ardamax | 9bffbcdc3d67219cb8ba5eba391002a0d8a7a1fb8dcbf2a8fbc9118c62d009f4

General

Target

f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773
SHA1

0ebcae28404b3a77814aaa2da316f4413ea15c8a
SHA256

9bffbcdc3d67219cb8ba5eba391002a0d8a7a1fb8dcbf2a8fbc9118c62d009f4
SHA512

16eb5e473ca6a1c231dc64733fc7b609faa016f5909ef736ab8e376292ec8e115acf0fe9993424dabe90d54f603dc6aff3fcd0159ef22209bd856c4192a6505e
SSDEEP

24576:HZxTuDbxpdAkXW6/ew2J3/b4cKWb11i5OjNZUYOiv:HXTuDbxTAuW6/IxTuWby5OBZUYOi

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/0x000700000001756a-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2112	HER.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2388	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe
2112	HER.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\HER Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\TRCIRC\\HER.exe"	HER.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\TRCIRC\HER.004	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\HER.001	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\HER.002	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\AKV.exe	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\HER.exe	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\	HER.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	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	HER.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2112	HER.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2112	HER.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2112	HER.exe
2112	HER.exe
2112	HER.exe
2112	HER.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2112	2388	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2112	2388	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2112	2388	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2112	2388	f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f34d71543826f77e78c5ad95d5fa0773_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2388
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\HER.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\TRCIRC\HER.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:2112

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

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\TRCIRC\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\HER.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92

SHA1
0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9

SHA256
dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1

SHA512
1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\HER.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\HER.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
d347a798246a9822b678ceabbaf538db

SHA1
093f2dc1ccb1ab8ac96c7aaf89d90d2d98cee8a0

SHA256
e2510a662bac8d59e47cd95bf345b6f495edf2533150b802722767b2f5962df9

SHA512
9c5b62b5823eb158e34331eef31ba8e15bb15929fb5be004b528c1779d14209411b3c9add32cbd98d3a6536410c96222820169b7a2bfa5d2d796da81d3050841

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\TRCIRC\HER.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

Download Submit
memory/2112-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2112-17-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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