ardamax | 02fe433ee42741b05763156b493b046a8679f9ce0cd918f1c30812e076666972

General

Target

ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5
SHA1

7c0ecc2d07b81d82f69930f7ec9c57082f216f9d
SHA256

02fe433ee42741b05763156b493b046a8679f9ce0cd918f1c30812e076666972
SHA512

0533d767bf2bcab83cc7e1f3c1865209260855ccb1f1f12643d821858d369c6fec436212772dd5ee67013db0a7bfcb987d80c0fe515ccae98e90ab16a60e1481
SSDEEP

24576:HZxTEp53kGkJK73JjZ6ff8EtJk9HbqbMSpAIXOixBiE66HVqZNF6YA00VRT2nt:HXTEp53Nv79Z6ff8EtqBb5uBiEqNhA0R

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/0x00070000000234b2-9.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	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
376	GFA.exe
2292	metin2.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
376	GFA.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\GFA Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\RMBMIP\\GFA.exe"	GFA.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 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.004	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.001	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.002	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\AKV.exe	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.003	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.exe	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\	GFA.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	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GFA.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	metin2.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	376	GFA.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	376	GFA.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
376	GFA.exe
376	GFA.exe
376	GFA.exe
376	GFA.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 376	3116	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 376	3116	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 376	3116	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 2292	3116	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 2292	3116	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 2292	3116	ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ca12f1a669920830f8f645ed301022d5_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3116
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\RMBMIP\GFA.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:376
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\metin2.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\metin2.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2292

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

2

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\metin2.exe

Filesize
580KB

MD5
357bc775243e768876c3e573056e8f6d

SHA1
49723719734982fa7b335f894922233b9baae570

SHA256
12f1864d2eac17e43ec0b235fef8c17005b7c33b63e219562a27290bf9c79771

SHA512
d3ec50d44852147769ab75cbc79984c7336220c237985f2b0ced771b40c53f976e704219c094090af6398c02b568a86fe6404ebbf08c99ed43d1cd30d52f497f

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

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92

SHA1
0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9

SHA256
dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1

SHA512
1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.003

Filesize
68KB

MD5
e62282afbb1c9f894927a0342f66e071

SHA1
1ab7481a0e770d92ac8ef50b56efa9730ce31a22

SHA256
0e9ad560a655389505223a02839368ed7a85deb0b9b19a3d0885a05f372d6811

SHA512
d5c44ab9f014c816be109e508e16eed753e47691df3f87980eafcc3b698ce11f6aff2650a526837d54312a26fe88dfdfc88d33c9bf4044971b654e8be250ff78

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
72fdb3d8e6c5251296d4f61ed1b653bb

SHA1
cf5305a0d5039ff5d7998ff316bfe8572c513bed

SHA256
7214887a324a4ee2206168c537b88befa955119357c36e3c8d15817a0707a02c

SHA512
832bc6b876f6b080a4be57dc77879748957095e966639684d4a9652769129446d80479c59e7035f0d1881cf807cc5f0848fa98d8aecdcd9781083c50d296726e

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RMBMIP\GFA.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

Download Submit
memory/376-29-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000B81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/376-31-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000B81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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