ardamax | 2d3db6e7520ad394410e78743b014b9dcf84e7cd44d7017127ddac38520162f9

General

Target

9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

787KB
MD5

9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8
SHA1

a56932f86bf06625fff1dabf0ff9f1cdce6ea2fb
SHA256

2d3db6e7520ad394410e78743b014b9dcf84e7cd44d7017127ddac38520162f9
SHA512

6f4828498cf4c3db71be102953667fafc09058619cffd1ef6a153c7e7155ca3e0105c4865d0964b94ae4af4d49db791ba342e86fea3d5b2121d30823673d41f3
SSDEEP

24576:rAkzXY13Rcp4fnRSHxyNvJADQQ+PwBIOwCa:r1+KInRSHxUZQbB/a

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/0x000a000000016d37-11.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2584	system32QQJK.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2192	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_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\system32QQJK Agent = "C:\\Windows\\system32QQJK.exe"	system32QQJK.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32QQJK.006	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32QQJK.007	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32QQJK.exe	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32AKV.exe	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32QQJK.001	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_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	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	system32QQJK.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2584	system32QQJK.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2584	system32QQJK.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2584	system32QQJK.exe
2584	system32QQJK.exe
2584	system32QQJK.exe
2584	system32QQJK.exe
2584	system32QQJK.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2584	2192	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2584	2192	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2584	2192	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2584	2192	9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9b6d4d936253642b5b9293a8a5ff41b8_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2192
- C:\Windows\system32QQJK.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32QQJK.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  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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C:\Windows\system32QQJK.001

Filesize
532B

MD5
622a452a8af5104aaf62e320fd6efc2f

SHA1
073659ff5eb7ff5bb609911a9f94934ccdcad517

SHA256
9d09781a109b889396ea3230189b5fc76d3628bc30c3a84d8d073af55dce86f0

SHA512
774a0381bb80ed0319499401719aae72d5bf293a463cbacb2a9bcd9a427a20b93f4c241cc7e0fc1264edd7b2665bc0518d3e47d95ebca5aa30041a1d2c3be6db

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C:\Windows\system32QQJK.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
32dd7b4bc8b6f290b0ece3cc1c011c96

SHA1
b979683868b399c6a6204ebaed9fc9c784a0429a

SHA256
6dcce9bbba5c2de47eea3abf7597a9c4fb2e4d358efc3752fa65c169cccfa2a1

SHA512
9e0d720799fe816f7d09c8a722b762203b6f12a8625c1c93cd640219ecc35969bd641b4d9e6dc04ab6f95ceb73235a438eb7d48ee9402118db3618b5760551ea

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C:\Windows\system32QQJK.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
e8155b68775ed29590e14df80fdc0e9f

SHA1
ed449da02e648a524004c265f3c37496d2f07f1f

SHA256
b39ba894b0a9a3201461ddd9ee9b297928e793dff221a47f019e75c11df631f3

SHA512
b14e00c46cf9bed0aca0f85775f624ff064f2d2afe1fa68b61bee5729db73cf9a8eced669c52d7cbb9504ff1b369a9a16a0f36c71a70c13c0bd1eaf5e07ccc11

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C:\Windows\system32QQJK.exe

Filesize
531KB

MD5
908cfce1630c2cf98a88cd4b0f92e03d

SHA1
ece6f06cbb529bf3c4a10bec37e24b2cb8ecb8b1

SHA256
b013c5b856b710cd67d830848abaab8cb278f8760ef7aa3f18a0f043ebf24e50

SHA512
0db14a2bde19e95b6c029b4404237ead6acac447efe17c0b4be2cd372399bc0ae990709661e86636eceea234b2480245efe569a43ddd77678c78f1d5456183c0

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@16AC.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d9e02f226fc338d14df200ba9a700625

SHA1
414f134a16a309b31e418ed9e08c0c48aaf6e2bc

SHA256
8165757efb79acceb9fd0bfae6b2c19b8f087cc0461abb17941d460dbdf2e260

SHA512
13c73381602fe2593312d41ab4bc5cd5f922ac651f9e71e3fe3c58e7f0c5c73ecc9d79d61ec46f33a0a81cf73373421eeb510bd99650c0f53af30974ed61b8ca

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memory/2192-17-0x0000000002650000-0x00000000026DA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
552KB

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memory/2584-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
552KB

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memory/2584-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
552KB

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memory/2584-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
552KB

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memory/2584-20-0x000000000040C000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2584-19-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000343000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2584-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
552KB

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memory/2584-27-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010006000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2584-28-0x0000000001FE0000-0x0000000001FE6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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