ardamax | 0fa22668d3b699913d7229f46a17934a45d490af69f4c52e1fc35b5fbbf5c0a4

General

Target

c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da
SHA1

9192036d5991ee286c0c66fd46cff8c156e2cc37
SHA256

0fa22668d3b699913d7229f46a17934a45d490af69f4c52e1fc35b5fbbf5c0a4
SHA512

16b56605efce9689b669844d1f8b1e40a933aab43f2513f76dc22402953452d22da6403635bb7478f7dd889c3cbefd7d34814a942e88918f7c899c10b05a38b0
SSDEEP

24576:P0NzTD1SZhX+dCZxVXXJxLPkPD6JWd6Qto5c2oc8pspylLB8gkG:P0pTOhX+d0JxLsDPW5TodGOd8l

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/0x00070000000234f9-8.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-1-5-21-1194130065-3471212556-1656947724-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4352	UEG.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\UEG Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WFFJVC\\UEG.exe"	UEG.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\UEG.004	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\UEG.001	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\UEG.002	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\AKV.exe	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\UEG.exe	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_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	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	UEG.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4596 wrote to memory of 4352	4596	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4596 wrote to memory of 4352	4596	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4596 wrote to memory of 4352	4596	c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c182a0a5db5d164eb63f8b70377476da_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4596
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\UEG.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\WFFJVC\UEG.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4352

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

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\WFFJVC\AKV.exe

Filesize
485KB

MD5
b905540561802896d1609a5709c38795

SHA1
a265f7c1d428ccece168d36ae1a5f50abfb69e37

SHA256
ce666ce776c30251bb1b465d47826c23efaa86ec5ee50b2a4d23a4ceb343ed53

SHA512
7663654f134f47a8092bae1f3f9d46732d2541ab955e7604d43a0def1e61e2bc039a6753e94d99f1d04b69f55a86f1fb937513671019f1bdf100edb97b24badc

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\UEG.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
0e7e847fb96b4faa6cb4d3707a96887e

SHA1
896fd4064044e271312e9128e874108eec69521f

SHA256
c0f3e18ed0020dae5f75d3338b51f9c8de26d8af0a4d31904ba77cb1d112bbca

SHA512
ad680ed30b0cabe1be4e7237b8e620060de9c5f64d088d21a6acf6f293551ab4abc10f8f959aa6041e19aeaea538e72beeecc29b7669546a9a151141d4e73684

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\UEG.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
f195701cf2c54d6ceadad943cf5135b8

SHA1
9beb03fc097fc58d7375b0511b87ced98a423a08

SHA256
177c1dcc7f13158445f0b99713e9cad205da86e764940a48d43dc375565b0dec

SHA512
f78def1ab431bb2b7b647ec76c063c30a87cabd22605f94cbe4fbb6f757fd54ddf7861d3842a0e369abfce94b68d41dec0fe2322a74f67d9875f561f92b20025

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\UEG.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
d889b5707fddd2ebf071573be94bc215

SHA1
3b255ec1239667e513e358bc13dfe061795b0722

SHA256
e2bea8f55b370176c4673d6bebffc0195241bc67862b75e099bc404d5f1351df

SHA512
c8a726f07aa200c1448ffc4ba5e4a15dcfe48bbdc272320312b0b51f96f8c994a8bf993226e05e09036bc726f864c7f5d8b114d84508cff6ca28a9db2de3c769

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WFFJVC\UEG.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
d95623e481661c678a0546e02f10f24c

SHA1
b6949e68a19b270873764585eb1e82448d1e0717

SHA256
cecfadce6fb09b3977c20d15fb40f8f66a1d7e488a4794451d048a598c3417da

SHA512
dee02644d92ed30e88bb10e9dcdba97abd9949b230059ec20cf5d93061f9cdb77b1e793e5f69d0b51595c30077c3ddd093348d22b070ce898ccefe28b8062591

Download Submit
memory/4352-16-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F1000-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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