ardamax | 4525078def51388b7bac98705728c60484255077dbdcca1fb0f5661ba0f01520

General

Target

dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

539KB
MD5

dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77
SHA1

718f2d8dea8f02ae88f0712ca16c7a5cde0f9b8c
SHA256

4525078def51388b7bac98705728c60484255077dbdcca1fb0f5661ba0f01520
SHA512

63e68948a3b3f45a384d6161077cd40448eb64e536b6e7f8c4ab418c1e566b683147f00b3a2036ae3b550c19481e2c25e624e641c3a0429b810cbdc2dc3f6391
SSDEEP

12288:fI/QHMCSnw1+DnszNwJxs5DWBZfiiZF5r0iKE3ym4HAyzjxGw+Osmghr/:5HYw1EmDWvr5rOEagA+5Tj

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/0x00070000000234b7-12.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-1-5-21-523280732-2327480845-3730041215-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3984	HLIV.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3884	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_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\HLIV Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\HLIV.exe"	HLIV.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HLIV.001	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HLIV.006	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HLIV.007	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HLIV.exe	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_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	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	HLIV.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 3984	3884	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 3984	3884	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 3984	3884	dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dbb0d59aaeb0211ca74f9afbe9dc5c77_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:3884
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HLIV.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\HLIV.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3984

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\@979C.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
19cf467919727d52844f6526ef495371

SHA1
107b53f43c923db816c3743896cad71b3795ad5c

SHA256
e75ac29f8ac2c921ad6bebc70e53eb462ba2860aca514d9a3ef09ac49007b5b9

SHA512
2cd6093b1b78670f1e6ff074de818acaceffcbf94a32d6875c1e42fa980570cf9f3f3d7de53800111503bf7a505fd7b238170095158c5c7bc631781e02ce2095

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

Filesize
458KB

MD5
b32fec1ef63f9c2c4c2eacdf439163ed

SHA1
541f11ef53115aeb1ee214beb505a7254824de87

SHA256
15e4d7edda2c9e41794d7cdf43c735604fbe4c4e7135a9b5efd58f9825d2e078

SHA512
0af6fb805634944ead3618617887581d313d4817e26a9990271bfd6f615387ceb31ffa0c4145ce9b59cb3bfe6fdb3b8224f2230e552581734d26e15a79a63a18

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

Filesize
486B

MD5
351ef83e7f9d778e0194c7213baa86f3

SHA1
169261353d28cd2c352b377247d26b9767fb16ee

SHA256
52935358390d5c5ab984363b9a6db5d7a6735695fb81c5d7bc6bd55293305726

SHA512
4d80a314a11384e0860d87ec3c5f8de67100b8a6fca2ec488ef280f3a65b96db9469f8c977bcc8d0a3462ce6c82eb5f8f04df6ed13d87e1093df7f9d12197587

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HLIV.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
9a45af5044d301aacf2928ea47cb3b6a

SHA1
35bfa3bd42dfd0a1cf97a56d992a3ca47577bc9d

SHA256
71b69ce0cfaa58eb4c9742111b2dfd8fe0f5e1a4b6c38e26121a43eaf18f222b

SHA512
52b7ec0f6e9595be59ea3866c71cb5b2f92fb18924bf6860776bc4e8512944bd11e663908c76796f7c18ad7f074bae11c58205b4c8fde750de7a6e88f850a9a5

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
9d4055a18afc0de43f275f196748ec9f

SHA1
b4078c0569d80c0020f658b727b877ebb0d38838

SHA256
bb45a2069543808f0bb8ee15d46efb4476e7ec906b6999acc46f2e0453d25ff4

SHA512
229d3e6481e0c1ea9e04c92c177c84380608fceb74f969b56c3d4e8ba2e3525103cdeb46ad1b6d9fd8dbeb4795ca503aefb9327f44af1b8e66a19723d85e621b

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

Filesize
567KB

MD5
568f7447183c41c3c9263924e52a4822

SHA1
e9e4b24af15d174cd9e3af989d3b3deca98725ee

SHA256
5ebddc2b4757c9650a51531203ea4ca28b6a145cade7cc4905c6bc23ae62e88f

SHA512
a3d155d5e92771652603a228e140b6aef029d3f99dd6d0da2a05c0d4dd42026dfbb6069f97e904bd6516d1a7752666ded8796f63dcb255451ccbc9a3d17d882d

Download Submit
memory/3984-23-0x00000000004E0000-0x00000000004E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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