ardamax | af19d1da067e684666c6b8742952c82b5c2f643adbe9aadcb28fdff001111bce

General

Target

e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

2.0MB
MD5

e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585
SHA1

4f90f96fbcdc595d5cb10b2756899dfc0f112195
SHA256

af19d1da067e684666c6b8742952c82b5c2f643adbe9aadcb28fdff001111bce
SHA512

d48906b46452c8491e9a853c0d17336ee131462cc59fc12f36914dfe4cd3676cb2f8d8d4537e38e9b500e018c3aed67fa7538cc1e786e2912c89301e92b94832
SSDEEP

49152:MBTTLsngFhzWROEjrQNxSQE/cS/ZgNDvvjvzxF8JEWMznP:SgOEAbSg2Evv7t6JmP

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/0x000700000002349f-8.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-1-5-21-656926755-4116854191-210765258-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4120	JWQ.exe
860	Tibia.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4120	JWQ.exe
4992	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe
860	Tibia.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\JWQ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\JBDPQO\\JWQ.exe"	JWQ.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 desktop.ini file(s) 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Captures\desktop.ini	svchost.exe

Network Service Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Attempt to gather information on host's network.

discovery

Network Service Discovery

T1046

pid	Process
760	GameBarPresenceWriter.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\JWQ.004	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\JWQ.001	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\JWQ.002	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\AKV.exe	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\JWQ.exe	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\	JWQ.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	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JWQ.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Tibia.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	svchost.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	Tibia.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	Tibia.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	svchost.exe

Modifies registry class 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Deployment\Package\*\S-1-5-21-656926755-4116854191-210765258-1000\{960990A6-41D3-40F9-B9B7-4CF1FF055B15}	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Deployment\Package\*\S-1-5-21-656926755-4116854191-210765258-1000\{A48D6BBE-537F-47E3-A080-7C046CA311D6}	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4120	JWQ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4120	JWQ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4120	JWQ.exe
4120	JWQ.exe
4120	JWQ.exe
4120	JWQ.exe
860	Tibia.exe
4660	OpenWith.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4992 wrote to memory of 4120	4992	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4992 wrote to memory of 4120	4992	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4992 wrote to memory of 4120	4992	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4992 wrote to memory of 860	4992	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 4992 wrote to memory of 860	4992	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 4992 wrote to memory of 860	4992	e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e60277370732ab040be69f5601932585_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:4992
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\JWQ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\JBDPQO\JWQ.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:4120
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tibia.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tibia.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:860

C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" -ServerName:Windows.Gaming.GameBar.Internal.PresenceWriterServer
1⤵
- Network Service Discovery
PID:760

C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4660

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k BcastDVRUserService -s BcastDVRUserService
1⤵
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Checks processor information in registry
- Modifies registry class
PID:4016

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k BcastDVRUserService -s BcastDVRUserService
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Modifies registry class
PID:2816

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

Network Service Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

3

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\Tibia.exe

Filesize
2.3MB

MD5
c306a49d4a6f8c25af904e556977a5ef

SHA1
744c7f69f6ca7c3e743471c3cd0fa655c08de728

SHA256
8210fcb6426ee48a02812d331c9bfaa5363852230d8298e09acd3e8e79a84c60

SHA512
2d162fb3dd9acf8a8912e33e8ada089ca8616e1d6c0eabc0a3a03515366519553cd7c2ab098c7668c3ca11af76d47ceec0b65fd9d6639b3d01b5b8746492b4cc

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Captures\desktop.ini

Filesize
190B

MD5
b0d27eaec71f1cd73b015f5ceeb15f9d

SHA1
62264f8b5c2f5034a1e4143df6e8c787165fbc2f

SHA256
86d9f822aeb989755fac82929e8db369b3f5f04117ef96fd76e3d5f920a501d2

SHA512
7b5c9783a0a14b600b156825639d24cbbc000f5066c48ce9fecc195255603fc55129aaaca336d7ce6ad4e941d5492b756562f2c7a1d151fcfc2dabac76f3946c

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

Filesize
461KB

MD5
eed8ebfafcd3dcb0f88b237388fba8df

SHA1
620767d6de979bf360e3a188ed03534c769f337b

SHA256
dc3c5152d69547ffb583574707025eee74af46882cdf851221f66b1e81d2ed90

SHA512
28148a2bfdbcaf61f5f664c6b4dd0377d151d775ad001818da2bba6327f02020fabb016a4c8aaa5f841ea1dc1a6d8419bca55bc74924a657476e15abbd8dabb3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\JWQ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
34c92b717ae97bc926f56ba56a44f24a

SHA1
ccaf3c6bf0c73564d0bf19c92b8d25008ffffbfa

SHA256
6e60d85b35f5e9222375f606e4116b38364a4a943596ddb0d914cf1cf4791774

SHA512
2a9eb63837db128c9e036976d903ebd925e6952ab6bf4efa0e370e79f9fefe0ed6e44e4ab444f56ace1149f4dd14797f568e8827e7cebd1e5581dcf309f9745a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\JWQ.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
246761f047f6aa98d6eaad66a2f883b9

SHA1
42474a5b23d03e094103b62fd7e820457cf807c4

SHA256
3774021a3cdf32d23fd5921cea4de8c26b08f0d601f3097550a7e8af7b00f111

SHA512
d39d0913975ca2f8d585b72667d76de09ce7817f6de26ef21a8b62edc25d7fab39785f036992d19ca5700f5fc2ee377e696142c41529f23f503e8eefff393144

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\JWQ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
7282e54bcf700cf809fbfa97e59fdae9

SHA1
7077bda8b08b70d6fd49f9f926f49ce013aa7f72

SHA256
144c87d8f64dfe624042b29acd21ac0f6ef0e3fc3589baa3e5deb3258451f70a

SHA512
ed45a9cdd9b86b01e850beff5f7eb8833bb60cf0a4e94739d0be5e5a888ea827df3f4168db1bf358161789fb451a736dd91978ab46a558dcd9e9332d208de0fa

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JBDPQO\JWQ.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9ab9b7b74790b7bb2798dd2b26f4a913

SHA1
e8ffa981a0149aa6441dcb0dd42f7baf6eb773a2

SHA256
df1c8d608ebd300889cf21c3bda6d5dd2574d68e1f530cc5a885449a22177a75

SHA512
ffffe21d8cc244aacaaba2eb13cc77ad800a196ecf6f77637a8a1f6d456cabb8331970ab358ab21dcf9832343379b4f0486da3990d45eb2f2765e55b7404739e

Download Submit
memory/4120-16-0x0000000000750000-0x0000000000751000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4120-45-0x0000000000750000-0x0000000000751000-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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