ardamax | aa3373b86b71313eea0be0d9877f0beff2a2f4ee27b3b0c3c25f933a3b579181

General

Target

e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d
SHA1

bdc40950f8d25a94b731ede98b8c756503b9999b
SHA256

aa3373b86b71313eea0be0d9877f0beff2a2f4ee27b3b0c3c25f933a3b579181
SHA512

591111eb33681e6bbb3d650eee1ae90a32089ffa3106521073e5561bb07f5689a6764a8d78e2182790f0caf0f634cd04157d23b1417167e64cfe833654b3401f
SSDEEP

24576:pIKT6oqWjEnLo0jGsmURAgIQfn9Dj8lclrXJ8RR8:pTTTDjMLocGsh/L9X5l1w

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/0x0007000000023442-8.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-1-5-21-2718105630-359604950-2820636825-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
528	UFF.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\UFF Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\RLCKOY\\UFF.exe"	UFF.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\UFF.exe	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\UFF.004	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\UFF.001	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\UFF.002	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\AKV.exe	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_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	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	UFF.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3424 wrote to memory of 528	3424	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 3424 wrote to memory of 528	3424	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 3424 wrote to memory of 528	3424	e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e72c62340f8a780cfdf183c8c1fc187d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3424
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\UFF.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\RLCKOY\UFF.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:528

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\AKV.exe

Filesize
490KB

MD5
64a6cc55dc76d26448c30a8a1885f7cb

SHA1
149e467026647e080b4c69ab4f99b2d3c2b4dbe4

SHA256
5cbc0ec73c901be4ac182e13f6869f6f8cf0831b9603e542a3919f6a06087640

SHA512
de8cd7bea8113871ce8a36966fbaefd02b8ef7b09a8cbb631b4ac353bdf65b27d5630146ed700fd6edbc4276f4368ebad76b772d9b84349ddc2bd6f7127c377d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\UFF.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
bf311791d2f9ea9c82a8d4764a98c0d8

SHA1
405ba2bd110590abd0bf340d12e054405afb011f

SHA256
d720cf3d297743da7ab1da528f4c086a29d59ef553e1a96569b49a59831d583b

SHA512
8be092f068807767b0065de10f9da386b90d8e587356881ba3391380b953b199e818b527e74b305d7c714fc94cb6f8e66c76d89d1785fa9910aa4cb39c5cada8

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\UFF.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
ce365878123962c3438e349621c10198

SHA1
5b861d9fc2923c61ef390a0b729a21078aa5fd59

SHA256
ba254f6675490a045d4c85a5f46681c175c1321692c20fc808c7c244173dd63f

SHA512
efc6f143d5e9244a6635562d7e9a9cea22ab7e7b304e933642a51d66da896e9038208b86c12f6da623a01b9175e73eeb40ab600e6625db3595144bfca1231a76

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\UFF.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
73e14e4b758cf12902607e9f5b6cc9e5

SHA1
f4b5c5ac80ff037070e2088a1b7381e0a970110b

SHA256
3def814d5bb4eb938e584a9b8fb9c56c0966d52ed75a50771a17344ea963fe66

SHA512
25659eb48f41a4a6047dcfc6c5acce690b7e45a9d42d7442a0fe071ce0fd72a6a3443f7ee755bb2e2ff100005b0a3b0be8ae3f93c9422053fb7ce2b1d24c0f3d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RLCKOY\UFF.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
8f7590bbba70748e69612e9e2d5a9f2e

SHA1
f3ad9834bc38f33fe501b9076c65ac29d0410578

SHA256
2dec3a8fb4a5b198335e7f4a9b611194b0a081abf0c56f9df3f4e2697e69d9e4

SHA512
347e9ac793afd627e064ecdfea61c3e2b626ace0ea41928aad93a72567048b8e9bdf773f8a4a59a0d96ce8c08612c542c15982e8051828bef025fea6132838c6

Download Submit
memory/528-16-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006B1000-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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