ardamax | 1da0eb654126a94cf4a577135c1325d1f2367aad21a05d8cd0c03f1c91b0051d

General

Target

208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f
SHA1

8a21e6ab9988fb98f7cd51f2f79cf770151462eb
SHA256

1da0eb654126a94cf4a577135c1325d1f2367aad21a05d8cd0c03f1c91b0051d
SHA512

083759882798dcaa8d7d255d266bb6426bd8124aeaafaadb7d6379397def7bdfc4d8097996145a113e4c87f799b1d6378c6bcbf472e3e5156f735cf32523e957
SSDEEP

24576:EU4oTQ8+WsGfvnPq//52aqmT0kHoj9VwwzOCcPJe0ZF9bo:EULTQ8+WRXPqJR2kHsuwzOCcg09

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/0x000a000000023b92-8.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-1-5-21-940901362-3608833189-1915618603-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2064	ADS.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2064	ADS.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\ADS Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\PSMRKT\\ADS.exe"	ADS.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 opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\	ADS.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\ADS.004	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\ADS.001	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\ADS.002	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\AKV.exe	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\ADS.exe	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_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	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ADS.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2064	ADS.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2064	ADS.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2064	ADS.exe
2064	ADS.exe
2064	ADS.exe
2064	ADS.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 680 wrote to memory of 2064	680	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 680 wrote to memory of 2064	680	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 680 wrote to memory of 2064	680	208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\208e9fc3d216cc75e09ef81dd2abb20f_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:680
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\ADS.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\PSMRKT\ADS.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:2064

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\ADS.001

Filesize
60KB

MD5
a15c556f17d7db8287e023138942d5db

SHA1
880bf8ec944120830dc2e2e040e5996e4e0e6c83

SHA256
f3716810ab011a4cb7693d31b69cd540380ef2a067724e0d568070c8a558694e

SHA512
930339711e3d73e5af0778367a648c94411c20d23bf4c27ec5d72222e76b8902eb3fc0992d70cc4141600c19087159514246d42f1e762c98dad306f8e0bd99cd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\ADS.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
daabecdfba287a3333b60ae82211acd7

SHA1
e67b4c7bf0dd71ad47263a58bb60be4bce504b84

SHA256
12981c35adf6f00c7dddbc3ab23c04c30133cc5be107015dab9fd7ba4e8b4173

SHA512
937f551f959bd823292fe5983bbfb1c3a6dd86426a5da228dc7ddba38138c898599bc713d707b9d3463b20825cee0783d92c1c19019cd0328986a8aef5c1222f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\ADS.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
61e8f1daa1b0dc8c102b115ee60e55f0

SHA1
11a0893f82a1d6b654c87ecb482d3c13c177ea9e

SHA256
9dea25436a6ec53eac21b23bb12714817c4d2d00fb41558148e1a0c81da437fa

SHA512
a36e73e6aaaeabb5c87510721baacc31ac5aeed039d28abcf9dd0b894129ae6ad3d0134f607d8682e15854b7dc7c95f93723a3d7113b008b73e8a7578755ddb1

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PSMRKT\ADS.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
f3819a6cab8ae058254c4abb3844d87e

SHA1
0f8b1a74af87f1823ec0d76e21a8d54d55a53a8b

SHA256
3d656d1364b4b2382020f64990a2c630b7b9422ca7b7fe2c30646fda3303e6c9

SHA512
dfe9d342f3ad543fec8bd278e21ac5059b1c36ed3f735734e9b92d639cb25609f9307862ab2b35ea3e88713f4a652abe5863871225f915462c79d493ac5e1f57

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

Filesize
456KB

MD5
48cfaed4d566c34716326302b49bdad2

SHA1
566e0989b6bc7ed205f9ae250ea98e3a4d7fba52

SHA256
54c2e10de3ed7135d20c239a7f656c6ff57d1158607fa4c6779e042681de87ea

SHA512
96c871ed9af039142aab5904021d3ef3f75a58c5cc1fdf4d59e40e3699fd03e7cff384b788f7359a1de519ebdcafdad55891fef4f67e2c216ea89ebc945996a0

Download Submit
memory/2064-16-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2064-18-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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