ardamax | 784a214746c7e36ef35550f2a70b9909364656d2e42f74a4629018e9dbc8005f

General

Target

d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe
SHA1

3eee507a3763d9c6b630118ec8a2fbc44fe70999
SHA256

784a214746c7e36ef35550f2a70b9909364656d2e42f74a4629018e9dbc8005f
SHA512

d77a92a2d8ea6d9c2994ff3f8dfa5d04a75d9da62debd5b52ffc5edaa5827113afd9afd99867891a567727e8771deea98b2ca4f33329e8fcbc779be6563682ca
SSDEEP

24576:zZxTeWkPIKFO1qfkh9MnkuS29P/mvKV+lz+3rS+WiLIhEpJUaOZ9x:zXTeWxKFJ69LXo+6+lzCrtWic+g

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/0x00070000000234ea-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-1-5-21-1302416131-1437503476-2806442725-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
892	QHR.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
892	QHR.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\QHR Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\AVMISI\\QHR.exe"	QHR.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\AVMISI\QHR.004	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\QHR.001	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\QHR.002	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\AKV.exe	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\QHR.exe	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\	QHR.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	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	QHR.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	892	QHR.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	892	QHR.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
892	QHR.exe
892	QHR.exe
892	QHR.exe
892	QHR.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4572 wrote to memory of 892	4572	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4572 wrote to memory of 892	4572	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4572 wrote to memory of 892	4572	d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d6ef4db21304e0b564bda8d86520d9fe_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4572
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\QHR.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\AVMISI\QHR.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:892

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\QHR.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92

SHA1
0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9

SHA256
dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1

SHA512
1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\QHR.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\QHR.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
1d39f1f20ea7deaba1fa6786ca076c36

SHA1
80db8019d77b95d518cc68be6c7636435d477f29

SHA256
3e052390b23e1f2f29c14c58e8c63f9ea4db57a55a1cc83c29c12aa218331b25

SHA512
5426226bf02fd281920f0b49609d7f6e8dc7c0a623bae139c82eb516ba67b858aaa28d50d62fc6d8621b6a4177c3169a30776cf76fc571f41c7d6869b28d6f1c

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMISI\QHR.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

Download Submit
memory/892-16-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/892-18-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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