ardamax | 82d69b888965d9bb70cbf74e4339013a2585c3727a5af911609be4f3338b4133

General

Target

a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

2.2MB
MD5

a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151
SHA1

29854fcb2fd493ffcab8dffa7c87d4e2043975fd
SHA256

82d69b888965d9bb70cbf74e4339013a2585c3727a5af911609be4f3338b4133
SHA512

cb2252698c3bd9d6a5b69cb0aa66cd01ca88a8479e464eb8ac376560369da32ce5946b033c12049487eb31b66601d6ed37500fe7d139564ba089c7abc26a8c81
SSDEEP

49152:toTDgngJuqGwlgtunms7xaGcOazIAJdVpR642es4dht2Ycm+7Fpjzw:2gQ3lgtK94GcOaMWdvR64Gyz2Y/mFq

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/0x00070000000235f1-8.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-1-5-21-2170637797-568393320-3232933035-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3268	FOI.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3268	FOI.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\FOI Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\LAIULU\\FOI.exe"	FOI.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 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\FOI.002	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\AKV.exe	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\FOI.exe	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\	FOI.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\FOI.004	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\FOI.001	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_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	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	FOI.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3268	FOI.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3268	FOI.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3268	FOI.exe
3268	FOI.exe
3268	FOI.exe
3268	FOI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4300 wrote to memory of 3268	4300	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 4300 wrote to memory of 3268	4300	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 4300 wrote to memory of 3268	4300	a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a7573982752fb60bed50612199265151_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4300
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\FOI.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\LAIULU\FOI.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:3268

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=4156,i,9445584274764997943,12714240264001792460,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4060 /prefetch:8
1⤵
PID:4544

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

Filesize
466KB

MD5
4c5711d8a02899113661bdff195d80d5

SHA1
263592abea6d60887defb4b1bcb47dbb383edfb6

SHA256
661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195

SHA512
4b16ee6c75a169ad02c6b30d08efcd969ba8840adf49f6eeec3abbe8b9f5f288e1b1cfb4431711a74510a6973663335e43d256ae0dcd1a68f55331152a4f64ae

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\FOI.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
7a5612cc859be918c5767487f8a6815a

SHA1
a855d3a3e6336ac0508a8099e8ace14680394c36

SHA256
643419bc7e3a46ecdd7196858b3489c806c5edc486b513ce58519a109544c9d1

SHA512
31c541870dbc695c34d132c4232accc2fe511f30188a4db33d5c41758cf5af00a4906b55b0a208b5848436313fd3d8ccf6be7f1af62ecedd3a5c4c301dc5e11d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\FOI.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
b2bcd668abf17ee408d232cc636614b2

SHA1
c354f941121515536c4f0d9ae49ed1a9b28534b4

SHA256
563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99

SHA512
ba1be164de5919ae45f4bedfebe7e7799626b457f07b42fc43b8912f2932955833617b45e147e2e4d406f57f57f50c1869aa611db18a569919395e42fa53a702

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\FOI.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
5dafbbac823ad5372b208d89cf05c021

SHA1
b8717cebec737eb0fa85e7bb57a2d643cc574e73

SHA256
350e289a41001871eae495b54a4811ad57e3fedbce1d05fd627622cae6ebda28

SHA512
c6757534a483fbd25bbd73e6202ec2640cda71ab74129ba1ea3d666e19b68c6a25ef233d471dd93fb521a90bf18c319cc145b9f9e9e068afecb2571d92f92825

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LAIULU\FOI.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
a9ea3f61a57b36cde9953afd91f18d34

SHA1
e7e931b96b6e39b64a2a38d704bbe9561a234cbc

SHA256
accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec

SHA512
0a6a42a772a3afd66233d9d3abb962b3a8cbf3d6e0e719352795b6441a148617dbe788991f0cead29d4b1540726504c9c56bebd9836ae6263b82a121fafd89fc

Download Submit
memory/3268-16-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3268-18-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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