ardamax | e6b016288e1079ff132d921bcf129ad63907ef5b66fa01ecdd9256329d830580

General

Target

b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118
SHA1

4c0bab32c1592a215c8801099491376d1e995a05
SHA256

e6b016288e1079ff132d921bcf129ad63907ef5b66fa01ecdd9256329d830580
SHA512

6bd222241cc3e6d72c3af38175d998c6f5560e9a0dd8a7954052db18b34bf586f6d5bc7eb1256809d4bc1fc836ccc98e84df87a79d9f007686d2b034cff9a97c
SSDEEP

24576:z3LJTpVb556hNSE+3NuXHmGQeqGT+UVTXs3RHO1+fapSwRGudguVZXpwNpb2g6X:z3tTnbHONpHmufdXshOCwRGZuV/Wb36

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/0x000700000002346d-9.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-1-5-21-2412658365-3084825385-3340777666-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
820	IBU.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
820	IBU.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\IBU Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\NFHGES\\IBU.exe"	IBU.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 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\AKV.exe	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.003	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.exe	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\	IBU.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.004	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.001	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.002	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_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	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IBU.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
820	IBU.exe
820	IBU.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	820	IBU.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	820	IBU.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
820	IBU.exe
820	IBU.exe
820	IBU.exe
820	IBU.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 820	2884	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 820	2884	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 820	2884	b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b6f3cac20cd2ab6fb2e27002c4121118_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2884
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\NFHGES\IBU.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:820

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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Downloads

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

Filesize
489KB

MD5
0725c70d7b45945089905464a2710dc8

SHA1
a47223eb378919afc8c2a6af6b031bca12eacaae

SHA256
5340cf0385c1ccf9a5f01e9bbcb68474d5760c1c60bd87772fbd8a498208a3c5

SHA512
3b95b3c582c2df9a59c2aaa5e9f04ea093dda8b53a7df4b966d46c6f61643e8beed3e3cca0e784301f5f14ea17e2520ecf10dca0ae805e5b31bd51ac94d10888

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
513c67ebf0379f75a6920540283a4579

SHA1
2fe191acb478d62026a8dbf63f65619d168ddee6

SHA256
8f636876880c59251548fca626731e648553e0b81b02f4667c22cbfadfbd6e30

SHA512
2330f5bbd8d7de91473430bc35a125fe13b261afa5b4ef9533d4d6ebcde6cfe27f705fccbdefa092eb9123eb33dcc1448deab72adab981726517afe458beb01d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
1db8aa9ffda07a5f5559cbf25087147b

SHA1
eea77894bff8e24fb0861159927f67decb629184

SHA256
8cf369255b48195b8ecec1c7bf2e76924641880aa7311e6cf504ca534bbfcd62

SHA512
b9f80191dd8975c2e484eeec1bc7c6212d1b614061e69d96eda87b7a061a78a34de220f22607c3eb1c0fa37f152744a5c8f65a896e2884a9daf969db54a11704

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.003

Filesize
66KB

MD5
c6c2909c260d9381c3f12fe49c3d2aaa

SHA1
978e4e2ee74c899e63a89d95a7712cd27cdf30d9

SHA256
d63a8b7fe08368b43648e05318058f3817f3bd30005b56b338fe8428b996fa68

SHA512
29a9f095b12411bce4917e8ffe1f19a51630da28981fc21734cda7975ac71e793a73b221a91de83ab0bb0a353328bd06093125df89cb02d611d72b8a17fc1b00

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
57a1be717ef31a1377ab111699242154

SHA1
dd6023dac3ef403f9693f26a04f04dfd40042ba8

SHA256
9f4144f223f08363e7c87020a446089cf3035a3d32736e0c379cd178d5ebe29a

SHA512
cee79b4e5f60ffd229bb7218eb72596f06fd1199bf2cb3c6ad6f6aa2a4c583f0ba18767d0134a4c9f1deb8340db7867150e8c839a802728fe9b2d873bfa441a1

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NFHGES\IBU.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
7dc8f94e34ad6f38e94f957043c39617

SHA1
081a26dc478bd3de6f2889b9c8da8b2e79723d8b

SHA256
618fb51d23c0ca116dbd24dc5e0240ebda862e405283d64871549321fde08202

SHA512
539c239670369f34e7907d072bdf6b91becb927454db3212b0c307363289b1900edffa2f9fac22d3d14435fcee28b7bdeee1f039f027d74f84627c85774b9f56

Download Submit
memory/820-19-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000B81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/820-21-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000B81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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