ardamax | 8b178d1a310974e3b3f6314707dd170e107cf992d58bd0d44bbbe0f395371d11

General

Target

e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03
SHA1

1769ff94d221c7cfc848c30d6273566a488faa3a
SHA256

8b178d1a310974e3b3f6314707dd170e107cf992d58bd0d44bbbe0f395371d11
SHA512

c976a2c919b9ffaf3de5bbe44d1f7dd4d7f558f381184fdcf72b898df67c79e34db667cf0d1d91a65c6b39e60bb9170983205eca52d985b76227efcfd0c05299
SSDEEP

24576:kk/ATm57GOzbibUYz5AqLQuSywW3JN6yiWcXXURiNlkd1VJ:doTwGOzLy5Xst9QJN6ygXEqlkd1

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/0x0006000000019223-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2372	JSU.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2584	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_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\JSU Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\TUGETW\\JSU.exe"	JSU.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\JSU.004	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\JSU.001	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\JSU.002	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\AKV.exe	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\JSU.exe	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_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	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JSU.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 2372	2584	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 2372	2584	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 2372	2584	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 2372	2584	e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e4718a6ac3482607326ba85175fc7a03_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2584
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\JSU.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\TUGETW\JSU.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2372

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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Downloads

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

Filesize
466KB

MD5
4c5711d8a02899113661bdff195d80d5

SHA1
263592abea6d60887defb4b1bcb47dbb383edfb6

SHA256
661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195

SHA512
4b16ee6c75a169ad02c6b30d08efcd969ba8840adf49f6eeec3abbe8b9f5f288e1b1cfb4431711a74510a6973663335e43d256ae0dcd1a68f55331152a4f64ae

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\JSU.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
7a5612cc859be918c5767487f8a6815a

SHA1
a855d3a3e6336ac0508a8099e8ace14680394c36

SHA256
643419bc7e3a46ecdd7196858b3489c806c5edc486b513ce58519a109544c9d1

SHA512
31c541870dbc695c34d132c4232accc2fe511f30188a4db33d5c41758cf5af00a4906b55b0a208b5848436313fd3d8ccf6be7f1af62ecedd3a5c4c301dc5e11d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\JSU.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
b2bcd668abf17ee408d232cc636614b2

SHA1
c354f941121515536c4f0d9ae49ed1a9b28534b4

SHA256
563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99

SHA512
ba1be164de5919ae45f4bedfebe7e7799626b457f07b42fc43b8912f2932955833617b45e147e2e4d406f57f57f50c1869aa611db18a569919395e42fa53a702

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\JSU.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
50ab824703502fc252837cea05d16813

SHA1
9c26dd573142c08a3fe14fedb4cf4e204b6c5edc

SHA256
5b8e6391216a4fa1ef0e2157a9f9e70129a86c74902a3e7c949cf9fb80f6a489

SHA512
e3101340b0906a93899d4e2b1e08cd174594f561be937fe49ee4fd66237c5bce91106f0e6c9d583ffc862b33a5a27e38910dbf4008a1b05912740ae26ea1473d

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\TUGETW\JSU.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
a9ea3f61a57b36cde9953afd91f18d34

SHA1
e7e931b96b6e39b64a2a38d704bbe9561a234cbc

SHA256
accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec

SHA512
0a6a42a772a3afd66233d9d3abb962b3a8cbf3d6e0e719352795b6441a148617dbe788991f0cead29d4b1540726504c9c56bebd9836ae6263b82a121fafd89fc

Download Submit
memory/2372-15-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-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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