ardamax | 9dc07ee92b23577d4c8b83276dc4c984ca67c5e0701bb9f9aa1142cfbca9c47b

General

Target

9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.0MB
MD5

9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8
SHA1

869bdf7bc107235bc6a7d783d39547ea2acd5cc7
SHA256

9dc07ee92b23577d4c8b83276dc4c984ca67c5e0701bb9f9aa1142cfbca9c47b
SHA512

a8da183b859e6875fc18f7b90bf7580c12a22801d421e25a9dbb57f8d6b1a5699c65a3247a811d1e3d9876f6f3701debf53d870eaad8a13e0a8f9e67e2d26cbf
SSDEEP

24576:YHvZT3kr+K1C8XdtpNMzIGTTyNyXj1qAIP5mn/GBlEwKslO4/E:ABT3kSWzpNww+jjIP5zNKslZ/

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/0x0007000000023565-7.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-1-5-21-2170637797-568393320-3232933035-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2084	PNL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2084	PNL.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\PNL Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\NCEFJU\\PNL.exe"	PNL.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NCEFJU\PNL.004	9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NCEFJU\PNL.001	9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NCEFJU\PNL.002	9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NCEFJU\PNL.exe	9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NCEFJU\	PNL.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	PNL.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2084	PNL.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2084	PNL.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2084	PNL.exe
2084	PNL.exe
2084	PNL.exe
2084	PNL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 2084	1524	9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 2084	1524	9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 2084	1524	9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9e668afa4228491375c5d6e866f150f8_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1524
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NCEFJU\PNL.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\NCEFJU\PNL.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:2084

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --field-trial-handle=4372,i,3239535018877284530,3457823197501312703,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1036 /prefetch:8
1⤵
PID:1852

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\NCEFJU\PNL.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
a2e848c23f0e2cca1974ea55e6a99779

SHA1
34a5a236c6bdfb6b9a47d5cd213147da7a507ad9

SHA256
e852249a3fc489ee5c3fb4928dab911c4d826ef180f27faaa2f37a7179d231e4

SHA512
70b67fd7368b0efdcaaad3cf8478b7519761afcb0578bded88f61bc357cbddf0c851e8248cab32c1d3b12dc933a33ccd23906aee695a9a9748a1d465566a108f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NCEFJU\PNL.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
94aba5bdc0756bc2ceb5f521c4b620c6

SHA1
fbfd46ae5704c7dd6d63b959c1edb869f7dd19cf

SHA256
5bc8115fdcbe153a33a3feb65bc9eefe4e2a0357a145525f05689054939779e3

SHA512
0f4e154a0813f39f76acc95ec70b87241017d4210b44395bea9ef66c31f0da05503cf8ad665e03fd0c7aed8084e99bf3358de699bbcae2ffbe5176987640e33b

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NCEFJU\PNL.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
695af7a62ebb9f4240e5197429b8fac3

SHA1
4ab75416d129c628fe318df45d52c4c9f87747a8

SHA256
ecc577c0efc8014ccc6b926bc811ee5a2fafa1859057c5c7d4b8a2b4457cd737

SHA512
d34c868ccc2a4152f3fe17c20f1e08395c83435a4253bba37b6716ef3ce1ba35173c3fcd9cfbd58c7d45625d59163b39aa808b664d22fc06b00c78d8d15b0f07

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NCEFJU\PNL.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
b2d5e28fcce82e8ee5e1c0b1502e8730

SHA1
2573726de59c9c342e3d77bf7436704e74ad90f4

SHA256
b69590e97e053d49295aa1776526052caf3669579e81302825c954b0a4804095

SHA512
0318b6cc12c373a200fdfd144af551c90e2db0219115c6d7d3ec43275f177831c71a06a1c9741cc9522defb293212375707df73e28824d4b37c1d8a6d7c0638b

Download Submit
memory/2084-15-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000006F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2084-17-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000006F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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