ardamax | ba55d4ef3147fd08f4ee6b4c52e38d827f41e107105c616a56c7e49d4bb3b8e9

General

Target

a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291
SHA1

d31361b4d4cd5ceea092634a3da7e36120969e30
SHA256

ba55d4ef3147fd08f4ee6b4c52e38d827f41e107105c616a56c7e49d4bb3b8e9
SHA512

fa3661e0312f07bb825efa47308ffcb934fc93a1f414d54e8643647cea9460e033238681591c5b465f9e3e3f98d919cce8877c2e4f67d93ed9aa6dfe973ae0b8
SSDEEP

24576:qDrTuE0cL3CeDeQYb5OcKTJzr3wc1Kz2NIyT/OT/QSI7B6:qXTtrDJYQcKTJYKNIy4/FI7

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
behavioral1/files/0x00060000000186d7-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2060	PMJ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1344	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe
2060	PMJ.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\PMJ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\XPLBSC\\PMJ.exe"	PMJ.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\XPLBSC\PMJ.004	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\PMJ.001	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\PMJ.002	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\AKV.exe	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\PMJ.exe	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\	PMJ.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	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PMJ.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2060	PMJ.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2060	PMJ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2060	PMJ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2060	PMJ.exe
2060	PMJ.exe
2060	PMJ.exe
2060	PMJ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1344 wrote to memory of 2060	1344	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 1344 wrote to memory of 2060	1344	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 1344 wrote to memory of 2060	1344	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 1344 wrote to memory of 2060	1344	a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a82f26acca602314029a5a50f2150291_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1344
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\PMJ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\XPLBSC\PMJ.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:2060

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

1

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\XPLBSC\AKV.exe

Filesize
487KB

MD5
0591055f864fdbf838f05500a4033170

SHA1
5d273a442877a65e501e5c123f3dc45677c7d049

SHA256
24c622dfc83330b4f233dcf87684c00a734a1112284188cfe1636221590e9497

SHA512
b6cf93e63d074ecd3856543bfea14f58c37594289dbb13595cdfb79f8ce027795ad00dccc7ca70b621767c9ba03b8ebe2014e5fddd53608405f00c2791305074

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\PMJ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
da40e93ad90ab590fe53693447794639

SHA1
ecf59a5ecbd382191169eda65f86ea331dd08547

SHA256
b82f906b6429aa5c3df2dd7d2b61f33912c8db41ff783d35731050a024bc6420

SHA512
87dbcbd1825ea71c78583680650236e8a8f8d4f718cf85f1542ed51fb1caaa4ff059ff0f201125564bcd80fa9d20c1d9ccd11e37133c7fef5ad30b27996f44e6

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\PMJ.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
377ce908ebaea0de394f2e850ca6a26a

SHA1
d54276a5deeab532d5e5e3602e08d608e95c0707

SHA256
dd81ace139ab0d6ca157775a5479fe6b94dc58de3a9bf81d39225967697cbcef

SHA512
fda6bd43017754e7fa23037591073a52bdecac8629b5b2fe0eb924fd958dd450074b742ee94879430e0d4155efa9fc0a080b6dd035cf726cce3cb575ac6eb35f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\PMJ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
1b896f4700a12e4155d5fe71fb482976

SHA1
f3158f841ac993b54b07c13cbd3bb0c21914e23d

SHA256
cac13626a70479cb117a2559a05f85d791b092574bdf0852d95bbbc95ccff644

SHA512
8e9a75ec3343db680c55beda3c9a5b29230bcfb113b8f2b6534bb79fb589f7ba8c6b11fa78fc293a61393ba204450a54e52348bbc81722923483b87af6b7c597

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\XPLBSC\PMJ.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
913606bf5ce3b52911d6645f99b066da

SHA1
1a651dbc73e39f9f8ff4b8979b463e9b2c480f60

SHA256
082036e132e0317a4dfa2add3e76ec42a82c6c64623d4cffc92314f3511bdc4d

SHA512
d136e882a1a87eac4706b4aea82a10584d7570116e6b025f6ee419d13eb2760dde2f54a10fa1ac149be62441f75f171ba0dc8503c00d404877ff9d433212604a

Download Submit
memory/2060-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2060-17-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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