ardamax | b2e8223075c8c8010948c792195cf06ebdd201adcf677a5e40be82db301c8254

General

Target

a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7
SHA1

8932e21524c54537809d468cef1de8c5343f5838
SHA256

b2e8223075c8c8010948c792195cf06ebdd201adcf677a5e40be82db301c8254
SHA512

323d20766921c9bcf3911381414a0b6879ad87a5927d71fc31ceae3bbd50766a97ad2da04d3b7aaf55749c151968aeb173b03225f041940b73f2bd56bf73bb1a
SSDEEP

24576:v64MVTmHNGEm9dpPCkN/QC/LTEvKWbfxWCaDGH8+1Mceloet6wxaHd9n2q9:v64MTPZ95pQC/nSp4FGHaceoi9Yyq

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/0x000700000002343f-8.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-1-5-21-1194130065-3471212556-1656947724-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2980	AMT.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\AMT Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\LNCNVN\\AMT.exe"	AMT.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AMT.002	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AKV.exe	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AMT.exe	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AMT.004	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AMT.001	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_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	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AMT.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 208 wrote to memory of 2980	208	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 208 wrote to memory of 2980	208	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 208 wrote to memory of 2980	208	a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a47b0cc538a70e550137e82f87b0f0a7_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:208
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AMT.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\LNCNVN\AMT.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2980

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

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\LNCNVN\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8

SHA1
ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba

SHA256
71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b

SHA512
a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AMT.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AMT.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AMT.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
3107ac79b14dba22c75fc7e6b86d26a4

SHA1
836afd6f3392e1ea06085cc8da43d369897877bb

SHA256
5ea1cccfb778dfa07749519a7249fb9aad00db909deb744a18cf0510c8649174

SHA512
a4852c47a765a98febb27c575c18b27a7c30ea0760ba01ad1befda10974d8bfde77eb6bd2d37576c848c9cb586eb54c31294b43f6e335b07c4fa9cbf2bda95ed

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LNCNVN\AMT.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

Download Submit
memory/2980-16-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2980-17-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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