ardamax | f450126e52ee5db1245c437ad18b9a9836fc0fa77ef83111d433d77e80bcd799

General

Target

4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.0MB
MD5

4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095
SHA1

89900a8186303301ae09344a46b35c2be61269e3
SHA256

f450126e52ee5db1245c437ad18b9a9836fc0fa77ef83111d433d77e80bcd799
SHA512

7043eaafe9c3ea767b7b6dec3b1bf98d458b3b3d83a9f3888c77adbfa58a141003922ad40d3ca3be8ad54f6b250c6b9bf7e0d647fba0985c7d48efa216f87a4f
SSDEEP

24576:IbPTLobUKSaKd8elI1qxhphuNI9DZPrTCog/vHPCRWxJ18JnziE:I7TGTnKSeDqaTCognPCR+J0z

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/0x00070000000160db-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2768	AIO.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2716	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe
2768	AIO.exe
2900	DllHost.exe
2716	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_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\AIO Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\HNGPRN\\AIO.exe"	AIO.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\HNGPRN\AIO.004	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\AIO.001	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\AIO.002	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\AKV.exe	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\AIO.exe	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\	AIO.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	AIO.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DllHost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2768	AIO.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2768	AIO.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2900	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2768	AIO.exe
2768	AIO.exe
2768	AIO.exe
2768	AIO.exe
2900	DllHost.exe
2900	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2716 wrote to memory of 2768	2716	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2716 wrote to memory of 2768	2716	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2716 wrote to memory of 2768	2716	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2716 wrote to memory of 2768	2716	4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4fa49ff0e0e0c5d38d4549809b208095_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2716
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\AIO.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\HNGPRN\AIO.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:2768

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:2900

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\SerialTibiaBotNG.jpg

Filesize
27KB

MD5
6fb2a38dc107eacb41cf1656e899cf70

SHA1
4eee44b18576e84de7b163142b537d2fe6231845

SHA256
62e85a0f3a4cbc01b6d3390d63de0f7d051e1e723aeb071416a38799c50738ea

SHA512
939f4a7f03996833d54a36f608949a579a7e6c37f5a477694287158fae1403bce8b5b57603ac45f8caf683129f918093e5663703c05d44e78e9e3606a0d683fb

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\AIO.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
29136121b1c0307a02a8826477995613

SHA1
4dffe908036a21be56a9caa739ec1bf1cf9bd0ca

SHA256
f9dd403e696d2128cafe9a4bab54a28161745934df6d3479a066083a61515402

SHA512
2c7077ff82e948b9a9b6b16214dfdd11e222f07fb0a75aec59a9dafc29906907f24e0c625cefd5032321cc7883c00fd0abc7801f185983190f353b6dff2774c7

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\AIO.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
d977f26d7f7ffcb0f002813b55ff032d

SHA1
7e17b642dc1286908c18caba6fedb890de8fcc86

SHA256
2ce6c66843f0d0f156ae523f25d2cf4c9886fcae7b4f69deefbde4bc5328bf29

SHA512
e291f6acf5df88c52eb9232d55eb43fc08cbd423b7ae46148f710de909db49c04fc1d64e05b8e307ddd880134c525188109b94182ca99ea5934b66b9316e9e25

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\AIO.004

Filesize
688B

MD5
d753d7a42032fd636b7901337a30cc2f

SHA1
88bccd37df9016940da2b83c8831f2c223090824

SHA256
523c2b5cad3759ab5a8e5a363095bae613b1642cca1b3cd0855d8b419c0dcc65

SHA512
f7deec3de20f1b8060a2fe34a79fceeeb0a7726ca5c1a8143a4b268798801d4bf44af3279725d459aa1451cfe381a445620100bbf50c480599cc5cede0d539bc

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

Filesize
448KB

MD5
c49125a39e0ae69b1cc77040ba8a9441

SHA1
92941e9559d9b1a0a944595377b6c5d44b53a6a4

SHA256
f7e3d70532b7a0b04bde2fc3a9439b8a95ba7b89eff5f214ef53041a58c97524

SHA512
f61f42e500ebdd0559c420f05849265964e58aba7bb2be1095d41dddc1393ccf2191de0ed61d5fefd3957c4890c61fced1497481b76f158a12f7d95e626224c6

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\HNGPRN\AIO.exe

Filesize
1.4MB

MD5
27a49221ba75a90934342bbe70f6c954

SHA1
751e322d6f7e46c132f0f97c56d60344248f1959

SHA256
946611f5091452aa46310d3ba8a885e808617b8ae9c57a468f7fe3abda4b052d

SHA512
9476f49d2e3c10f3e5cd91313e03405f944bc9887fd65e6c2236caab3a42e2c9a5392d7c34f6c5787a7dc8c3cfd43a3a90a6e052176aa60a43da0327d7ff78d6

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memory/2716-20-0x00000000001B0000-0x00000000001B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2768-16-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2768-23-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2900-21-0x00000000000F0000-0x00000000000F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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