ardamax | 8553c39295085aaaac494c6dfcc3fec4e59ad594d597c94a7e17be8138beff3f

General

Target

14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116
SHA1

ec382ad6daa977cd223a074388059a9664a560d5
SHA256

8553c39295085aaaac494c6dfcc3fec4e59ad594d597c94a7e17be8138beff3f
SHA512

ac40b431f7b30057b49b461e525f552205c87bda25063b3370448d9c8fc88ecd343609bbd49061356dfd0bfc6baa21ed23258872b2e9225b61acbcbae0902168
SSDEEP

24576:LZxTBtq9dFVHyESL0YXWtGAVHNJX0qXcOXbs3TUkRTutRh3JhYzmBGTyxfpLoNKj:LXTq9yESINGCtaqnLsjUFn3xcT2fpLS

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/0x0007000000015d5f-10.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1280	ALM.exe
2668	pokebot2.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
1280	ALM.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\ALM Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\NLJXCB\\ALM.exe"	ALM.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\NLJXCB\ALM.exe	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\	ALM.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\ALM.004	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\ALM.001	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\ALM.002	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\AKV.exe	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_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	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ALM.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1280	ALM.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1280	ALM.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1280	ALM.exe
1280	ALM.exe
1280	ALM.exe
1280	ALM.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 1280	2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 1280	2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 1280	2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 1280	2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2668	2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2668	2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2668	2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2480 wrote to memory of 2668	2480	14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14f332618f7de37ac19edec443763116_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2480
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\ALM.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\NLJXCB\ALM.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:1280
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pokebot2.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pokebot2.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:2668

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\pokebot2.exe

Filesize
682KB

MD5
c506d6aa12290d64c5c9495d11538db2

SHA1
a2e817fc0bd750d0257b447afc895d05352e42a9

SHA256
08288d971a0d8289b3c65e3ff49d7a20a29c72a660b89a6dbeb10e36339aa993

SHA512
0ad9d399adaf2123bfb12b9c748c148947b9e256ae60e51fbf6a6c32f4e10608355b46fb4b63937a2f2062683cb47e00e2d5f5bf1975557af2baf335be2e3e51

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

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\ALM.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92

SHA1
0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9

SHA256
dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1

SHA512
1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\ALM.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\ALM.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
c5f0be13d00e50d3880050b094c3fa4d

SHA1
8819fd84b4572ee9582c6a5b64818a1d70be5383

SHA256
9918e30e54e67d1ad25dc57478930992ffb8f262f96bb6bdf8539e4529573ed6

SHA512
324fca4b69b46923f1acbc14519b75aecfca36554c1e8245030c81525e5acc8e2607c6216adb4495af8b6c3e875406f8333fd0205bcdbc1c4e85f135727441f4

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NLJXCB\ALM.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

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memory/1280-24-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1280-27-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2668-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
696KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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