ardamax | ca490cc24b617bd602b13549b3cf889c5fa5c1b6a236e2bac27d5ae6d43cb926

General

Target

a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

836KB
MD5

a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0
SHA1

be9914d308862878b132e1c851e4fb140ce81454
SHA256

ca490cc24b617bd602b13549b3cf889c5fa5c1b6a236e2bac27d5ae6d43cb926
SHA512

3a269167217a4a01db5d6bf7a03994261849f05abd88c734e143f08966842df990d975ed795b5e78134705307debe552b35c4559bd9b1eeb00f8dd5dc13557ee
SSDEEP

12288:7oi+G3zhi5AXD13vZ9MWNAuHw3iVreGvvoGl7hQCsovJqw5+A6F238gcF:kiVDhiSZR9LnHw38rhvRZu1ovgw5Z8gC

Score

10^/10

ardamax defense_evasion 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/0x000700000002346e-12.dat	family_ardamax

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 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-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	VPIR.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5112	VPIR.exe
540	[R]HAX-RebornV3.exe

Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs

pid	Process
2700	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe
5112	VPIR.exe
540	[R]HAX-RebornV3.exe
5112	VPIR.exe
5112	VPIR.exe
540	[R]HAX-RebornV3.exe
540	[R]HAX-RebornV3.exe
2900	WerFault.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\VPIR Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\VPIR.exe"	VPIR.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
Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
defense_evasion

File Deletion
T1070.004

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.006	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.007	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.exe	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	VPIR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.001	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
2900	5112	WerFault.exe	84

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	VPIR.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	[R]HAX-RebornV3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	5112	VPIR.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5112	VPIR.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5112	VPIR.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
5112	VPIR.exe
5112	VPIR.exe
5112	VPIR.exe
5112	VPIR.exe
540	[R]HAX-RebornV3.exe
5112	VPIR.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 5112	2700	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 5112	2700	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 5112	2700	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 540	2700	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 540	2700	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 540	2700	a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 1088	5112	VPIR.exe	103
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 1088	5112	VPIR.exe	103
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 1088	5112	VPIR.exe	103

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a2ae224ba231f5206e8f12a8badb4ce0_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2700
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\VPIR.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - 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
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5112
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5112 -s 1072
    3⤵
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Program crash
    PID:2900
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1088
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\[R]HAX-RebornV3.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\[R]HAX-RebornV3.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:540

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 5112 -ip 5112
1⤵
PID:4368

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

Indicator Removal

1

T1070

File Deletion

Modify Registry

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@8ABB.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\[R]HAX-RebornV3.exe

Filesize
242KB

MD5
75ed29cc8bb3e853de64915eb34db1c0

SHA1
75b31f648ad8f4409bdb757aa59d0e189dd6898c

SHA256
cd2d630a67a979c5d88d5ced84d364b27e9f4aa7d842c2e4e185f2426bbc5cba

SHA512
853740777e6e3b2a78633470cae034c2741837ab581e83937e6f1f00abac73549f1f66fb70be845b852c5ad4668efc86a7ea60038ae893129cc2ac8a62e3eee6

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
395KB

MD5
b8fa30233794772b8b76b4b1d91c7321

SHA1
0cf9561be2528944285e536f41d502be24c3aa87

SHA256
14116fa79ccc105fabd312b4dff74933f8684c6b27db37e5e3a79d159092d29a

SHA512
10ce8b18e7afb8c7e30bb90b0a1f199ef0b77873fa7a9efc596606e151be6b516c0ec6222a9032bdcc527e80964f53d20a28fa1881a08b4df303b2e28204549d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.001

Filesize
534B

MD5
0c8a4ca8798837e5dbce26d7e658909b

SHA1
e3cfe1d57d2b2b63f8ee1cae496706450df3468c

SHA256
226ba68dbb0c2f87ae0def90f6b791a0da9805c9a0f752e846fa11cd1405a9a2

SHA512
34f0395d9364249b84b4c1c380e736b5eb663b5e11354035f1c0fad62579ac16cb15b09eb35b996b50025bc389d6773654c64995c81756c19341a4442d50fb3b

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VPIR.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

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memory/540-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000487000-memory.dmp

Filesize
540KB

Download
memory/540-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000487000-memory.dmp

Filesize
540KB

Download
memory/5112-22-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/5112-47-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A51000-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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