ardamax | 830eca29d89af67efdc3f38a732e37f13d9f89cdbdc7ec93dcf2220764ca1b17

General

Target

be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873
SHA1

97f8a32314ff23e2acc0f6e048f92515cb1ba8b9
SHA256

830eca29d89af67efdc3f38a732e37f13d9f89cdbdc7ec93dcf2220764ca1b17
SHA512

6f3d2ebdb7f7574d35fcb367aa11fd0e0fbc92e4594b5b6a6be93088afaca5d9bc31a8e7d80db7569150fbe97813055d4beda67fb70fa32fe136207db358f498
SSDEEP

24576:FZxTtPqeTsq9JaNbbLA0b4sGfmn+T2UYlfKcfNUqlQhEopCdzoH1Kwaxd7pQ:FXTxqi2Q0bkAUYlqpC2AlxRp

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/0x00070000000160d9-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2748	EKX.exe
2168	Autoclick caos.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe
2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe
2748	EKX.exe
2168	Autoclick caos.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\EKX Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\DASLEJ\\EKX.exe"	EKX.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 opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\	EKX.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\EKX.004	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\EKX.001	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\EKX.002	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\AKV.exe	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\EKX.exe	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_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	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EKX.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Autoclick caos.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2748	EKX.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2748	EKX.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2748	EKX.exe
2748	EKX.exe
2748	EKX.exe
2748	EKX.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2748	2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2748	2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2748	2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2748	2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2168	2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2168	2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2168	2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2168	2480	be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be94802dec7176dedf6b914e92813873_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2480
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\EKX.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\DASLEJ\EKX.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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2748
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Autoclick caos.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Autoclick caos.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2168

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Autoclick caos.exe

Filesize
317KB

MD5
1c84f9f91661f6e1d8bbe2c41c0fe742

SHA1
ca810f25d6090f87acec9eb76a787af0dc9130f3

SHA256
d036eb91aa925bf97ebb85adb87fa9be7425457baeb84fc4e60e5f01b016c03e

SHA512
b18f63cebb721780aaad0f119282a8876c871fe848f216bc27f0b2498247eb79eaa59e86f0839647727c97fd3728169cc564e32563d283cd34595b5900a8b2b2

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

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\EKX.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92

SHA1
0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9

SHA256
dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1

SHA512
1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\EKX.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\EKX.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
0632c2539f9d5348ff9f16ab7afb936a

SHA1
08a7c751c96bb38529f8e9fe87f53a241036e15c

SHA256
f484ad3d7e9d9bd5aad5f02b034a4db0535a6bf68c2eff4bc183829e6847246d

SHA512
9e9042b628f8322d22fb801cf8602bacec682e75e1a671098568767abe4d91f4f0b6f7cbc5ae2cf068168e653e3353d028590a1fe67ad7cf71cd4a64f7abdeb0

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\DASLEJ\EKX.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

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memory/2168-25-0x0000000074B50000-0x00000000750FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2168-24-0x0000000074B51000-0x0000000074B52000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2168-26-0x0000000074B50000-0x00000000750FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2168-28-0x0000000074B50000-0x00000000750FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2168-29-0x0000000074B50000-0x00000000750FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2168-38-0x0000000074B50000-0x00000000750FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2168-42-0x0000000074B50000-0x00000000750FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2168-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

Filesize
208KB

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memory/2168-44-0x0000000074B50000-0x00000000750FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2168-45-0x0000000074B50000-0x00000000750FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2748-21-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2748-41-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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