ardamax | e648d3dc74787646def479acd6970a936b6814545b5361b06800d2c100d0230e

General

Target

fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9
SHA1

2c0135c2042b2800cb88df50814b2134de3cf439
SHA256

e648d3dc74787646def479acd6970a936b6814545b5361b06800d2c100d0230e
SHA512

e245a9f670e0a5c89070392f2c8486bbea609fbf461f18959447e0429f356cab78b45b7c5008008a1d48500f9391893118e161f1cf58e3f5fe2390e25122b1d0
SSDEEP

24576:+k/AT1yBZsxNHcDI+id/9lQM6MmG6FVFHgeNzcSeDWGvM9emdywGuw2HpQU:foT1savHcOdqMmG6FX1bQmdzGuw2Hp

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x00070000000234ec-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	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1960	IIC.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1960	IIC.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 Windows directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.exe	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\KHJCCL\	IIC.exe
File created	C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.004	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.001	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.002	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\KHJCCL\AKV.exe	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_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	IIC.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1960	IIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1960	IIC.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1960	IIC.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1960	IIC.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1960	IIC.exe
1960	IIC.exe
1960	IIC.exe
1960	IIC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 956 wrote to memory of 1960	956	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 956 wrote to memory of 1960	956	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 956 wrote to memory of 1960	956	fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fbfb6344bad16657e69434143bde12d9_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:956
- C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.exe
  "C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1960

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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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Downloads

C:\Windows\KHJCCL\AKV.exe

Filesize
463KB

MD5
eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832

SHA1
1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa

SHA256
96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061

SHA512
d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd

SHA1
7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09

SHA256
70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24

SHA512
ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2

SHA1
a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336

SHA256
4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d

SHA512
dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
962630e7797d4812c9061157349f3850

SHA1
1a5bd7c0c438394526e8cb7ed8c38dea5386bb4d

SHA256
e0f249d7ab491f0741d4907ab10685f4a24ab8029e4cbe63ad18011e17c79010

SHA512
f19db42024f2b8d2fc2641171e97d90d571dcf21064c84c118becd141d5018d51d13b69b4c8e8ef1a4abfc8ca256e284741b5c1360616ad1eec3854359afd628

Download Submit
C:\Windows\KHJCCL\IIC.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041

SHA1
3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802

SHA256
734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4

SHA512
5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399

Download Submit
memory/1960-16-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/1960-20-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

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