ardamax | bc8e0442d62aeafa5e4f76b7e3dac470a23eebfa6362c72b0aa8fde8305eb0c3

General

Target

479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

2.4MB
MD5

479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b
SHA1

fce40cfdb6069d2afe563cc0ea872dd030f2e461
SHA256

bc8e0442d62aeafa5e4f76b7e3dac470a23eebfa6362c72b0aa8fde8305eb0c3
SHA512

cf7d728fc68ee11491fc7d73e04007f1d060e75a1d59326af1f46094d309a09d322e2118758f36b5c47e7666507f274a2115e177d22d3df459de463ec7c05817
SSDEEP

49152:Hz+TbE09LpUllP/tk2A5br4nilSyGHIafpeesk/2W2w8RGbhEAmKUkG:HI5pULlG5br4XyGHI0peeskeWegm1

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/0x0007000000023caa-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-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4840	IRU.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4840	IRU.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\IRU Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\NWQVCA\\IRU.exe"	IRU.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\NWQVCA\IRU.004	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\IRU.001	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\IRU.002	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\AKV.exe	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\IRU.exe	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\	IRU.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	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IRU.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4840	IRU.exe
4840	IRU.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4840	IRU.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4840	IRU.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4840	IRU.exe
4840	IRU.exe
4840	IRU.exe
4840	IRU.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 4840	2352	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 4840	2352	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 4840	2352	479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\479d31834687a29585ffba92f7247c2b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2352
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\IRU.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\NWQVCA\IRU.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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4840

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\NWQVCA\AKV.exe

Filesize
485KB

MD5
42150775d201a85ebc379d21aa253f85

SHA1
fccd7df34e16abaf8d55935016cdb15df8041e06

SHA256
00206ccef9ee8da111cc547c698b7e61736b328de48ac5c307d05f2921ef0b9c

SHA512
4ff3c587a8d88e319acb028829c75ecb3e11c16a62ba9c2090720613c51c6555af698ba8ff75672b405602f196ed1b99dbeb9395bae62aac2140fa31600b36e0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\IRU.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
9681d3e1f2c53ad98b8467b3acca33fc

SHA1
04d5d08781f27d6e08ad0262f7325b2be4db7743

SHA256
baecddca15ea6932b9cd4e7f5bae848c3c290660a85c408b898150c6f8fd744e

SHA512
5c6191fb676ace9d1c2ddfd4e98651959ab24b718ab626c343e2bb271d31edd8ba43ed9de528c7832ddcc2137d2424c22bb19f115dc252e1400cfcd3edce2098

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\IRU.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
e65e4bdb2c86226589b88f101153c01b

SHA1
731be43621721dba20f0bb74966ea08043ef37fd

SHA256
e8a9477bc04824357c0f0bcc1cb665e1dfb6cf5c05f68517749f6cb11821cec2

SHA512
7700ee197f109a8f2cff2e529715e371e36c1d9924af0bedef9285f76898d3448847af3bff342813b9bd8ca619b7c39b9607150596008ffc6fe68b338f6769cd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\IRU.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
5493bde64d1dad5025b508bffbd0bc82

SHA1
138f555c04a4616a07762cc52bc9048d574c0bc6

SHA256
041f9b6545250674c2a0a1cffbb709d187dba0c4845e0cf0909e5c19a6327a64

SHA512
f486d59db35977480224a8fc0f8ed2c8f87dee44b4960218d15dd410b8aae1388cedd8e08273860e67da482384778edb94f7712f0c2400fb6f7878899024aa8a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NWQVCA\IRU.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
9a6a50772539f5a61fefa29c34666223

SHA1
b2b8650d817ef7d86bfef48420e9716f0ffdccce

SHA256
93db12799d366bbb10f28b923188e3f1457b3ec931ddf33ddeb131a80e46f00b

SHA512
eb5f89e6b27981d85dc235edc477a4397d08b9e89d638b0e07301a26ca6e640f12251fdcfe1386df4167a2928bc60959289329531bc7a9e14a232ead22935fed

Download Submit
memory/4840-17-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4840-19-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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