ardamax | 6da5e2a82598b79f1ac8aeec73f897de4ddc6a18b379dd86e11b144cae066217

General

Target

205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

310KB
MD5

205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a
SHA1

6733b055071fd564460e8b7b43b5c490189e3828
SHA256

6da5e2a82598b79f1ac8aeec73f897de4ddc6a18b379dd86e11b144cae066217
SHA512

c67ccbda5df47261b17e79f68a81f92f2edc68df1b1fbcf274b6cc857e2c406e01826ee2fe7b4c3fb0eeb405ed8c03a92d530033e48ff13ff274fe2da0ebe53b
SSDEEP

6144:Tov6LZJETQ54ZYxn8N90qFzL26G+Er6fBoeNiz9MOMu+zuY:k2HET5mne9bS6GjefqeU9SzuY

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/0x0007000000016de8-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2156	TRXY.exe

Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs

pid	Process
2860	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
2860	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
2860	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
2156	TRXY.exe
2156	TRXY.exe
2732	DllHost.exe
2732	DllHost.exe
2860	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_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\TRXY Agent = "C:\\Windows\\28463\\TRXY.exe"	TRXY.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 Windows directory 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.007	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.exe	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.004	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.003	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\28463	TRXY.exe
File created	C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.001	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.006	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_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	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TRXY.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2156	TRXY.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2156	TRXY.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2732	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2156	TRXY.exe
2156	TRXY.exe
2156	TRXY.exe
2156	TRXY.exe
2156	TRXY.exe
2732	DllHost.exe
2732	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2156	2860	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2156	2860	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2156	2860	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2156	2860	205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\205a39560975331a571a5c6a9f83c53a_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2860
- C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.exe
  "C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2156

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2732

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\avatar54880_2.gif.jpg

Filesize
5KB

MD5
4c1fcb054ea6a071d7e4ec579bd34e6d

SHA1
77c2b87a77e9fc68e73dcaff853da502795b6378

SHA256
90275e2a5217ff8741c0eed219cc338c1d647b0098037bd33c72878ea7561256

SHA512
49eb49f29020cb5914e44775d85cfcfe4ffb89e07c62d4b07d91c2a21877112fb91b35d31bc0e3b980bc985381e182c49e887d0a8a3f432c65076aa7540c3c55

Download Submit
C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.001

Filesize
436B

MD5
1f2b9f2dde686c957d79ffe1159e192a

SHA1
a1c89e4bbf8d54e974f19fa3f952c2289443439b

SHA256
329b63681af7f6c4e2bbd711ac7cf8b6e4fd072458f4ef7d6b24c3f75ae891d2

SHA512
d1061d4c26356aeaea27ca0d49dadd2e5debaedbca4d9b4a9f534304dd86098235896ef532a1bb777f9d63dcb17f3bf8bed9a14cd22fdcea228071dc71e6f8b0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.004

Filesize
14KB

MD5
febb3c7c4857dfd4178102cbc6116405

SHA1
edb78f2af79ce791f013d92cf1ef0d326c4791c4

SHA256
8c9efc86ccd7a45a1e67446b80c92be5de6a506fe92acf84cb2d7f2ef19bf7a5

SHA512
9c2fe7057c8ad3aa699b0f7266768412c74dabc5469bdfe9ad36c3685c7230ca87e8bcc7d788354e90701fcecc9b5c2cae4b219ae96d0bf445364dd061dc6f57

Download Submit
C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
86d96c93965255cef35ca42413188b75

SHA1
9d77f203267febe047d049584e5c79f1c1801b2d

SHA256
b796bd1f5cdb1d1db91c3aca1ac700c015775b9caf2725fbf4b6089a096f21c5

SHA512
2db81080a16494ec549f4f39ee382580ba12cd5cbfe31632c8459ba94d767ce1ad3e9c0e6643f80530ae5e316fc42dca05708eeade7ce3c0341d669325cdb095

Download Submit
C:\Windows\28463\TRXY.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b73942c11844487ca7fc3e78062c8abb

SHA1
28f4c4159528ccbe9d83b5cd5e157861d11ff04c

SHA256
4ba88f8964ee02a395d88974fd43b05610cf520b4ab40f36b3f98715ce1e0984

SHA512
d4c782f5abd91b3396b243345f968eb5a705a7aefeedf92e62047309f7ccf223c0825623c184de66e3667c22eb371f0329be97ea70f6d72b54f98b22042e1f9c

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@C590.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
9dc64557fcebd521ca4b267da15c2914

SHA1
c2247f9e0f0c8d11c7b9ab93f43ed53943d0bdd2

SHA256
a49cb9cbab2a60418b2079d4110123682fc980bb6b46ac5ada144797b5fa2cf4

SHA512
00241a139ca307c5eb4d89fa8b6296833961091286282c3482746e4a3589ef61e6d007edb6aa6fa1ef812d57bf63a8e495e0db712e17decc77bbae2490cdbe01

Download Submit
\Windows\28463\TRXY.exe

Filesize
472KB

MD5
324154483b20e6f67a3c1486e3fc7c6a

SHA1
d6630eb1d8555b48413434b4a5d54c8de819cbf8

SHA256
ded1c934280294375d7b926773511e4d5e6c8dbb22b0dd25a80a6b0b3af065d3

SHA512
36349f7c53b9989eac63e8c91b7fb009a5a0dce934242ae5956a5e3d3764949a87296adeba81f3da96b5e035f3755b4dd75de2ffa211b7db296313c52f6d478b

Download Submit
memory/2156-25-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2156-37-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2732-30-0x00000000773FF000-0x0000000077400000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2732-33-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2860-32-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002312000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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