ardamax | e1a58c831418db8dc8f3af75609e94cc71b4a5fd887cbcab3cf2faf4b72db6ee

General

Target

ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64
SHA1

cb4c7a0e3470bb0df8caa9daaaee4cfe2ca1447a
SHA256

e1a58c831418db8dc8f3af75609e94cc71b4a5fd887cbcab3cf2faf4b72db6ee
SHA512

e7f58a4b9e65d4289bdb65733911d10df6f1c716251e2a4c1f5b109b06d044fa90707bb9796f01de3a8766fe2d4dfd43f0217aa886f7291c55275cd9b9abc656
SSDEEP

24576:9ZxTAOT9U8lONKXlYmIrHx86MxERftIgMAD3LA+WtdHCxz7z+kVX0g:9XTAOmwlYhHqaRFTM43LA1/H+z7

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/0x00070000000234d1-8.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-1-5-21-1194130065-3471212556-1656947724-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2244	RBQ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2244	RBQ.exe
4204	WScript.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\RBQ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\XGBWNR\\RBQ.exe"	RBQ.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 file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\RBQ.001	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\RBQ.002	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\AKV.exe	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\RBQ.exe	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\	RBQ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\RBQ.004	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_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 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	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RBQ.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	WScript.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1194130065-3471212556-1656947724-1000_Classes\Local Settings	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2244	RBQ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2244	RBQ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2244	RBQ.exe
2244	RBQ.exe
2244	RBQ.exe
2244	RBQ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 452 wrote to memory of 2244	452	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe	81
PID 452 wrote to memory of 2244	452	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe	81
PID 452 wrote to memory of 2244	452	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe	81
PID 452 wrote to memory of 4204	452	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 452 wrote to memory of 4204	452	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 452 wrote to memory of 4204	452	ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ed6e37a0101c3145b41b032fcbfb4f64_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:452
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\RBQ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\XGBWNR\RBQ.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:2244
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Xtrap finisher.vbs"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4204

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

2

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Xtrap finisher.vbs

Filesize
62B

MD5
071381f2da14ece2c32069c33bb12b0f

SHA1
4d036c30f2c06b6c09c18ed9666c3478ab9ec7c1

SHA256
f9b2a6b01ff60bdb952ddb3ed2f7184769660652cfe8b515eaebfe1ae47e14b3

SHA512
2f254c0e400a4e0173eb65bc79fea4427461bd1027d7bc8f45458a6c0015fefcf7254e3f4c9c14ba1520b1d82110d801aa87f3f639495bb2fc07464152f5f413

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

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\RBQ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92

SHA1
0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9

SHA256
dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1

SHA512
1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\RBQ.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\RBQ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
b4ee2a88fe242a4b3ae58e06a1fc9e0b

SHA1
9a750a1472e7c1f0405cb00da77f604e8943f4c2

SHA256
f48069bec6cc46ed838b67e60d6d94edc62a96084af51d509835afee8acd16de

SHA512
1c92b89eabcb69b94279ecfe762ba1ce46e1c4af794defb8b3026236f9e87230255574fed9e88212bd53ee7c2691067592cc576a032bc31b5beeb89c0c568b13

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\XGBWNR\RBQ.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

Download Submit
memory/2244-19-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2244-23-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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