ardamax | 0a3ae0b35fc9913e019506bd48017fc96093ca0f72bc3fe0dbfa1f16f27f657f

General

Target

d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

621KB
MD5

d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a
SHA1

f50a3e7988a7b9e7ee2777ed63eae3fd197a527b
SHA256

0a3ae0b35fc9913e019506bd48017fc96093ca0f72bc3fe0dbfa1f16f27f657f
SHA512

d1be699c06752e66da416dbcac7389d5202ca86fa00fc5a41016cedd1282b2da830c1fe9dfba832677db72dea95e1af8bfdeb5e8fee2bd6a4ea40fd439a307d0
SSDEEP

12288:M3aWefXK1CHFgxNB/Kna9KU5oeZ6dT1bPC7/7VHB5xRdaEa8AHNxyrUgXD5S9ePM:2aNK1eyx/yaIoJEJb6PVkE59U8D5BPsZ

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/0x0007000000016d5e-11.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2744	system32QTXQ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2720	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.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\system32QTXQ Agent = "C:\\Windows\\system32QTXQ.exe"	system32QTXQ.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 Windows directory 10 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.exe	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.009	system32QTXQ.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.009	system32QTXQ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.009.tmp	system32QTXQ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.001	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.007	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sep_09_2024__01_27_07.jpg	system32QTXQ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sep_09_2024__01_28_07.jpg	system32QTXQ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.006	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32AKV.exe	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_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	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	system32QTXQ.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2744	system32QTXQ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2744	system32QTXQ.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2752	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2744	system32QTXQ.exe
2744	system32QTXQ.exe
2744	system32QTXQ.exe
2744	system32QTXQ.exe
2744	system32QTXQ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2744	2720	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2744	2720	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2744	2720	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2744	2720	d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d570aa35585cdd8a4778fd2eb1b5507a_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2720
- C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2744

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
PID:2752

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\40223_138266569546957_100000908450805_178277_2676027_n.jpg

Filesize
140KB

MD5
e7ed2400d9d2714fc8f55ea33348e0e1

SHA1
5b8ed6b5b8c27fbad97e436e655eddce18dc4710

SHA256
c660f7673dbb0150e4ddc11ab8eec2c0b81aaa26261500c889590d36c1830323

SHA512
ab07d67624d9c2a6b1b435181d038a5d1fe598019bd03909ace611eabe40b42ef9424d74ec6d58643b232c51004de195b046406f325a7786ed2d0e3718661909

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.001

Filesize
464B

MD5
f2cc9e6c60aa3f4238bff64f24a8c76f

SHA1
c8a40404d2fafde530549f16b224446e814af538

SHA256
75406a3e75892aa9e65907c1a79c4003c725254010bf4633e2331017a581b62e

SHA512
dddab963852b2fc08a6db47655d0625ced4d332900efdb284765aed2471c05f9bddb10a5179b5a964e65849acd41a61985197ba21a0f4952b54618853a817e34

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
32dd7b4bc8b6f290b0ece3cc1c011c96

SHA1
b979683868b399c6a6204ebaed9fc9c784a0429a

SHA256
6dcce9bbba5c2de47eea3abf7597a9c4fb2e4d358efc3752fa65c169cccfa2a1

SHA512
9e0d720799fe816f7d09c8a722b762203b6f12a8625c1c93cd640219ecc35969bd641b4d9e6dc04ab6f95ceb73235a438eb7d48ee9402118db3618b5760551ea

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
e8155b68775ed29590e14df80fdc0e9f

SHA1
ed449da02e648a524004c265f3c37496d2f07f1f

SHA256
b39ba894b0a9a3201461ddd9ee9b297928e793dff221a47f019e75c11df631f3

SHA512
b14e00c46cf9bed0aca0f85775f624ff064f2d2afe1fa68b61bee5729db73cf9a8eced669c52d7cbb9504ff1b369a9a16a0f36c71a70c13c0bd1eaf5e07ccc11

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.009

Filesize
912KB

MD5
39efe00af0c05d529661bd87c3dbab57

SHA1
0493cad6ccc501b5efb74c7f9fb82bf584e046c0

SHA256
721f4c7ceead3169fc1f67c8fd0065b7cb11c653c0be0451c8b54933b39116a6

SHA512
e546b3810fc55721c2e7db6fc7d908e9cbe48a887e749d9103327f77c356f6ab8cff54b6b6a1339e0948d413a939265da31adb4b1b3745adbf274f185d95e74d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32QTXQ.exe

Filesize
471KB

MD5
3c06bbc025b61d2182ef5573f2852bda

SHA1
ebc1464c00b13fb5b3f80a59c80b595020e1fe7c

SHA256
e7f64e7215284cdeb8ef1eba28733f7aeae7f6977f82809d8de1e76a2e249085

SHA512
9d839ada211b85fc1efb1fe7bb3ce66fcf0e8069221d958234649c2ac5dc0f1bd06f1a016f9c727077af36fb46cac5409be9c8a8201d17f689c6b473aa01acdc

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@7262.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d9e02f226fc338d14df200ba9a700625

SHA1
414f134a16a309b31e418ed9e08c0c48aaf6e2bc

SHA256
8165757efb79acceb9fd0bfae6b2c19b8f087cc0461abb17941d460dbdf2e260

SHA512
13c73381602fe2593312d41ab4bc5cd5f922ac651f9e71e3fe3c58e7f0c5c73ecc9d79d61ec46f33a0a81cf73373421eeb510bd99650c0f53af30974ed61b8ca

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memory/2720-25-0x0000000002BD0000-0x0000000002BD6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2720-21-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002BE2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2744-29-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2744-27-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2744-28-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010006000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2744-17-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2752-22-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000212000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2752-20-0x00000000779AF000-0x00000000779B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2752-30-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010006000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2752-31-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001D6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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