ardamax | bbdebf1bc2604098084adff16cc1765bca064e8788c0e048d80fe721fb5456bb

General

Target

dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

518KB
MD5

dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173
SHA1

a1070c204de5ddd2e1a9cba8e469bd03b0bdb78e
SHA256

bbdebf1bc2604098084adff16cc1765bca064e8788c0e048d80fe721fb5456bb
SHA512

f66c8e543f3cad56de65db016abb1d83b013acc3b397fe5d205bfae1fa500d3883ca30ea2ba8b4ebe661f43bde39adc9af05acfa7f79e122aeeedcab476c1f52
SSDEEP

12288:2IovIQgS6mIUP27DOhm3Os/CXL3+4rATWu/EAn8EGm:65gS7IU+nOFP+4skA8EH

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/0x000700000002345f-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-1-5-21-4182098368-2521458979-3782681353-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2316	VMPP.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4988	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_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\VMPP Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\VMPP.exe"	VMPP.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VMPP.007	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VMPP.exe	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VMPP.001	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VMPP.006	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_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	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	VMPP.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 2316	4988	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 2316	4988	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 2316	4988	dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dfc4076522186734ade1c2ba0ec32173_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:4988
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VMPP.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\VMPP.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2316

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\@A086.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

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

Filesize
472B

MD5
73edd637ea7208042f3bd5254d457ee7

SHA1
076ffd77495a5741a3a7bef24280fd5c6ead5994

SHA256
09d0238c895fdf989fe753a1ff8274a20f23a1b87d214666d4d26748421a0431

SHA512
a806c50401124b5c886e35137863e6714f8472bc7fd0467f0c1373cd1d806f377c17b112d37e540fe892d3e3931c62716fe395ec53c260a3c53b9d0edee0f845

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
9a45af5044d301aacf2928ea47cb3b6a

SHA1
35bfa3bd42dfd0a1cf97a56d992a3ca47577bc9d

SHA256
71b69ce0cfaa58eb4c9742111b2dfd8fe0f5e1a4b6c38e26121a43eaf18f222b

SHA512
52b7ec0f6e9595be59ea3866c71cb5b2f92fb18924bf6860776bc4e8512944bd11e663908c76796f7c18ad7f074bae11c58205b4c8fde750de7a6e88f850a9a5

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
9d4055a18afc0de43f275f196748ec9f

SHA1
b4078c0569d80c0020f658b727b877ebb0d38838

SHA256
bb45a2069543808f0bb8ee15d46efb4476e7ec906b6999acc46f2e0453d25ff4

SHA512
229d3e6481e0c1ea9e04c92c177c84380608fceb74f969b56c3d4e8ba2e3525103cdeb46ad1b6d9fd8dbeb4795ca503aefb9327f44af1b8e66a19723d85e621b

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

Filesize
567KB

MD5
568f7447183c41c3c9263924e52a4822

SHA1
e9e4b24af15d174cd9e3af989d3b3deca98725ee

SHA256
5ebddc2b4757c9650a51531203ea4ca28b6a145cade7cc4905c6bc23ae62e88f

SHA512
a3d155d5e92771652603a228e140b6aef029d3f99dd6d0da2a05c0d4dd42026dfbb6069f97e904bd6516d1a7752666ded8796f63dcb255451ccbc9a3d17d882d

Download Submit
memory/2316-23-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000711000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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