ardamax | 1ec09f094dfa532f11912d0f5f8cccefaf1c22f308b4cc2fad7b3529924d53e8

General

Target

60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

312KB
MD5

60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7
SHA1

64ee700edcbca3929ab00d707499dbc5816d0c50
SHA256

1ec09f094dfa532f11912d0f5f8cccefaf1c22f308b4cc2fad7b3529924d53e8
SHA512

8331c211c659f8aecb0d832704650fdac72bc03badb816652a4fb3099f66f2877635238090b517f7cd0544804c360158d181a0f7aa6508d20620d792ee8415a7
SSDEEP

6144:rRXe6tcdVdZnff0NpDMCtazKxLd6qUo1msiJL6xDzGCB7l+7wE9VG81cb1DASaXW:rRXebdZngpDM8a+S0MVJWvG6Zhv81G1x

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/0x0008000000023c35-12.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-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1936	CGGS.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3896	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe
1936	CGGS.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\CGGS Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Sys32\\CGGS.exe"	CGGS.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\Sys32\CGGS.exe	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32	CGGS.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\CGGS.001	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\CGGS.006	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\CGGS.007	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_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	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	CGGS.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1936	CGGS.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1936	CGGS.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1936	CGGS.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1936	CGGS.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1936	CGGS.exe
1936	CGGS.exe
1936	CGGS.exe
1936	CGGS.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3896 wrote to memory of 1936	3896	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3896 wrote to memory of 1936	3896	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3896 wrote to memory of 1936	3896	60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60bce0bee7741fbf29f5eea7d7f973d7_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3896
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\CGGS.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys32\CGGS.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 FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1936

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@F6C.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
33303ca8abef9221cb410b8a232e9fe4

SHA1
0cdfc25dbf0e9ad7d4585cd9037dc2e6604be00c

SHA256
5110301dee966f0f26307ab1b430279d1e4999c2c4a0ea924ff32f1a9ded869a

SHA512
da29821045773ba776def985966b62e09e69bb5bf1786b16c2fff6feb68a03b9e22c5f7d081e3dd58d1785cd7ac64736497c043b7cf6c7149c3a54f8ef111800

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\CGGS.001

Filesize
388B

MD5
6d4f9abcc893481498d9d05be370fd03

SHA1
7b3314753056eb9b011faa952311c60cc5f7bf72

SHA256
87188c82f83402b7711925fd4b8b6c865cc5e97ac80a302cd5c195426eae9541

SHA512
e2b74f7d54bad9b72068165d4cea3936caf8d60ff0438633be7cbb54b9f517252c122505daf81fd50c9097c6be8f1dd3fa4d2124899a4133d510e97bbefeb8e8

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\CGGS.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
928cc65dc793834c709a054ca57c19c8

SHA1
a1e5d8407199c1bd6a4b274044de640fe0d9e99b

SHA256
e3473d81a02ed30e4236591384136f41f17b6a4aae24b5468789644ccd4bf192

SHA512
f7c8f7a75c4f8a418630e2ac15676740a902449d9a3c4baf3184409f8701c9caa3e82304d141362d95503f1af6b693eed7b77f690d92ca0162f7ea3ecbc80fdf

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\CGGS.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
3e1f5d5a06cf97b0495b8d129fbe02e4

SHA1
b0de258a813f5edde85004f6865b6ed91f6d6f8f

SHA256
f49448fc7c567e64eaeb9cc4dbd3c8021a82b5d9df0a622a439f7b42dc2f26d7

SHA512
b0e0b81cb5776d298e96346aa61027c9799a47191c94de50be2209c32747774959d002ddeb98fd15556ee893b0d7bd1f0c8a901469dce4e3acf94e2c4c3e2bfd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\CGGS.exe

Filesize
476KB

MD5
ef52b540cb404d908338e9cbf7cff283

SHA1
778765e1736c0a197685978c3fee7a44e7bde419

SHA256
39d8bdb975fbfcbcec8fe63be4e9fe6ce39ae5d23a005118aeffa07b17a3f815

SHA512
596b77bf5b15455c326a5a2efd66bc69685eb625e3e211ea0341ad4d8920ada7618a7107e42f2c0963fe6c2d92f2acf47b641ef33071a7c42004e5874d5219a6

Download Submit
memory/1936-22-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000651000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/1936-24-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000651000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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