ardamax | 7a75579b9f240ed9a3f61099dab0f94d444a7a58df461e6431ea9f1cebeb2a45

General

Target

e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

514KB
MD5

e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d
SHA1

4166ed2b5d2f9b1eee617c4948f4ec6f542dbce3
SHA256

7a75579b9f240ed9a3f61099dab0f94d444a7a58df461e6431ea9f1cebeb2a45
SHA512

1c196aee3f50ae220833b07ec976f66940127a7637c2afedc3f2aad5db32ec421348d50024054500477c85af25c7cbf2b302ba76b83abfa75a98fd3f57d58a68
SSDEEP

12288:KI6y3wDjyfB72B11lI5AlTqFR9S3c2fnkqHu3Y9SNTftfEjh0:UL525AhqRS3c2f3HWftfr

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
behavioral1/files/0x000700000001752f-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3004	QONQ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2336	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe
2336	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_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\QONQ Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\QONQ.exe"	QONQ.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QONQ.006	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QONQ.007	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QONQ.exe	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QONQ.001	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_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	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	QONQ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 3004	2336	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 3004	2336	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 3004	2336	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 3004	2336	e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e2d4d40ebaad5f9c1c1f179e65f3111d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2336
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QONQ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\QONQ.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3004

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

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

Filesize
458KB

MD5
14f8412a6efc0043fdf855f6eff2217f

SHA1
99c8ada8c45b390c44e7daf706705a653914f85f

SHA256
57dad901c66f57147e75656fa5b4df9fd62158b546dc7ceee18767f1ca95e6bc

SHA512
cafbbb42a9b0877f1bcf17a0219d9570bee5878cccbfe2a30f947cff492d3bc089fed34dbf12e410031f9f70decccbaf3464c1e4e71d7d771efa048580bbeb81

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

Filesize
304B

MD5
f2748aeeedef32ff250563c2968f6399

SHA1
a0e89fc776637b22c3267eb83061845faa2a3f46

SHA256
92b731a91af4fe738edf93a2d50732cf0c73d77a6c7dbccbe793ebf37e325f55

SHA512
3be23a592680e8c42e9182b36b3c4b212dac967e2f166ece89da8a81cccfc1dab1ea977b25dc2aa74e85c8e474a130a36e9772e799954e7104f3d499c0432ebd

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
acfe714319d5092d079a46d20785dab8

SHA1
67c491b9abb9ecffa1c87ce9ec1d516cd5fd9715

SHA256
832732c6ebefed88a2db93f73867ca0d5bd5b2a012ccbcfcf26e22bed6dc4fac

SHA512
895b25109ae1d6b64c6383cd74e8354cda27aa4925c06d7ef90edb748fb7765a07253ce0f69b3d0a13f8c63d1d226df61f50a56fe05569d31a4a5265f4175a8f

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
dd462f9742de6d9d95459334538c2b1f

SHA1
8718400320b2aa38ff37dba0fe82062e5d3839bd

SHA256
b172cb7ab44abac00ea09707fe8926aa327e01f22726a887fa0e8eb72cdf1e54

SHA512
bc21d555ade6009250a892ef4b55f8ee96998dfafb3557da1e347297f0dc5f0e53e635f4b5d53261cccc46629adabd208fbc7a53fb826ff1606c47eb57e4537c

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@DF28.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
cde9827bcff03c6c1f883f693c8c6700

SHA1
c2ce6d6a1dd2e17d8736e779ebe1f6d0383b4f46

SHA256
ba4566adf8b2cd5a6afb6fcb2a43cd80139d1882f71f03ccd4d0eea71fac8252

SHA512
11b901e644a52826c317435dc87872b55a36fa9d477530a030d1f137beb2710544b1f0e2fd23b3f6528f2f71ab55c66d219a87f1d5bc0f6ec0fd5aecd7659bc5

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\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QONQ.exe

Filesize
567KB

MD5
4ea1467f05af54ad8c98ee4926aff85c

SHA1
a377d95a18ed943cae552af415647ec6e9861c1e

SHA256
b5a510cf3884c0217cafd5f378ce3eb389bd4e88eea5f662e5c364a6e3fb4476

SHA512
049b8f935e96773f35f67d0ff6de74e6dda04f5add09964500a356184db0c3229943ef5a27df2b1e8098bf693e3016007272e797c37e99a1ebdce0999363963d

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memory/3004-21-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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