ardamax | 4f39eb15caf1f914da1fd37c3446fe79bdf6b3650dfa08dbe91972227a7d8574

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
max time network
139s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
27/08/2024, 22:33

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General

Target

c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23
SHA1

7e273cca94a8fe28d1ca41bec533274cf99d135f
SHA256

4f39eb15caf1f914da1fd37c3446fe79bdf6b3650dfa08dbe91972227a7d8574
SHA512

8acc51762452c20c8ce0f91054ed039a6b279e8d2c536af129a5f23ab08b97389c974eef7a3a3c96b6f8134ef4b57d18e5181858fb4c821db1f5f5aa880bdf5c
SSDEEP

24576:UHvZThWXS3+wfvh66/dbfoeVL9pjl2+y5p00fWshv6Fw/qoz:cBTgs+wYkbAerpjqr0KyFEL

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials

Protocol: ftp
Host:
ftp.drivehq.com
Port:
21
Username:
homecomming

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023489-8.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-1-5-21-2392887640-1187051047-2909758433-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3276	DIR.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3276	DIR.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\DIR Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\XIUOCP\\DIR.exe"	DIR.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 15 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.001	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Screen_Aug_27_2024__22_34_13.jpg	DIR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Screen_Aug_27_2024__22_35_13.html	DIR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Screen_Aug_27_2024__22_34_13.html	DIR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Screen_Aug_27_2024__22_35_13.jpg	DIR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.exe	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\	DIR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.008	DIR.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.008	DIR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Screen_Aug_27_2024__22_34_43.jpg	DIR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.004	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.002	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\AKV.exe	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Screen_Aug_27_2024__22_33_42.html	DIR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Screen_Aug_27_2024__22_33_42.jpg	DIR.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	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DIR.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3276	DIR.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3276	DIR.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3276	DIR.exe
3276	DIR.exe
3276	DIR.exe
3276	DIR.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1232 wrote to memory of 3276	1232	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 1232 wrote to memory of 3276	1232	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 1232 wrote to memory of 3276	1232	c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c5dc872493484557cca5115944d5bc23_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1232
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\XIUOCP\DIR.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:3276

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

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

Filesize
461KB

MD5
7e335c1258740a5798c2b3eea5a97229

SHA1
6ce1e98ddc05a4b9e772901c9bc6caae4103267f

SHA256
667ab5d791b89216a46f7dd3a1bcb9b7e5f235415a74a9678ca41cec051c462f

SHA512
8c190dd139f5459a91c81871f53fc080a81c6397c68cb5b0ee195571012cc8af923b10cd77301da1816f935d36a0587d1c75126f5553005a0f50eb22d3441cb4

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Aug_27_2024__22_33_42.008

Filesize
94KB

MD5
b68da51a9fec796cf70be53dad5b3451

SHA1
8ddf0302cdcf903be527f755c5d2ff88c7220d87

SHA256
c5b18ecc36d91fdbffcd0f2d5ab7d238bf33d4cbe3bc25b2e17b9e5bc6faf735

SHA512
c35a99c1a564fd34435951904f3c6d64bb1f9fd94c5d3b9311193e85535518bcca00213429825ec39d85ff7a4c4ac540a6e24e4943170a54fc148f474101dc5d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Aug_27_2024__22_34_13.008

Filesize
189KB

MD5
b729117e7808c1202322a72c8cb2940d

SHA1
e4ae7ae2bcedbf9b5787825363f8e1b8ef764a07

SHA256
29d98fbf1ad400ff6828f2d9c0220d865e5cfa9dcadcdaa553b0ce0bf2518d4e

SHA512
fc1e78c2b2572d1f3566364d2d4816fabd4e8bf1684606b087c886fea07c984c9fdfe018c0a14144bf2afc95621e010e02cb7e61ac972a8e8cdf645d9815654f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Aug_27_2024__22_35_13.008

Filesize
95KB

MD5
535133d46e57d07ea05988a62f4c84b8

SHA1
ae734cfdf43378a370e2e8ce98d353b6c2b20375

SHA256
d12d371cf6fd5ddcc2ae3d6a0d9d38fdc91dea716ebd58ce2b884cfd3fd7e683

SHA512
ea02e427bca866a6b0d9fd14d4bdc8badc39267fd6b6f0e8023659c8608a18856a91a6722c40494fd17873883dac0e4795d5857ffd9699e8186e0a72b626348b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
9fca42b7fa3132ded471b886c4bf8a51

SHA1
86109ac13f8b63bd3467bbf05e39c5cf9bd11d26

SHA256
c519bcfc50245700b30cb417478b46810443b03a6447387dd1d0a13966ff00dd

SHA512
bbdd590e1bd2971fbc6a462f6501341c0808d658ba3407b051f9d299d9babf0632af092d64c6ad290d4ae5d9db8c367898a064bbea916c516c0a54066ad698ab

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
4c30b3e90b3da5619bc0d5f53c025135

SHA1
829f487b7c26f6cb8b7f211b2331abbc5229aa61

SHA256
b632cedab7ce3d19eebc0d31864dc8c38cd249dcbde299cda818f7026ec294cf

SHA512
fd0b36fb43c6b62f6d47455b392276d4e3710b204ef11c70cefed417740a4b5d9357ba37f612f3f87d539175af312ead05bc7a4360fe3e26fd43c56e856e6313

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
6d66dcf4e350505eefc17a779c2b6bde

SHA1
b631ee7e1051ae3c937b803d9e323232821300a2

SHA256
1fafa2f8a90c99690bceee928c9e99a893788ac2409cff0ebbdf3d63b257387a

SHA512
06470a2f223ccf8cad834d97ffc5c0e982c1c15d935e055452275d8c9b098bf34b998b87263fc870cade02f35422eaf2b17cc29efd1459359f7367c2925d5b11

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\DIR.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9c28244f2dbe3a4758b532838b0040c9

SHA1
4b58bb4033d43ae64af6c18db48d5d25e23f6121

SHA256
cb770745d547a27a4b99fdbe27a672135f812b29d94fd2b843d06bb5aa1748aa

SHA512
24ed3d4c6aae307a0f1bb1f063b211152644b06d7425a5fe24b09f5f747dd63011451cef3f47cc4985b3316cf1213c056d38768ccb7f44cb2fab28cf4e30e969

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XIUOCP\Screen_Aug_27_2024__22_33_42.jpg

Filesize
94KB

MD5
71c5c4505fafc72d1c31ac7471600d43

SHA1
345d494e491994b55e373d52fa6813d79a42b5ab

SHA256
1c3113f77be2cad426c45b6b464c7c7b7fe25bac63cd1612786814bbf232d015

SHA512
9eba644d052af7b61edebfbb9bc4c4a9f75e2b05c2f6c1ca4677de7a291d90a148ee2499a502200210344e79af0b9c3d180719629be3e69b5d554337b35e5fdf

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memory/3276-16-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3276-18-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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