ardamax | 092f01db62d349cb9aabab44b39ddc822b91e091fd79c1e2851a7d86e5d62a46

General

Target

186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

557KB
MD5

186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35
SHA1

d521a7585f481c1df86242f78645b11deca258e4
SHA256

092f01db62d349cb9aabab44b39ddc822b91e091fd79c1e2851a7d86e5d62a46
SHA512

43ff4d8d55403554ea29f757c9f005a06cf895f9fe4b0926ed9d2445191d9871dd36152baccfc8ada35a20afe80ae701475c03af505da9d5ede93a215cf7b0d1
SSDEEP

12288:KQ8jwz/7PC/VbWU5vOOmDJbgMsVGqubXVgzqSNi7cqv9k9IszH:qOwbWU9OOm9sMsVGpV22h9k9IszH

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/0x0007000000019023-11.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2676	OUFH.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2696	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe
2696	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe
2696	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_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\OUFH Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\OUFH.exe"	OUFH.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OUFH.001	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OUFH.006	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OUFH.007	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OUFH.exe	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_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	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	OUFH.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2696 wrote to memory of 2676	2696	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2696 wrote to memory of 2676	2696	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2696 wrote to memory of 2676	2696	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2696 wrote to memory of 2676	2696	186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\186f8b8d2bde2a531e1cd4df04b53d35_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2696
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OUFH.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\OUFH.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2676

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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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
395KB

MD5
b8fa30233794772b8b76b4b1d91c7321

SHA1
0cf9561be2528944285e536f41d502be24c3aa87

SHA256
14116fa79ccc105fabd312b4dff74933f8684c6b27db37e5e3a79d159092d29a

SHA512
10ce8b18e7afb8c7e30bb90b0a1f199ef0b77873fa7a9efc596606e151be6b516c0ec6222a9032bdcc527e80964f53d20a28fa1881a08b4df303b2e28204549d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OUFH.001

Filesize
458B

MD5
91c17cd836e9bd7c1bfebbfddd86c1f6

SHA1
958d07f63bb40445bd5d4bd46da8a68d1a1cca7e

SHA256
c0ca7c76eb16c047185e2ec70c48173fb739c82c2fbe703f2609318ff342fc12

SHA512
6b156140d29a34dc5dd1e719dbe6de6acea4c408f7c9cd3fde887ac803a9cb1df8f3d6bfa3d80286ef232a4435c37bb00b0b30f65d4808dd74b7b627126f41ba

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OUFH.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OUFH.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@EB78.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OUFH.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

Download Submit
memory/2676-24-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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