ardamax | 69d02abd3ecf549e8e28cf1a7f0e92918d5515d3363edb0553226b6db766ff9b

General

Target

d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

592KB
MD5

d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594
SHA1

1ccc35b82e8176382a4413cd42073ecff73745c3
SHA256

69d02abd3ecf549e8e28cf1a7f0e92918d5515d3363edb0553226b6db766ff9b
SHA512

bf4724eab04faa0f4109735d5763a23a77285e09050837a1743b43311d9fca94335647f94fa877838a5b81350c1741047ab0ad06eeabb9d80de3bff2c9f9a61b
SSDEEP

12288:qURUFJbpVqj8FiJ1f3Px4uNK7MsOfPrCnEq7fZbmV2cB1QHFSr2X:Wdqj8F+1f3PSuwMsOfzBq2fss2X

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/0x00070000000235b3-12.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-1-5-21-2170637797-568393320-3232933035-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3868	MTFE.exe
2496	edxSilkroadLoader_Lite.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4444	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_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\MTFE Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\MTFE.exe"	MTFE.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\MTFE.exe	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\MTFE.001	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\MTFE.006	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\MTFE.007	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_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	edxSilkroadLoader_Lite.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MTFE.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4444 wrote to memory of 3868	4444	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 4444 wrote to memory of 3868	4444	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 4444 wrote to memory of 3868	4444	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 4444 wrote to memory of 2496	4444	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe	93
PID 4444 wrote to memory of 2496	4444	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe	93
PID 4444 wrote to memory of 2496	4444	d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d7745026d22546598df8bd54872e5594_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4444
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\MTFE.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\MTFE.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3868
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\edxSilkroadLoader_Lite.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\edxSilkroadLoader_Lite.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2496

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --field-trial-handle=4448,i,1330210614411927383,9239043499051775691,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4360 /prefetch:8
1⤵
PID:3500

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

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@F9B.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\edxSilkroadLoader_Lite.exe

Filesize
211KB

MD5
85b550da7a1131fcf74b0254411476f9

SHA1
f58d4736ac43485a4aa3e81d2bd43b352221e959

SHA256
9465dc4158d175bb3e16ce2c6649b1dd8c56857197fd8ac34f7a0f6020429e10

SHA512
fafed8fb9beb44316af748bb582af419166e61d26eb5fb736655b3ffbadc812ede2043edee2362d027f51126f1de8c6d099c0843f75b2a4102d7bb60b04371d4

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\edxLabs\edxSilkroadLoader\edxSilkroadLoader.ini

Filesize
161B

MD5
a38d949cbc46ded2a22539c59c68e36a

SHA1
fd164771831e74b519903ca110712a7c65ca2fb6

SHA256
1548b9b55eb1c0f4e1241ff27a3c1ec49487244586a437be54a7ca7ebd1e3f50

SHA512
370fad724e1a5fc8944f4059440dc609d09e12d77ba3f9268a4e89e7dc6bfdcd47faa211492fa2fd2f8e131ea316f269f7cc3cad50276e5dda601649ad5463e6

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
395KB

MD5
b8fa30233794772b8b76b4b1d91c7321

SHA1
0cf9561be2528944285e536f41d502be24c3aa87

SHA256
14116fa79ccc105fabd312b4dff74933f8684c6b27db37e5e3a79d159092d29a

SHA512
10ce8b18e7afb8c7e30bb90b0a1f199ef0b77873fa7a9efc596606e151be6b516c0ec6222a9032bdcc527e80964f53d20a28fa1881a08b4df303b2e28204549d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\MTFE.001

Filesize
388B

MD5
aefa2a5f53916cc294c0200f4963cb2a

SHA1
50a2e1638fc1cd91ade4d9136ea22fdf01be04d3

SHA256
c4d89bcc2f1e2b385dc5b413a045a103720da4f110bbe07977654f6903c80a84

SHA512
9cb4bf71e5918452c7a7a083741aa05b409acf4820f23fa4fd53cefc99c1b28294aa6b9d58383c16e30fb166839dcbbb74cfdef7cea90f5e62fd3caa76809571

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\MTFE.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\MTFE.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\MTFE.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

Download Submit
memory/3868-31-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000A31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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