ardamax | 0e58fe358bfcdc406f6283a51f11cdf7d604afd8b2b8876443e4f39db675d781

General

Target

dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

295KB
MD5

dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88
SHA1

7687a19d9b22717eba27843b0c57fcc681e13daa
SHA256

0e58fe358bfcdc406f6283a51f11cdf7d604afd8b2b8876443e4f39db675d781
SHA512

0f267594fe0298c99d53df5d24e58ac45d1cba8099c158f1af0b1f5ab38245fa49e49bf43e5bdc06f0813c769b718e2d82f741d3df17a6f44468f5d541c8e930
SSDEEP

6144:ZG6nI4OMEJILMV9KcMkl4Lc5n5mBplk8yQauC/WPqkAEK2oxrmj:Z5VhkOg5Wp5WuC+P6EK2oi

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/0x00070000000234bd-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-1-5-21-355097885-2402257403-2971294179-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3404	XIAF.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4376	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_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\XIAF Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\XIAF.exe"	XIAF.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XIAF.007	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XIAF.exe	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XIAF.001	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XIAF.006	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_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 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	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	XIAF.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4376 wrote to memory of 3404	4376	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4376 wrote to memory of 3404	4376	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4376 wrote to memory of 3404	4376	dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dd2e95a73c3331f789cd7574825e2a88_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:4376
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XIAF.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\XIAF.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3404

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@8C90.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XIAF.001

Filesize
398B

MD5
fd6f37009f5d1b2c40bc37990af41c91

SHA1
69cc12df9714693cecfe01fcc70ae3e612a8e4dc

SHA256
059a2022338da4503e87204000aa078481f3b3e65e9189db776e3134d1552b00

SHA512
1856329281e26640dcc9905020a44d32601c03ae700226442a44f477d19b1caa468f95e99404a40fa84a07059b31eebbc6854cf8551efc804a5547b4f9a52af6

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XIAF.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

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

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

Download Submit
memory/3404-21-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A21000-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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