ardamax | 0e94dc6ed2c79b43e33e3d490db83e715cfbbe568670babed76990a072ac564f

General

Target

391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d
SHA1

25a761373cf674c37ff326755a42b99b627d9811
SHA256

0e94dc6ed2c79b43e33e3d490db83e715cfbbe568670babed76990a072ac564f
SHA512

73f8891ef05192c3ab4c0478ff2f3e7840d3f3bb605bc5262fbcee13eca68aa9b51cd029b13a512aea7782a79202e6a3d1a3420314a409ba486cb9ce75c93c3e
SSDEEP

24576:lk/AT2aOrriL5O9qckCvQGJ2nkreQNtAvITbeI4fSRyuoSmWPb1fDoxU:6oT2aQridOw7wV2kTRpFfpLo

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/0x000a000000015db1-7.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2960	YID.exe
2820	Diez V.1.3.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
2960	YID.exe
2820	Diez V.1.3.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\YID Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\FYRQDT\\YID.exe"	YID.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

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\X:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\U:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\A:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\B:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\V:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Y:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\W:	Diez V.1.3.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Z:	Diez V.1.3.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.003	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.exe	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\	YID.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.004	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.001	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.002	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\AKV.exe	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_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	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	YID.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Diez V.1.3.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2960	YID.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2960	YID.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2820	Diez V.1.3.exe
2960	YID.exe
2960	YID.exe
2960	YID.exe
2960	YID.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2960	2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2960	2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2960	2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2960	2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2820	2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2820	2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2820	2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2820	2748	391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\391ab4b67cb9dff5dc2aa428d32a0c1d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2748
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\FYRQDT\YID.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:2960
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Diez V.1.3.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Diez V.1.3.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Enumerates connected drives
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2820

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

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

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\Diez V.1.3.exe

Filesize
96KB

MD5
c63b2e5bfac6d4e3b83a39b91e539fb6

SHA1
c7a1cf6e2f4b8efcc114f64b12ab032323140670

SHA256
7e2fda7fd9f99c75db618a50119cfeb144a3de676bfaa7fe0693801fc817b8d2

SHA512
05d307988cbd772b95715649fed530b8705470d82eee77909a09435e3152ccadde5ed4096dc33692dcb65e44edf3cddf2119ca738672b71dbf3d6510b39af2f7

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

Filesize
463KB

MD5
eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832

SHA1
1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa

SHA256
96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061

SHA512
d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd

SHA1
7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09

SHA256
70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24

SHA512
ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2

SHA1
a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336

SHA256
4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d

SHA512
dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.003

Filesize
68KB

MD5
f47e8f65618e1b1f7e1720713f5a8c4c

SHA1
abad8e9e13b1e41f2af86e3c16526c6f2d05d952

SHA256
f170be2582c82ea131e1f688eea6e1cd17d14e6a9bb805b6aed2791e625a74d8

SHA512
635d617dbd15d00e2f7470857531b9820439a8816f2c74b3d83156599537ff42e26ea7d769863f2768eb2770ba9c47b1a10eb3e2677fe92b9eda6ae51da18dcb

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
ef7b23bd37506cfdc73f477cfd2dc151

SHA1
828941eb2cc1c16044d9492f6289cdfd468b2c6b

SHA256
2f311a142cfdb14a82b8c1bb1fc16d97b219dcc07efab5b8997e886865309bde

SHA512
915cc1a69ffd41a1cb2973da7754f000df5226470b9ff49d76dd21951e40da71dd745c5ea46162eeeb6accb78a6d08b43dc4de66d676eae52704399a168edb76

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\FYRQDT\YID.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041

SHA1
3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802

SHA256
734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4

SHA512
5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399

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memory/2820-31-0x0000000005150000-0x0000000005462000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2820-33-0x0000000005150000-0x0000000005462000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2820-34-0x0000000005840000-0x00000000059B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2820-36-0x0000000005090000-0x000000000509A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2820-38-0x0000000005090000-0x000000000509A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2820-37-0x0000000005090000-0x000000000509A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2820-40-0x0000000005090000-0x000000000509A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2820-42-0x0000000005090000-0x000000000509A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2820-41-0x0000000005090000-0x000000000509A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2960-26-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2960-39-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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