ardamax | 1784f7a5e094146e84d53f20d6d504a4cf353e369fc895ed81bc9bbd9950d5a7

General

Target

bacd3aab6910a82ed5b64b210e92135c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

bacd3aab6910a82ed5b64b210e92135c
SHA1

36d2f786c6f1699a8d309854fa2bb165cf93c4fc
SHA256

1784f7a5e094146e84d53f20d6d504a4cf353e369fc895ed81bc9bbd9950d5a7
SHA512

51e45d86cdb476ba192655627610bae691e3cc7a9a300492552ab14bb891a5273af904e4d75e47a675101790b370f52102a5371fc91d3ed94b8b57b93a265640
SSDEEP

24576:eITTy6nYLlB8G4yQAIl/VNagjl7AUMDgaWqnllZdLJaMcF8MGV0:e6TyQsX4yQAItasEpDgaW4lZdlaGQ

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/0x000500000001a3f7-20.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2544	NEW.exe
2864	JII.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2544	NEW.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\JII Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\FJDMVR\\JII.exe"	JII.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\JII.001	NEW.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\JII.002	NEW.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\AKV.exe	NEW.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\JII.exe	NEW.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\JII.004	NEW.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	NEW.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JII.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3024 wrote to memory of 2544	3024	bacd3aab6910a82ed5b64b210e92135c_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3024 wrote to memory of 2544	3024	bacd3aab6910a82ed5b64b210e92135c_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3024 wrote to memory of 2544	3024	bacd3aab6910a82ed5b64b210e92135c_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3024 wrote to memory of 2544	3024	bacd3aab6910a82ed5b64b210e92135c_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 2864	2544	NEW.exe	32
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 2864	2544	NEW.exe	32
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 2864	2544	NEW.exe	32
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 2864	2544	NEW.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bacd3aab6910a82ed5b64b210e92135c_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bacd3aab6910a82ed5b64b210e92135c_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3024
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2544
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\JII.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\FJDMVR\JII.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2864

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW.exe

Filesize
1.2MB

MD5
49b98877ff5fe0d83e1df3d6a4fe595d

SHA1
1767463f9fe2fd38b664c3818b2309591a036480

SHA256
9e6d7df6da98b564cba6cc6d449ba9ca8d704aa4d2e14cc2fb1f4ae82ac40d76

SHA512
d387c25d96346cf54c951f93321414c6f64b58efe9ae810a0784d4a75de64967836e159e9bfc3399eb16165f50a3b4a2129c977a6fb3a2644fcebad2b418a5b2

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

Filesize
490KB

MD5
64a6cc55dc76d26448c30a8a1885f7cb

SHA1
149e467026647e080b4c69ab4f99b2d3c2b4dbe4

SHA256
5cbc0ec73c901be4ac182e13f6869f6f8cf0831b9603e542a3919f6a06087640

SHA512
de8cd7bea8113871ce8a36966fbaefd02b8ef7b09a8cbb631b4ac353bdf65b27d5630146ed700fd6edbc4276f4368ebad76b772d9b84349ddc2bd6f7127c377d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\JII.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
bf311791d2f9ea9c82a8d4764a98c0d8

SHA1
405ba2bd110590abd0bf340d12e054405afb011f

SHA256
d720cf3d297743da7ab1da528f4c086a29d59ef553e1a96569b49a59831d583b

SHA512
8be092f068807767b0065de10f9da386b90d8e587356881ba3391380b953b199e818b527e74b305d7c714fc94cb6f8e66c76d89d1785fa9910aa4cb39c5cada8

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\JII.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
ce365878123962c3438e349621c10198

SHA1
5b861d9fc2923c61ef390a0b729a21078aa5fd59

SHA256
ba254f6675490a045d4c85a5f46681c175c1321692c20fc808c7c244173dd63f

SHA512
efc6f143d5e9244a6635562d7e9a9cea22ab7e7b304e933642a51d66da896e9038208b86c12f6da623a01b9175e73eeb40ab600e6625db3595144bfca1231a76

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\JII.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
042ac0c0c95c3a5259214a77c69839a9

SHA1
140d39a68fd998b318a2709adb347ef5e9541d9b

SHA256
34d1d51c8ea3f1ebb03417ef954449e842fef2c55a7c27634af6e447b8311d5c

SHA512
82b80d67e416bfa51d35d578b7a26be8cf104f8f8d6a3df90a64705a30dec42b39891896522c773890be33bd324238bca0a58484171885cfb4e936875fd66d76

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FJDMVR\JII.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
8f7590bbba70748e69612e9e2d5a9f2e

SHA1
f3ad9834bc38f33fe501b9076c65ac29d0410578

SHA256
2dec3a8fb4a5b198335e7f4a9b611194b0a081abf0c56f9df3f4e2697e69d9e4

SHA512
347e9ac793afd627e064ecdfea61c3e2b626ace0ea41928aad93a72567048b8e9bdf773f8a4a59a0d96ce8c08612c542c15982e8051828bef025fea6132838c6

Download Submit
memory/3024-0-0x000007FEF5CCE000-0x000007FEF5CCF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3024-1-0x000007FEF5A10000-0x000007FEF63AD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

Download
memory/3024-2-0x000007FEF5A10000-0x000007FEF63AD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

Download
memory/3024-3-0x000007FEF5A10000-0x000007FEF63AD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

Download
memory/3024-15-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

Download
memory/3024-21-0x000007FEF5A10000-0x000007FEF63AD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

Download

Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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