ardamax | d3863c369ed41c5dd6c21d106a4907388ae659f88a6514d91d7736127fa6a55d

General

Target

9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e
SHA1

99666320234548498f10fcb9d166ea8d9cc4696c
SHA256

d3863c369ed41c5dd6c21d106a4907388ae659f88a6514d91d7736127fa6a55d
SHA512

e73fb1ebfc2f96b08c8a71fd48346a76a9c58e94f45196431279990a42d49746773c04360eb71c7b741bc484e8287c8738664795d33b2c1bba10e0631f20cd97
SSDEEP

24576:sHvZTlGAOl9v3lntzzAuJqiWZZ0ZNrV7TWT+39y/:0BTMbrzzXJqioZ0DlHty

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/0x000600000001877f-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1924	EPS.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
836	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_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\EPS Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\MOYOSM\\EPS.exe"	EPS.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\EPS.004	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\EPS.001	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\EPS.002	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\AKV.exe	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\EPS.exe	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_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	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EPS.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 836 wrote to memory of 1924	836	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 836 wrote to memory of 1924	836	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 836 wrote to memory of 1924	836	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 836 wrote to memory of 1924	836	9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9dfea0da5c8f01c5da5dc6fbf5ef417e_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:836
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\EPS.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\MOYOSM\EPS.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1924

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\MOYOSM\AKV.exe

Filesize
461KB

MD5
eed8ebfafcd3dcb0f88b237388fba8df

SHA1
620767d6de979bf360e3a188ed03534c769f337b

SHA256
dc3c5152d69547ffb583574707025eee74af46882cdf851221f66b1e81d2ed90

SHA512
28148a2bfdbcaf61f5f664c6b4dd0377d151d775ad001818da2bba6327f02020fabb016a4c8aaa5f841ea1dc1a6d8419bca55bc74924a657476e15abbd8dabb3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\EPS.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
34c92b717ae97bc926f56ba56a44f24a

SHA1
ccaf3c6bf0c73564d0bf19c92b8d25008ffffbfa

SHA256
6e60d85b35f5e9222375f606e4116b38364a4a943596ddb0d914cf1cf4791774

SHA512
2a9eb63837db128c9e036976d903ebd925e6952ab6bf4efa0e370e79f9fefe0ed6e44e4ab444f56ace1149f4dd14797f568e8827e7cebd1e5581dcf309f9745a

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\EPS.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
246761f047f6aa98d6eaad66a2f883b9

SHA1
42474a5b23d03e094103b62fd7e820457cf807c4

SHA256
3774021a3cdf32d23fd5921cea4de8c26b08f0d601f3097550a7e8af7b00f111

SHA512
d39d0913975ca2f8d585b72667d76de09ce7817f6de26ef21a8b62edc25d7fab39785f036992d19ca5700f5fc2ee377e696142c41529f23f503e8eefff393144

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\EPS.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
e95cbc9c65f39df1f344102b91c55b9f

SHA1
f0311942c59d47e310e7c993271a87d86d0b34df

SHA256
8b1cd0a7af3d923cee1698cd66e3149532e0702c4aaa1602bed3cd04b0db37f5

SHA512
8d27af9e0baebe8bd919d88674f19eba75549d7d4ba7af41ad64d9056bde17901a49e9aec21421af7c58fe088305dda129f994e928c6198fb1b9c1ccc447f47b

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\MOYOSM\EPS.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9ab9b7b74790b7bb2798dd2b26f4a913

SHA1
e8ffa981a0149aa6441dcb0dd42f7baf6eb773a2

SHA256
df1c8d608ebd300889cf21c3bda6d5dd2574d68e1f530cc5a885449a22177a75

SHA512
ffffe21d8cc244aacaaba2eb13cc77ad800a196ecf6f77637a8a1f6d456cabb8331970ab358ab21dcf9832343379b4f0486da3990d45eb2f2765e55b7404739e

Download Submit
memory/1924-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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