ardamax | c11c5c083b2585701fd3aba7908579684e5dd5777b7f6aa0ee2f4d513edff00e

General

Target

2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

622KB
MD5

2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854
SHA1

7dc4c7ef5122e8ba1f42b77ea9891e102e53df32
SHA256

c11c5c083b2585701fd3aba7908579684e5dd5777b7f6aa0ee2f4d513edff00e
SHA512

dd700a1c294373a93a1458e635c3f8c5dcd8a204f5552ec0a6677afb15f9238aa13bbc68a851992c1fb07ea571a398adfcabe21374c42d07c5f642a13317ef1e
SSDEEP

12288:Z9uKKaBxbyHDmxwtqeRYlnkWsp3eWfB4kEsx93LTRtbMVoXqyeN2gC:iKpr1yt7RYFLsp3fEuHRNXqy43C

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/0x0007000000023c83-12.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-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1080	JFBC.exe
3732	TibiCAM.exe

Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3812	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe
1080	JFBC.exe
1080	JFBC.exe
1080	JFBC.exe
3732	TibiCAM.exe
2540	WerFault.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\JFBC Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\JFBC.exe"	JFBC.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 8 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	JFBC.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\Language.dat	TibiCAM.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JFBC.001	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JFBC.006	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JFBC.007	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JFBC.exe	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TibiCAM.rtf	TibiCAM.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
2540	3732	WerFault.exe	86

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	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JFBC.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TibiCAM.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1080	JFBC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1080	JFBC.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1080	JFBC.exe
1080	JFBC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 1080	3812	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 1080	3812	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 1080	3812	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 3732	3812	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 3732	3812	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 3732	3812	2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2621111710e0b9a2cb46c69be7af6854_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3812
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JFBC.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\JFBC.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:1080
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TibiCAM.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TibiCAM.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3732
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3732 -s 784
    3⤵
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Program crash
    PID:2540

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 3732 -ip 3732
1⤵
PID:2284

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

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@8A4E.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
908f7f4b0cf93759447afca95cd84aa6

SHA1
d1903a49b211bcb4a460904019ee7441420aa961

SHA256
3e6378164f9dc4148b86c9312b63c5a6b1fabcfebf9557f182d331e9cb32fc23

SHA512
958e0880565b008cdb045d6aba5103f0ba820ac037facf24b78924187a119258e3a8a97de4c3874694962114ef672d41a55feb71b92d5038e7d45bc3d91d6b0d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TibiCAM.exe

Filesize
596KB

MD5
b6e194788efe686f969a02de97e88429

SHA1
84f45bc686e7eba9f3365cbcb1ae3cb5bcef713c

SHA256
1333092038762ffd7ceb1b9808a6102cd04f2961c57ef0bac71dd9e4205e7bab

SHA512
f4ffebb62871b182d4c7a7e6b81a3288394285f4ac22c442629f1bb94574840ef06c7a67b973a0efce45e8983f2f152f56f9a906b4d37e83c931af7c945f48e5

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

Filesize
393KB

MD5
b0b09699ea39c0107af1c0833f07c054

SHA1
b730e2fb0bda9bf4a1b1f8768a00838e3ca9dcc1

SHA256
be63e3b5a6c3fbec11a737332d4e0040a23cc2d17182b4bc5e7d5dd41d930ee1

SHA512
55430e53058964961808f37d738c31f1502c3ec4a14b0296bef7bad22e468734bcd119eedba14cc87894d4acc81c9266572aff9919b18bd584823c47fa149796

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

Filesize
548B

MD5
77a427bde8d0374be54c6e258b5ee9dc

SHA1
a7a34208ebc327324519d3ba846047f166799594

SHA256
d3f16bdd2c4167a6993219a7a4a3c3aa0dc4aade6a46f749c27277dab7fd25e2

SHA512
62b5965d60d08f4006445295e4c525de685e85689858f27da0ba4d8f4f64a997b631dc440e2924b33e09548efd26d395f1915ec2ccb5326988166a3c4f9f4f3d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JFBC.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
e0fcfa7cad88d1a8a462cee6b06cf668

SHA1
a7e49078517abc929a6da261df06556c8f5a8cf0

SHA256
340ff9f7f784e299030abb9982c88547e67251a6cca07d30ca8073d01a2840c4

SHA512
430fd640432769047de7bb4432f710193855a5121fe5944ef07f6b68749608312e7c22b29834967d429637fc9b285671cd10bbc9e1cfb43654695a206ba9cf82

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
ca72cd485d116033f1b776903ce7ee0a

SHA1
85b0b73a75b0498f56200dd1a5cf0de5371e42a3

SHA256
e583532d6b4d8cfc1def5e550674e9e1a4eef2a107adacddf729fddac64f49c4

SHA512
8dbf6920af64aac6a80c3da4a567473dc20c8d4e24078f7e66bb5aa1a08641e5081b0a1ee05f82fb1dd14218b62572c198ff39b1add5f19893008b3d8e54538f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JFBC.exe

Filesize
472KB

MD5
7ca78f42e7c88f01fb7fd88321b283ff

SHA1
8f6fb4e3f5b696cac4fd54490d5f8c1862d0bb6b

SHA256
2354f408b272232ea4bb74d17d22a4332b97f1003fb9bace174a9811f2b41729

SHA512
06e822f04a4657b492a485b5a542e5c8400060abf7e71020d17965fee11f1f7c0807e32b5f9426a4fb9b4d7dd05a68ae871e5fef0807e24204351ebe569eb4ca

Download Submit
memory/1080-31-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/1080-36-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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