ardamax | 300deadece113db709f163bc23e03e28a066deac96198c58a8475c50a04c5385

General

Target

ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.9MB
MD5

ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2
SHA1

8c0b4cf386f54ee568977662a385ccc41305bd61
SHA256

300deadece113db709f163bc23e03e28a066deac96198c58a8475c50a04c5385
SHA512

735fc933031c8e61a0cd9eb6ebd01a20bcc3c38cf2a96e5e926ea2a52f731ab6becee6d118a90756109c0b28eb97ba5b2a416116dbc61accca4d120a99464850
SSDEEP

49152:MoT/7TmemscP4Sj5CM9ik1Z997C5F61vAJPyHHRdrRRxaZr:pncPp8sB1/9GK1oKyZr

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/0x0009000000018b00-8.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2756	XNE.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2288	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.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\XNE Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\DKGXOA\\XNE.exe"	XNE.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.exe	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.004	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.001	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.002	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\AKV.exe	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.chm	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.003	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_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 3 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	XNE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DllHost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2668	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2756	2288	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2756	2288	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2756	2288	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2756	2288	ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac1b625f196fa24509ba7164070587c2_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2288
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\DKGXOA\XNE.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2756

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
PID:2668

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

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Koala.jpg

Filesize
762KB

MD5
2b04df3ecc1d94afddff082d139c6f15

SHA1
9c3dcb1f9185a314ea25d51aed3b5881b32f420c

SHA256
84a4da0e4c52c469ace6e0c674a9144cd43eb2628c401c8b56b41242e2be4af1

SHA512
9ed54a59c3f4633f9dec7a4fc91a87c6595a156f38fd4eb8180c610a77f9e0d9a76a13e522057f4e011399175572d45ab89feeef3d9019316ef91661f27e3613

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\AKV.exe

Filesize
463KB

MD5
eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832

SHA1
1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa

SHA256
96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061

SHA512
d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd

SHA1
7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09

SHA256
70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24

SHA512
ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2

SHA1
a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336

SHA256
4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d

SHA512
dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.003

Filesize
68KB

MD5
f47e8f65618e1b1f7e1720713f5a8c4c

SHA1
abad8e9e13b1e41f2af86e3c16526c6f2d05d952

SHA256
f170be2582c82ea131e1f688eea6e1cd17d14e6a9bb805b6aed2791e625a74d8

SHA512
635d617dbd15d00e2f7470857531b9820439a8816f2c74b3d83156599537ff42e26ea7d769863f2768eb2770ba9c47b1a10eb3e2677fe92b9eda6ae51da18dcb

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
2a0dab5c12141cd9c56953274ed03ac5

SHA1
7f90769a44c04e278fe3f1cabcce703bbeae2d36

SHA256
1e8785ba74a1084dafe88860254dac1fae39e691d16bc27d41a3b69fd1395ef3

SHA512
59dc395d47f37fa01cb8ed385892ccdd80505c851342f9026d787d1a744961eb1bdcb1210ced07d5d0d6fa76a3fbf20d3a374c32486380736dcf5f6ef006da78

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.chm

Filesize
20KB

MD5
164ea98e2f64635f8a097870781da36c

SHA1
7cd9294657902f6bc199007e30f6514fce66f666

SHA256
c69e694d6db9a958a99901afb86a8b864a17b510a5dcdd1c176f53abf0c61a61

SHA512
4e19842a0d959876cdac60fd145fa36f2d98650b843c6faea2b01e205b2f0ce262b45c1c60fbf483320f012d4c00b96dff36e72d27ecbe9133f09d6618cbde20

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\DKGXOA\XNE.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041

SHA1
3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802

SHA256
734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4

SHA512
5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399

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memory/2288-21-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000A82000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2668-22-0x00000000000F0000-0x00000000000F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

Download
memory/2756-20-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2756-24-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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