ardamax | e246d9a3ac41af83e98c9728f9d563d9fb711a6a463dc1e410eaa60193209d06

General

Target

2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

507KB
MD5

2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc
SHA1

fde210f146fc102a4fb208fdd01da17fbba14910
SHA256

e246d9a3ac41af83e98c9728f9d563d9fb711a6a463dc1e410eaa60193209d06
SHA512

6f027188034a26aed258aff4ffde82d62f5665eae918c346e33a4a402ae92d1ecd0a5c1b19672a5f21f4e1bf0a487036c10a9901c11a3e904a4416ff5c18c09f
SSDEEP

12288:GdeA9Zuy9YaWdTVG8CzcyzPXzqVLHSA4Stu1oGg9CeRkdjpY9:PW79YaWdRG8jyzPXzqVzSAtturgBkhp6

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/0x00060000000193b4-18.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3056	JNJR.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1724	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
1724	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
1724	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
3056	JNJR.exe
3056	JNJR.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\JNJR Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Sys32\\JNJR.exe"	JNJR.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 created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\JNJR.exe	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\AKV.exe	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32	JNJR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\JNJR.001	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\JNJR.006	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\JNJR.007	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_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	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JNJR.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3056	JNJR.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3056	JNJR.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
3056	JNJR.exe
3056	JNJR.exe
3056	JNJR.exe
3056	JNJR.exe
3056	JNJR.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 3056	1724	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 3056	1724	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 3056	1724	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 3056	1724	2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2158461faf0b41fbfefeeb327cd443fc_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1724
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\JNJR.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys32\JNJR.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:3056

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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Downloads

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

Filesize
389KB

MD5
f567d932480c03ab1de08b1b72aada97

SHA1
92c60c8971cf6aa88baf945c61c3a40709c03e02

SHA256
565e67c1959c0dec7be32b308681ec7106cde58b1b409cc21cbc642b7a6d627f

SHA512
2c9bac11470c2ff211054df00f252c312d6d2e0aea4349b03072934f8ce2623fb365c64c0eb56a08440e4daabd11799e03b158733a9922fc05ebc7782c67b3fe

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

Filesize
372B

MD5
131b0ae4d08e1795628d90ad2e1c0187

SHA1
608cec79b5da2a7c6d1696e396f57203168329cd

SHA256
72a06d90b49f902f5628abfc53c8397aa3e610d68639b050c991f5a00a17478c

SHA512
0ab9fcec77a65a91d8db5f4aaa9c33264ab5a408c55dc47e8863219b8de27fd5ca00a02f210d6541af7af04344be13160e74cfcb8f92832e461f1a67f78c6c52

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\JNJR.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
02d9f210aac7049c13f026ba9898a9bd

SHA1
b6aae5e7fae29934042af5f6a6d51a52b51265a1

SHA256
43b9f2d721ec6e419b865639dead7ba29202839f967ba172f479977db8ea4e9b

SHA512
dda86da60ab27f2c05ebd8e7d4b709771da0edb22ba406336898e4e7e5c2febbfe9d81fb946d6440f6393e0f8c25ae61125e4ff3e8aa168c1e36a63e89999466

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\JNJR.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
5b9bf404722eac0ff29f1609f4e938ac

SHA1
4a0dc9cf5f7cb6855b4f2745646c4a3dcf995ba2

SHA256
45e39c6673b2e580e6cc01f2213dcc4d93da2eb561c94066506d90ceea8c3522

SHA512
50b6689db1e052d39ee1abf3ddab19b64f99ba48460fa75abf5e467d79d99958aa0a9524f3ad0d91d48cfd429ed09cfca068446287d8373974b7583eafc0fd29

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

Filesize
475KB

MD5
d0c5feb812ca765b00a3ca0e974fabd2

SHA1
c5a4b5aee6b92019552f811d3ceb4fdcee0105fa

SHA256
cd2de8b54a5de630e03177a736a35f85a1f8d8367a392ed833fb6fee29c96440

SHA512
fb4e5bda23453484f0d0c4cc3bdc1f29a36be56281f558f356b579996bde15290a9dfbbc018ffe86e2304832a2898710f0331b7f3cd181d16930e2abbdfaafe8

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@C227.tmp

Filesize
3KB

MD5
e6d3a1562e0a2d9230e4bfd7e477dffd

SHA1
ef5d510e60caef4924eced60c092a63e9233b375

SHA256
49ee7df841542ff4fc5232bd8244f06683cc70f8af5f861b94497b504208b3ab

SHA512
e6d866daf96ad912d4ad69324d9f89820d15dd2a8d34aba5b3392aa5f6a67931f988080a25fa09067f81024180a3a4c0e211a80405b56e6663481fce7ffa1177

Download Submit
memory/3056-24-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3056-27-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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