ardamax | 1ab3cc6c9025d6dffe8186a9c1b936574b54e27e017350a7ad3aee01e543c187

General

Target

a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

2.5MB
MD5

a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4
SHA1

954d4d8204ef33d5710bea491dd2fb8c515b8edc
SHA256

1ab3cc6c9025d6dffe8186a9c1b936574b54e27e017350a7ad3aee01e543c187
SHA512

1ab3296b9e091285dc1fd5a80823c89922778a10edc216759059419233f3756d05fb685c438a0a28dc9b3bd2dc7864d81de666072b9aff44ed85c736a29b0f6e
SSDEEP

49152:5apIbUlZMG9IyclzOp4JPMEMCt1l500tAKiNP4H/Ldit65qhinXBgJ:QibixInt55MDCk0SKiNP4HYt65qoRgJ

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0006000000016d3e-24.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2660	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.tmp

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2840	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe
2660	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.tmp
2660	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.tmp
2660	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.tmp

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	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.tmp

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2660	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.tmp

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2660	2840	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2660	2840	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2660	2840	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2660	2840	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2660	2840	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2660	2840	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2660	2840	a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2840
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GDJIJ.tmp\a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.tmp
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GDJIJ.tmp\a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.tmp" /SL5="$40150,2366719,54272,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  PID:2660

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

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\is-VO3UE.tmp\Games.inf

Filesize
204B

MD5
18e043269bd74513a24274208826ca3b

SHA1
a7e90c09ef6aa6236c9729f6b55ca99268c52183

SHA256
4f0a66bf40ddf25d4c7c14f4d3e41a451109b58fdf6412bf0cd7dd5a2b06502e

SHA512
baa947878e3f2948fc66202ef07407670399f4924287adc8edbdcc106b6629f852dd886621c0dd8c3aec571eeceae5bb7b74240251ffeb97b52ce636d7a0fc37

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GDJIJ.tmp\a61075043762cd855ff89644dff752f4_JaffaCakes118.tmp

Filesize
688KB

MD5
c765336f0dcf4efdcc2101eed67cd30c

SHA1
fa0279f59738c5aa3b6b20106e109ccd77f895a7

SHA256
c5177fdc6031728e10141745cd69edbc91c92d14411a2dec6e8e8caa4f74ab28

SHA512
06a67ac37c20897967e2cad453793a6ef1c7804d4c578404f845daa88c859b15b0acb51642e6ad23ca6ba6549b02d5f6c98b1fa402004bdbf9d646abab7ec891

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VO3UE.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll

Filesize
22KB

MD5
92dc6ef532fbb4a5c3201469a5b5eb63

SHA1
3e89ff837147c16b4e41c30d6c796374e0b8e62c

SHA256
9884e9d1b4f8a873ccbd81f8ad0ae257776d2348d027d811a56475e028360d87

SHA512
9908e573921d5dbc3454a1c0a6c969ab8a81cc2e8b5385391d46b1a738fb06a76aa3282e0e58d0d2ffa6f27c85668cd5178e1500b8a39b1bbae04366ae6a86d3

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VO3UE.tmp\isxdl.dll

Filesize
49KB

MD5
02ecc74f7f91e9ffd84de708683236a6

SHA1
3532de0b77df8b0fc89e9c7eddec3fa71f98f5a2

SHA256
30ad8a0e1cee091ca48c771adb2e76baf1a7d54b9f60dc47f54dfdc2d6f6691e

SHA512
a3fdaa651f82428395bc412a2a04fce673768d3ef088b3748addf337d95464eb141ae7c286bff5c705eae05dd7b38207629588ae7e89ada15269463cd7acf541

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memory/2660-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
752KB

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memory/2660-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
752KB

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memory/2840-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/2840-3-0x0000000000401000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2840-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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