ardamax | 29f8050238b3f85658e4a24009e3188721c80f5cf6b9e989d57a3abdd46ba703

General

Target

de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

661KB
MD5

de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6
SHA1

5b3004c427b0d127ed733f5898ccee95afb2d378
SHA256

29f8050238b3f85658e4a24009e3188721c80f5cf6b9e989d57a3abdd46ba703
SHA512

2d4739d8f11e27757f892c235ec867ca16289a29f66cb6f5efbb7b9a48481a5fee5e0f4150153c2fe95e7322014897474d13b47d4b553764910b240a976b577c
SSDEEP

12288:Jc1dEtCJqQfeBkAntguZ24QyJ0m2BnroufXEFLg+fPWPZgO/9:O6CJfMtiJyqBnUMXEFUePWt9

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x00050000000193d1-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2520	TMKG.exe
2680	OT MiniBot 1.0.exe

Loads dropped DLL 9 IoCs

pid	Process
2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
2520	TMKG.exe
2680	OT MiniBot 1.0.exe
2520	TMKG.exe
2680	OT MiniBot 1.0.exe

UPX packed file 17 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x00050000000193f0-28.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-47-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	upx

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\TMKG Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\TMKG.exe"	TMKG.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 opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	TMKG.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TMKG.001	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TMKG.006	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TMKG.007	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TMKG.exe	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_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	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TMKG.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	OT MiniBot 1.0.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2680	OT MiniBot 1.0.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2520	TMKG.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2520	TMKG.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2680	OT MiniBot 1.0.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2680	OT MiniBot 1.0.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2520	TMKG.exe
2520	TMKG.exe
2520	TMKG.exe
2520	TMKG.exe
2520	TMKG.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2520	2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2520	2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2520	2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2520	2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2680	2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2680	2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2680	2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2680	2032	de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\de506bb0890ea2dd36208af0275783c6_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2032
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TMKG.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\TMKG.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:2520
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OT MiniBot 1.0.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OT MiniBot 1.0.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  PID:2680

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OT MiniBot 1.0.exe

Filesize
187KB

MD5
628b28358afea22b201b6cb9ec5ad531

SHA1
ebaf1f5d823e8ba386acf16e6e81d700b7ca823a

SHA256
91c1c34d009e61fa510668ec14f0d71dc323a0af335cd25659e11d466d09a89d

SHA512
62b6a8233b835557a44125658315b58c88e7ccb33713e4368c80da46febbb1a83554c5c5072e0fc96fdf01c1c6bbcad80fe10f921d8682f676485dfd282bf8d8

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

Filesize
395KB

MD5
d63cc8679a63448db1c64252e14e4ab5

SHA1
10b3a9ac4bc16e8ac1cd05e50b4d540fa3ef223e

SHA256
29b3646a556879a4a48e4f2f81e09179c34ac2051ed3e4f4c28e293092470d3d

SHA512
cb1911e1a77fb9be560aa4fd8bbef65e181b6d4438d65657501dbcd8dbf488ba01738a7222f35f8d4317e8df8c6f307d9e3623d6e3e45753e138b80fb68ff768

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

Filesize
424B

MD5
3fcf4eb509adc94212df017d325c001b

SHA1
f48167b11909381f7bd0df665b5df3f89497c86b

SHA256
9a51ed0b5f3bc048fd0119ac44fe0faa55ea6877fc196f7597c5b70b55c152a1

SHA512
6242e068cf64f134e79696bbeae8c931ea8d398817e6bac3ed87a8ba5168e3da0ed278184c05ab53be86346fdd8d1bf538ee0f22d7b5989f61097808b255416d

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
81e20f4361cf8f5a57812871c24d945e

SHA1
5d7877d6959ab26599b05795a71633f00c37a3da

SHA256
e6e8b4a29dccb3531f58c75b754caf7f26afe3e7043239305fd0ae7ab2f7571d

SHA512
69b1d75ab7123054bf98cf3a0f2cc7a0749cda8d85ebdef85be7d89f1454154ce29070907b934727a6c5276ff430e94810b87a5634d25d8529df9ee36fd20818

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
e9fbdcc2f5fb657fa519b3f5c69fc52d

SHA1
c49cca77b46a59d620711de7564d43e5dafcd2b5

SHA256
cc440cfc4ce1a1ff503cc9e8937c59aae64bfce4daa3e7dc757220a25cadc2e4

SHA512
913759967e16b99d8ea66433e5dc99d5ddbf737be6784306e67c2b23a525b7a578fcae1028221d3209abc452ff30508eb750c62113c3868a7af36b544e525fb1

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@B107.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
25530555085337eb644b061f239aa9d4

SHA1
8d91e099aba5439d4bfa8bce464c94e3e1acf620

SHA256
3fb6b438ad1530abdd068bffb303fb8a4de51430e0e18ddb6b1a0469ffab8325

SHA512
b1f9de0c276533a5a7070aeb2b6415cc1c0bdd2baf5e0645c6ac5ba767cab0d76e5b4461800d89724992af2c863294ada3c1eb2e4516183fe2010c33d47d6a2a

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TMKG.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
97d8ad45f48b4b28a93aab94699b7168

SHA1
8b69b7fd7c008b95d12386f6da415097e72151de

SHA256
661df22a66b2062b233eb0bd9665de924cfe0ac9c6ba29e20ffef24f817f9331

SHA512
3351eac970bab391de410fcf1937da75d2e4722b808f10332f487ddfe469544e32e7d4ed0e5bdc19bd5f472cffcc55ca1498c95945b4e9c4ceff6ff5cc521c8a

Download Submit
memory/2520-35-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2680-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-47-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-40-0x0000000077A5F000-0x0000000077A60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2680-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/2680-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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