ardamax | bc6a91bf685fc28ee79f3f983a7a0d5457a414fe329b427de920a07bbbd6f49d

General

Target

f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92
SHA1

8c783f9aaf00453892b98b29fbc8e7705719a6c4
SHA256

bc6a91bf685fc28ee79f3f983a7a0d5457a414fe329b427de920a07bbbd6f49d
SHA512

e16dcfb5ce2d48fb3c102fbeb12573d55df68d51b35c34658b2cb6d1ca990fd18c952cc27414bd7a75990d0a1c8788a1b7563af39bd6ea5be0fe9136cbf9f590
SSDEEP

24576:yHvZT0U1eGwNqdkrvYXz4klAiNIpjA6z0QOTdGg5X/5INo:SBTHFwNqdkrgXzPW2WGQOxpXR4

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/0x00060000000193a4-10.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2552	LYJ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe
2552	LYJ.exe
2496	POWERPNT.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\LYJ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\ATUHFQ\\LYJ.exe"	LYJ.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\ATUHFQ\LYJ.004	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\LYJ.001	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\LYJ.002	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\AKV.exe	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\LYJ.exe	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\	LYJ.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	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	LYJ.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	POWERPNT.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2496	POWERPNT.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2552	LYJ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2552	LYJ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2552	LYJ.exe
2552	LYJ.exe
2552	LYJ.exe
2552	LYJ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2552	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2552	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2552	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2552	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2496	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2496	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2496	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2496	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2496	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2496	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2496	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2496	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2496	2348	f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2496 wrote to memory of 1856	2496	POWERPNT.EXE	32
PID 2496 wrote to memory of 1856	2496	POWERPNT.EXE	32
PID 2496 wrote to memory of 1856	2496	POWERPNT.EXE	32
PID 2496 wrote to memory of 1856	2496	POWERPNT.EXE	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f69f1640e8b31b05990e6940c38a9c92_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2348
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\LYJ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\ATUHFQ\LYJ.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:2552
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\POWERPNT.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\POWERPNT.EXE" /s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\arriesgate.pps"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2496
- - C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
    C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
    3⤵
    PID:1856

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\arriesgate.pps

Filesize
84KB

MD5
cf23edb3a9119bbe6fd1ad01244f3a00

SHA1
7f316eceb5ec656b2535f4d60c30cee5fe7267cd

SHA256
c6f7a992e1cd53c9bd0cfbecbfbcee7a1e81728634bd9a294ed70f2046760202

SHA512
68fc44ebe13a79782082b482143c82dcc604818087a4c42ac43d3e02de1fd2a60e898fc72b15703544d966309593d20e4c68af11953e155e8f8b8239b87c28ba

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

Filesize
461KB

MD5
7e335c1258740a5798c2b3eea5a97229

SHA1
6ce1e98ddc05a4b9e772901c9bc6caae4103267f

SHA256
667ab5d791b89216a46f7dd3a1bcb9b7e5f235415a74a9678ca41cec051c462f

SHA512
8c190dd139f5459a91c81871f53fc080a81c6397c68cb5b0ee195571012cc8af923b10cd77301da1816f935d36a0587d1c75126f5553005a0f50eb22d3441cb4

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\LYJ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
9fca42b7fa3132ded471b886c4bf8a51

SHA1
86109ac13f8b63bd3467bbf05e39c5cf9bd11d26

SHA256
c519bcfc50245700b30cb417478b46810443b03a6447387dd1d0a13966ff00dd

SHA512
bbdd590e1bd2971fbc6a462f6501341c0808d658ba3407b051f9d299d9babf0632af092d64c6ad290d4ae5d9db8c367898a064bbea916c516c0a54066ad698ab

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\LYJ.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
4c30b3e90b3da5619bc0d5f53c025135

SHA1
829f487b7c26f6cb8b7f211b2331abbc5229aa61

SHA256
b632cedab7ce3d19eebc0d31864dc8c38cd249dcbde299cda818f7026ec294cf

SHA512
fd0b36fb43c6b62f6d47455b392276d4e3710b204ef11c70cefed417740a4b5d9357ba37f612f3f87d539175af312ead05bc7a4360fe3e26fd43c56e856e6313

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\LYJ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
08cd81bfb032afca0de47eba2065963c

SHA1
edea4349eb6946c145133945025b05ab1e1170d9

SHA256
d869cfa840b3f3f5b7a3794b2967388eb594783539a79a99b0ca6ec359b3caa0

SHA512
9c4603d6f260613660cc898b693dc036ca180fc290172f4355e35b4f77f79b58a44a8e9af88601ef9d45bfee8aef8b9aa9d89c41d87d61aa41c807f2b872d3cf

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ATUHFQ\LYJ.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9c28244f2dbe3a4758b532838b0040c9

SHA1
4b58bb4033d43ae64af6c18db48d5d25e23f6121

SHA256
cb770745d547a27a4b99fdbe27a672135f812b29d94fd2b843d06bb5aa1748aa

SHA512
24ed3d4c6aae307a0f1bb1f063b211152644b06d7425a5fe24b09f5f747dd63011451cef3f47cc4985b3316cf1213c056d38768ccb7f44cb2fab28cf4e30e969

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memory/2496-18-0x000000002DC41000-0x000000002DC42000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2496-20-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2496-21-0x0000000071FFD000-0x0000000072008000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2496-51-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2496-52-0x0000000071FFD000-0x0000000072008000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2552-16-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2552-53-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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