ardamax | 9c2c97f95ca9222078aaa6f32793422557e440261ad3958eb5035d406365e18d

General

Target

ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94
SHA1

e85137d15ea575afbd37f371ededf54aef645a32
SHA256

9c2c97f95ca9222078aaa6f32793422557e440261ad3958eb5035d406365e18d
SHA512

9003e7a1bcf1b842c08b2cebc035a70eee1eb15dd2113094ed8680e83904c2f83fd70a597ff976427009bc076c3c4ce5fb7878af5570132434001280f1d81a43
SSDEEP

24576:vk/ATiinxabob3VbyABkZWSxz+SAfni384B5UOJRect2FDxa:8oTrkbor0Amxzcnisc5UOLe

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/0x0007000000016c81-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	GXM.exe
2464	Mao.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe
2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe
2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.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\GXM Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\BVIAMT\\GXM.exe"	GXM.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\GXM.exe	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\GXM.004	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\GXM.001	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\GXM.002	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\AKV.exe	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_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	GXM.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Mao.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2464	Mao.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2104	2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2104	2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2104	2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2104	2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2464	2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2464	2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2464	2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2464	2304	ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ff2ef64673e74d14e258d1a3c74c3e94_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2304
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\GXM.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\BVIAMT\GXM.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2104
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mao.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mao.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2464

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

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\BVIAMT\AKV.exe

Filesize
463KB

MD5
eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832

SHA1
1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa

SHA256
96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061

SHA512
d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\GXM.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd

SHA1
7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09

SHA256
70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24

SHA512
ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\GXM.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2

SHA1
a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336

SHA256
4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d

SHA512
dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\GXM.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
6f868c0a43ae9cd3522053ac19e34b32

SHA1
f323da594da868beb0f7b1426d44a6d92e69f2f1

SHA256
3d6331a14a56cc96eaf093e77759ee3a9f61805eaeeacc9ab3acbac7338f2d57

SHA512
69dc6e8932498393eeb862ac396586029b25baf3cee58e58fbc96d3dc18c35675e25501e28f23233c5aa1c362cab1eead4a78c93ea1cd99c50ab00a2e2266665

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mao.exe

Filesize
24KB

MD5
87c2984985d764426582aac956758e75

SHA1
5e19760d66bc240d44f5e6426928ac15e9aad934

SHA256
d576eb43669ed6de3ec360d928e1729256fa5d5565c364cc662265be6d01e2bb

SHA512
a6c5caea98989fc860f6fb75da8b89c864cf6e8b7e04f099ce9a422bcbfe3c9fb8286fe0baf5eda00d6120af99fa66b9f5a1fa395768ba4d86ce220c19d14c38

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\BVIAMT\GXM.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041

SHA1
3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802

SHA256
734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4

SHA512
5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399

Download Submit
memory/2104-16-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2104-27-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002B1000-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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