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2796	QST.exe
2796	QST.exe
2796	QST.exe
2796	QST.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2796	1904	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2796	1904	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2796	1904	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 2796	1904	98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98db5f5ff02ab95586a874a3251796b3_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1904
- C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.exe
  "C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2796

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\JEVKYI\AKV.exe

Filesize
463KB

MD5
eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832

SHA1
1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa

SHA256
96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061

SHA512
d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd

SHA1
7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09

SHA256
70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24

SHA512
ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2

SHA1
a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336

SHA256
4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d

SHA512
dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.003

Filesize
68KB

MD5
f47e8f65618e1b1f7e1720713f5a8c4c

SHA1
abad8e9e13b1e41f2af86e3c16526c6f2d05d952

SHA256
f170be2582c82ea131e1f688eea6e1cd17d14e6a9bb805b6aed2791e625a74d8

SHA512
635d617dbd15d00e2f7470857531b9820439a8816f2c74b3d83156599537ff42e26ea7d769863f2768eb2770ba9c47b1a10eb3e2677fe92b9eda6ae51da18dcb

Download Submit
C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
8ebb21a9b2a6004661b2842a01fc1dbe

SHA1
1b422d7715ce3819d35bcda5f9c7cd62059c8a00

SHA256
7bcf2bef8434be143c6ee76039f14f4e30be73843fda6b40a549552974bfb639

SHA512
7589d6bdddcd24d03ebc3dba01e759b51ac9e9bb93d22d87152b3950a7650f2b6d83631e79f7b8f417b5ee4574dd558e93d83ac26be994430a1e2447b5beb1cb

Download Submit
C:\Windows\JEVKYI\QST.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041

SHA1
3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802

SHA256
734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4

SHA512
5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399

Download Submit
memory/2796-18-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2796-20-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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