ardamax | 3ef9bad8dbc9becb39a3c0242d2a835258eb4f215173065eed4f3a33fa0a8eb0

General

Target

c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.8MB
MD5

c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1
SHA1

c0d4c7a07d60ed2de61c24ff675204b98b5d80d3
SHA256

3ef9bad8dbc9becb39a3c0242d2a835258eb4f215173065eed4f3a33fa0a8eb0
SHA512

95c6a1b55c602948fb7bc5eee334abbff70476a4ab9d8f06076d00e23a5b3dec7b9baa4d8858a79c6cec1a7b82f49430d7ff3fb356dc0026cfe5265f7da94615
SSDEEP

49152:qWYtqRnAbOgZeESc/ZRu2IdhoCm4E4rf07PG2Z:qpulgkEL/m/mSwbGE

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery evasion keylogger persistence stealer themida

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000015d98-12.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2220	LDD.exe

Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1385883288-3042840365-2734249351-1000\Software\Wine	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2404	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe
2220	LDD.exe
2800	DllHost.exe
2404	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe

Themida packer 2 IoCs

Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

themida

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2404-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C4000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/2404-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C4000-memory.dmp	themida

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\LDD Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\YPDTUA\\LDD.exe"	LDD.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 created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\LDD.exe	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\	LDD.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\LDD.004	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\LDD.001	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\LDD.002	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\AKV.exe	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_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	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	LDD.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2220	LDD.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2220	LDD.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2800	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2220	LDD.exe
2220	LDD.exe
2220	LDD.exe
2220	LDD.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2220	2404	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2220	2404	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2220	2404	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2220	2404	c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c848fd6b8b324c46153f70c69546c2f1_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2404
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\LDD.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\YPDTUA\LDD.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:2220

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
PID:2800

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

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\04.jpg

Filesize
70KB

MD5
d571e53e80707905487aedd70585eea1

SHA1
9e81204ade02d752545f995e2b37aebb63cd8bcf

SHA256
4e4b3b0cc8fc12f1462d942286cbc7caa07db58a30cbd9914a704328774be7db

SHA512
52481c202a2cf243936398aa964f96bd1cdfc171073c915a4b2b9e0f281bc91f89afae1eceb205a4b123f994b9faf14666931803477cf768a49fe3352d3d9cbc

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

Filesize
466KB

MD5
4c5711d8a02899113661bdff195d80d5

SHA1
263592abea6d60887defb4b1bcb47dbb383edfb6

SHA256
661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195

SHA512
4b16ee6c75a169ad02c6b30d08efcd969ba8840adf49f6eeec3abbe8b9f5f288e1b1cfb4431711a74510a6973663335e43d256ae0dcd1a68f55331152a4f64ae

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\LDD.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
7a5612cc859be918c5767487f8a6815a

SHA1
a855d3a3e6336ac0508a8099e8ace14680394c36

SHA256
643419bc7e3a46ecdd7196858b3489c806c5edc486b513ce58519a109544c9d1

SHA512
31c541870dbc695c34d132c4232accc2fe511f30188a4db33d5c41758cf5af00a4906b55b0a208b5848436313fd3d8ccf6be7f1af62ecedd3a5c4c301dc5e11d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\LDD.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
b2bcd668abf17ee408d232cc636614b2

SHA1
c354f941121515536c4f0d9ae49ed1a9b28534b4

SHA256
563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99

SHA512
ba1be164de5919ae45f4bedfebe7e7799626b457f07b42fc43b8912f2932955833617b45e147e2e4d406f57f57f50c1869aa611db18a569919395e42fa53a702

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\LDD.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
084243415321fd7d17685c040516bcc6

SHA1
b956872611c56167d6b41a6a6b742ba8b3dbd280

SHA256
805427c5cc34315aff9f4d0b97c512193b994312eb12337d1284aad23c72938d

SHA512
4718404dfe215664cc6853537d8835fc1461331844906118cde885082b3d2c7bc36ab9182978922c2540f3bd680cf3eabb35b2a79d4217a3b7d65cb734c046f0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YPDTUA\LDD.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
a9ea3f61a57b36cde9953afd91f18d34

SHA1
e7e931b96b6e39b64a2a38d704bbe9561a234cbc

SHA256
accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec

SHA512
0a6a42a772a3afd66233d9d3abb962b3a8cbf3d6e0e719352795b6441a148617dbe788991f0cead29d4b1540726504c9c56bebd9836ae6263b82a121fafd89fc

Download Submit
memory/2220-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000590000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

Download
memory/2220-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000590000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

Download
memory/2404-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

Download
memory/2404-22-0x0000000004320000-0x0000000004322000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

Download
memory/2404-26-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

Download
memory/2404-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

Download
memory/2404-1-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

Download
memory/2800-23-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads