ardamax | ef3b646c9caec59d861e509022d6394d2dc930ce7877b83bae361fe749d1d3d6

General

Target

9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503
SHA1

e64ce5b297fad9d8e8644a2098f741fe9e705780
SHA256

ef3b646c9caec59d861e509022d6394d2dc930ce7877b83bae361fe749d1d3d6
SHA512

7acdb43ccc940d50308a6d5b729e52de730fb1863b50911ee8fd1dcc36b8312e1bbc341dad6bd2c7bf7854c757d4723b0ad4289be5f9a7307f1709efa95d62b3
SSDEEP

24576:bZxTl5zwghzjbJSxUDZ9eCZiEw0WYVMOGEX+Qw6+18VEIkQwMvDfj4gi+Z4BRrip:bXTnwIzjbUe3e0wEVXd1wIVPXeBY

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/0x0007000000015ccc-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
340	OGR.exe
2584	pokebot.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
340	OGR.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\OGR Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\EPAXJV\\OGR.exe"	OGR.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\EPAXJV\OGR.004	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\OGR.001	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\OGR.002	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\AKV.exe	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\OGR.exe	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\	OGR.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	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	OGR.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	340	OGR.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	340	OGR.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
340	OGR.exe
340	OGR.exe
340	OGR.exe
340	OGR.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2996 wrote to memory of 340	2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2996 wrote to memory of 340	2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2996 wrote to memory of 340	2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2996 wrote to memory of 340	2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2996 wrote to memory of 2584	2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2996 wrote to memory of 2584	2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2996 wrote to memory of 2584	2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2996 wrote to memory of 2584	2996	9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9a3e0e49a8fd9366c9f0120f25ee8503_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2996
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\OGR.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\EPAXJV\OGR.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:340
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pokebot.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pokebot.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:2584

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\EPAXJV\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\OGR.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\OGR.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
5f7d687933e9ec5bcdbde17d59ff84d2

SHA1
fabac02b06109b0c3e421d38c63fb1a5ada5d728

SHA256
ffe0ea1b4896e88cb3459eb6997f3e30cdc1b5cf13a90809c41ff28d7d5aaf2d

SHA512
ab115eb6e09ff6f16f526e7a73de372915da7478bb1dfd9d1f956c945fc9c512a06de99a38bc617a1d1e79dc833355435844c9b60dbaeeac505dc5e0eb75d92f

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pokebot.exe

Filesize
682KB

MD5
c506d6aa12290d64c5c9495d11538db2

SHA1
a2e817fc0bd750d0257b447afc895d05352e42a9

SHA256
08288d971a0d8289b3c65e3ff49d7a20a29c72a660b89a6dbeb10e36339aa993

SHA512
0ad9d399adaf2123bfb12b9c748c148947b9e256ae60e51fbf6a6c32f4e10608355b46fb4b63937a2f2062683cb47e00e2d5f5bf1975557af2baf335be2e3e51

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\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\OGR.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
86b63726200d9ff6662fd2de00b9fcaa

SHA1
f4ecf611b4dca6c60901993a10b44e8c485f9b95

SHA256
b203eb072b0e912d402ba0c5652a13f788d3b69abf6ef73ca01d9ad9317b7eaf

SHA512
ce116dfb3244fe68b8fb42875fba4e512f4cdc586bec5945428f4a0a539169ac84292cdb3310e4974eb2c4342b6205e8fee32e47a2840b104cf28db9e1750c3a

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\EPAXJV\OGR.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

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memory/340-24-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/340-27-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2584-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
696KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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