ardamax | 8273060e7e3b402a7c965e987a19dc16315a0c3843c2f76eac430f0c66428c15

General

Target

b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.0MB
MD5

b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6
SHA1

8edda9bd8a02cf827bdf47144d19196ba73685be
SHA256

8273060e7e3b402a7c965e987a19dc16315a0c3843c2f76eac430f0c66428c15
SHA512

61fe839b1aa3dcf78e022ad1d41267a905158140fc979e464fe5d230fe828e775fdb780c975a434af71976434ea61c0f776c276de0020fe2c0075153865737ec
SSDEEP

24576:gVPTf+Ku3vkT/TlSt35gqhIQDVkS0SDbrLEqv:xdI/TlSp+KaS09

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/0x00060000000194fa-8.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2704	OKJ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2864	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_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\OKJ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\YITGJQ\\OKJ.exe"	OKJ.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\OKJ.001	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\OKJ.002	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\AKV.exe	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\OKJ.exe	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\OKJ.004	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_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	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	OKJ.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2704	OKJ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2864 wrote to memory of 2704	2864	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2864 wrote to memory of 2704	2864	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2864 wrote to memory of 2704	2864	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2864 wrote to memory of 2704	2864	b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5a6f286985780b9ef422d4c4556dba6_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2864
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\OKJ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\YITGJQ\OKJ.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  PID:2704

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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Downloads

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

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\OKJ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92

SHA1
0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9

SHA256
dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1

SHA512
1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\OKJ.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\OKJ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
f4ab223261c8b9a731673fddecfcd839

SHA1
13c944172335fd3d4dd1fcfd99f9598a5af5fa39

SHA256
d4687c651b507fc6fd622f161282cabdde16c8c6cc789928ee5a533021700665

SHA512
aacd9312d4a6a31d14ac2b7753948d08972a1aabcb0f642970575773580467c76ab1925ac60dee364474388236bf362ce81711f9ab01897e8444460a7fbd7d7c

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\YITGJQ\OKJ.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

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memory/2704-20-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2704-21-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2864-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000023000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2864-0-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000BA6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2864-14-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000023000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2864-13-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000BA6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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