ardamax | b5a8858f8442769fb88fbb0edea3a1ca1e25eaae7812296808b2266c0fc32004

General

Target

9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

952KB
MD5

9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384
SHA1

299c645715a304e4e888b5521bbab38bb20ff26e
SHA256

b5a8858f8442769fb88fbb0edea3a1ca1e25eaae7812296808b2266c0fc32004
SHA512

3c6984f8ab089e52ced1f4b8b3f0a6c146d520de16b1e9381e3686e32426a1730a8bbe28329d8ff5d4236330f9108de31a8e1c0f8c684f966a1b41445630b449
SSDEEP

24576:LuNOTc1kBALpIWexrleAguki1ZYtAd3dX87BLD5T:LucTc1DpIWEle7i12tcX87t

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/0x000700000002345c-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-1-5-21-2412658365-3084825385-3340777666-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2924	LIP.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2924	LIP.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\LIP Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\ODFCYD\\LIP.exe"	LIP.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 opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ODFCYD\	LIP.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ODFCYD\LIP.004	9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ODFCYD\LIP.001	9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ODFCYD\LIP.002	9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ODFCYD\LIP.exe	9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_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	9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	LIP.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2924	LIP.exe
2924	LIP.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2924	LIP.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2924	LIP.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2924	LIP.exe
2924	LIP.exe
2924	LIP.exe
2924	LIP.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1808 wrote to memory of 2924	1808	9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 1808 wrote to memory of 2924	1808	9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 1808 wrote to memory of 2924	1808	9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9f1da670c3eef3094d77732d3c9ae384_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1808
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ODFCYD\LIP.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\ODFCYD\LIP.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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2924

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\ODFCYD\LIP.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
2666d675f8905ce58b7e961ffbfe8f61

SHA1
afa6625a916d27da14a591feba03352b2afb91cc

SHA256
1594c6986d0e4339825e2c812791c54c912d8358a76b6058da0bf6bba5f5c697

SHA512
81193afcb9406ea906db628ae434f576b6e4e2959674902cf8c2b11f5c7007b384a8e0385a6889637506f289d4849dd8dcb32dee9302363834333ef7813a2778

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ODFCYD\LIP.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
52f41f282445a7a75238c2bf31ff7b7d

SHA1
5b5c5eb4066e2c583137dff7e1333b89640514a7

SHA256
3a9e12f314bf9b5f043f3f05556b244a7ba244d3625f8adbd9cb59e9385ac4f3

SHA512
bc6e2959be659a86a2de4bb1dbae8171a6b02e39fd98e948c1c40e96e101e73af274e6ceb590fd5aa5e5cb558e8e80fb79aac0162cdc2266ab1b173bda419107

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ODFCYD\LIP.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
b052662a3b44adcdceb4d47e8462aedd

SHA1
33f1633613c97e106988f8a2946679c682250903

SHA256
70b1b5a7e1c73cc0737ffa920402e95e88cdad5476e57509783c435abe789c29

SHA512
19320cb04a31d4088345a6ad13a612ba9c129f8c51214962c030b81c29ff8380e9ebf60964abbd5df1b26fb9782dbafa9aad710e27fee2a6d51f4b7c149baeda

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ODFCYD\LIP.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
68c19411dc10799efff9cfdb1dfa6ea3

SHA1
b337a16ee1a383ff4406fdaf65816f67174a6ec6

SHA256
a8565859541d680f0d8c74acdc0e0fee438de817785f4f596e470bdbefca0855

SHA512
16a2d576df4a24fa7f973e8e588f8cc79281d03343510344e6ef4ff8e3903e3a7751f38ef4f1c9fa2f8bdfaf3181b4fecae6905833df861c98e5b7b993a429d3

Download Submit
memory/2924-14-0x0000000002360000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2924-16-0x0000000002360000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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