ardamax | ef456adbe2a048369e017316f8f0813276719692d512cc3622306c554e5323d5

General

Target

4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

2.3MB
MD5

4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060
SHA1

72ff183548da77a168e8d4069fcbc4c30e9578dc
SHA256

ef456adbe2a048369e017316f8f0813276719692d512cc3622306c554e5323d5
SHA512

bbe0449342b61465535d694b4cf5d7ce3af5559ed0f905411ead42c45fd8aa50e97e8abe7f58d82c521f568fa6064cbf346a62290ad2a426295a6c4a66c0fdad
SSDEEP

49152:S64MTOn5r6a6WJmN08ffsIQETJzL1ZYr8OA/kKDbCnvwa5ZM2OC7SP13:S6oTmyJIDTnqIVG4a02OBt

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0006000000018690-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

IAP.exe

pid	Process
1736	IAP.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exeIAP.exe

pid	Process
3052	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe
1736	IAP.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

IAP.exe

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\IAP Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\HTKFON\\IAP.exe"	IAP.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

Processes:

4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exeIAP.exe

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\IAP.001	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\IAP.002	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\AKV.exe	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\IAP.exe	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\	IAP.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\IAP.004	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_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

Processes:

4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exeIAP.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IAP.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

IAP.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1736	IAP.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1736	IAP.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

Processes:

IAP.exe

pid	Process
1736	IAP.exe
1736	IAP.exe
1736	IAP.exe
1736	IAP.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes:

4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 1736	3052	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 1736	3052	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 1736	3052	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 1736	3052	4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4ea6fb75bb6348ac0e0231522f118060_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3052
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\IAP.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\HTKFON\IAP.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:1736

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\HTKFON\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8

SHA1
ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba

SHA256
71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b

SHA512
a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\IAP.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\IAP.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\IAP.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
8517d4887194ca9409d8ebf96168a1c6

SHA1
7cc768b5e1c6c79ee748fb6b0968affd801b96f8

SHA256
31ac63d088d78ade8069e382b9f4a87fa8d9f368820f9e192270726ed069a9e5

SHA512
ca49b8d1dc21c7a98529e2e8b0ffdd5362c6f9f6e18ade0e4b2e6f6cc28da1714d93d66815c3fac7aa24671178048723663ece48b9c8f4b41110909bc4c8d1c4

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\HTKFON\IAP.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

Download Submit
memory/1736-15-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/1736-17-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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