ardamax | fe7455d323ae988aecf13a37641ba27f3ed888208b90ce457a8b9cfa4d960cbe

General

Target

642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

271KB
MD5

642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2
SHA1

33e1d3e4ad969a54bdc0f225fb502805d557c056
SHA256

fe7455d323ae988aecf13a37641ba27f3ed888208b90ce457a8b9cfa4d960cbe
SHA512

557bb48d7a873bf22792a187fa633870e65a02536bca1d60101ea350c18adf70da37c6f71b0b33acddee7976bc400ea4b5697c155839ad72b7e61ee1f32a6df9
SSDEEP

6144:ZG69bi8GYBKghudjBckfLi7XSWQVMipKYnTCG:ZOuBUjTmX8KipKYnD

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/0x0007000000016c5c-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2316	NVSJ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2884	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe
2884	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe
2884	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe
2316	NVSJ.exe
2316	NVSJ.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\NVSJ Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\NVSJ.exe"	NVSJ.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NVSJ.007	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NVSJ.exe	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	NVSJ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NVSJ.001	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NVSJ.006	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_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	NVSJ.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2316	NVSJ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2316	NVSJ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2316	NVSJ.exe
2316	NVSJ.exe
2316	NVSJ.exe
2316	NVSJ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 2316	2884	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 2316	2884	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 2316	2884	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 2316	2884	642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\642edd7de7862ff677b650e2f3226af2_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2884
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NVSJ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\NVSJ.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:2316

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\28463\NVSJ.001

Filesize
412B

MD5
7ec84d6b02eb9f67adc01b232e031a89

SHA1
e360596bc216cdd28f9135906ca87d2e93f23b8c

SHA256
cf1503574bf448ce0f130204b9c9de7bf3cd53a0cad3138ef94aa40b45d1f509

SHA512
43dc11e5f2170aea6b5321aebe50cf7e4a800b5321e7b740df3efdcdac9872745638883be8393c3ce00d59cfcc4bd56dd94e1185dd5542bd2354e01af726d864

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NVSJ.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NVSJ.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@6087.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NVSJ.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

Download Submit
memory/2316-22-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2316-25-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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