ardamax | db49429641a3b6e3e02057e07eb5c521e27757948211c465f51c3e9519eaf5b6

General

Target

16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

870KB
MD5

16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7
SHA1

29150b7b871d5cdae8d50eb80295ce246b7214dc
SHA256

db49429641a3b6e3e02057e07eb5c521e27757948211c465f51c3e9519eaf5b6
SHA512

352df409e5cafa8357c8a05a058a8cfbe3550f97d0057b640b98243b6beb16d2154b5fbc0c1a4a44fb6ab451cf567b28a13552f233f054eb1e0ddbc3bd6152ea
SSDEEP

12288:UbelydtS9EITSJt4VWHSq6qFWZ8NUhWbPqLdZeyzrlkrDQ+R6iA+StmzhmNCYEQ:vkq9EbuVU6qsZQPq5ZeklohvSQmcYX

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
behavioral2/files/0x000700000002344c-12.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-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
716	EXWE.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4188	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_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\EXWE Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Sys32\\EXWE.exe"	EXWE.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\EXWE.007	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\EXWE.exe	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\AKV.exe	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\EXWE.001	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\EXWE.006	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_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	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EXWE.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-786284298-625481688-3210388970-1000_Classes\Local Settings	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 716	4188	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 716	4188	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 716	4188	16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16ed301979c3dcdf67c993f54d00aab7_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4188
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\EXWE.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys32\EXWE.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:716

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:3552

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

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@808A.tmp

Filesize
3KB

MD5
1af114b264a783148f112ae8a4392450

SHA1
bf5493d1c7794cc9e44f219a5038990215494fd4

SHA256
3071cfecb4af30dbfef855370ed538f332338c35b5f6d5d14045c144796f7ff9

SHA512
b9c833cca0adfad35cbe4392b170cb4820c50874f7b6cf1717a67007c95878e1980c2cbd283ffa671feec0c8794ac229551c5f0b38700d932840a7073f562355

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\AKV.exe

Filesize
389KB

MD5
40f15729e871733ee4e3b526a72f0725

SHA1
43f4f1bb97a6e722ec796027aebd219199136833

SHA256
4ab6592bff060a990b7820e9ee412b4318fb47e85eb01c069fa797399991b472

SHA512
0f8b4bb24813334941d8cdcf137bdc7f4904648b97e5b92c448c053005a29d63c5ddfc6a7fdf1d3a7c1185b8c9dea15d13668bad963b651df6088dcfc32b7967

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\EXWE.001

Filesize
444B

MD5
6a928b82975792e8b6c76f7e3760fce4

SHA1
8612b30cf19ecdda2f8f245399fc92c3663bca1c

SHA256
4683eb45ce7adbeb37cfede55745bce9b9db8e90423fd3bdd26d853f1c92f9e1

SHA512
f8154ebdc00e3c1629017b342b1e5ff71de14b54348edd4179f06f8aa7ade860b66ce9512ee8ec664d4a32153ca4c7553c9af6d406dc7913e847dcb4691b34d5

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\EXWE.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
489d664845e0e001de7e6a87fb355366

SHA1
c0b339c9b8d18dad3b6f425b0eba2833ed313202

SHA256
aab3b216ae3c1415739d487c3d6df9af2b5d055959c289cd803e872b835d55fd

SHA512
7e403f33d0717a3e30664f9702de589c8065690dc423cf69245122e96db346c8112ed15ba53d6ab26c538a1fea9e63dd29a01e2f18be8c1ad439a5466d066be3

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\EXWE.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
8148ef191adcb3a30fbf777b1642dd06

SHA1
79027d2c6b2b14da631a133eeba2a0a102914e39

SHA256
ce5f8b7b0c338711fbc5359ed79c12139c6cdce2a5cdbb53797287800239c2e0

SHA512
8b285260652ce586fc4c8dd8ab26f726634fd50208e9278767461c37f9f4d98857a867322e312ee3b5bcbb9b33d9ff9cb055af7ec9318c2419244c2efcbb2153

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\EXWE.exe

Filesize
475KB

MD5
f7f2f0d8ed270a51c6bce37645b0e8dc

SHA1
3f48aff739c3add1bd951e28c4d11ec24e345adf

SHA256
fa0921f68dec9797bff50e5f3e466c01702eeeff254070c1705ced427edc725b

SHA512
a9c948ad52df9cd83cb4972938b1e1a1751e316d61303eb571ea47e3175d823545ec15951701173f40f1577cc644d1f612e477376730a5fb5d375f2683cc9092

Download Submit
memory/716-23-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D1000-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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