ardamax | aa0264889b295b139d51a51097785a95a0d5ab3d0eedcc7ab4ceace71b93d9ad

General

Target

68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

494KB
MD5

68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929
SHA1

f0253cf97b6eb145843d51f3752ec6b5a98be19d
SHA256

aa0264889b295b139d51a51097785a95a0d5ab3d0eedcc7ab4ceace71b93d9ad
SHA512

4da01c62d3d0a18b731f9ea89af3836059328c7d93445e8db3233942b7c059c1140e60ce9449484903c14ef758731b109c6e51cdcdf222ec3b30759e95646b5c
SSDEEP

12288:KG0xAcMmjpA00BSqrnJhQ0Y5OPj2X4mImEqxS8S3:eRMAi/Bjno0Q4jw4u/Q

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
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.exe	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

TBNM.exe

pid process

268 TBNM.exe

pid	process
268	TBNM.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

Processes:

68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exeTBNM.exe

pid	process
2288	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
2288	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
2288	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
268	TBNM.exe
268	TBNM.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

TBNM.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\TBNM Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\TBNM.exe"	TBNM.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:

68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exeTBNM.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.006	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.007	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.exe	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	TBNM.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.001	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_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:

68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exeTBNM.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TBNM.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

TBNM.exe

description pid process

Token: 33 268 TBNM.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 268 TBNM.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

Processes:

TBNM.exe

pid process

268 TBNM.exe
268 TBNM.exe
268 TBNM.exe
268 TBNM.exe
268 TBNM.exe

description	pid	process
Token: 33	268	TBNM.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	268	TBNM.exe

pid	process
268	TBNM.exe
268	TBNM.exe
268	TBNM.exe
268	TBNM.exe
268	TBNM.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes:

68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 268	2288	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe	TBNM.exe
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 268	2288	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe	TBNM.exe
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 268	2288	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe	TBNM.exe
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 268	2288	68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe	TBNM.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\68836743594ba7d590a760c2f6baf929_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2288
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\TBNM.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:268

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
405KB

MD5
dc82dc0d160dbcb878f36801464f7caa

SHA1
ab2f476da88d018b7aa27f8bdd9f15405b49169a

SHA256
a79c4e0c6490d7319ab85d4d4a2bbf9e0c84a8e5af86b52c9ddb8779ffabb8fd

SHA512
e3a8c85871026fdb15261da096aaac73236ceb5e6b60f091fa027565dc6f39ed4b9c27bb4b09d48aed6c5d849464e2e8540e1823e07d9bfbd77422d83125beed

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.001

Filesize
550B

MD5
6e8522a2dca8c5fef17ecbcbe85989b9

SHA1
d6d8ec3e8d02890029a62dc7a5478c95ca06a83f

SHA256
8d13b85efa68bcfa93f2aad484c84d3d78a3127d68b5bde590938aa91404ece0

SHA512
af3da65a584594292cd55be877999dd060ab7d1b4ae64677dd003b8f2940abad79df3163cbdf493d2b38be5c88c9fb5691a289d0cc284ae75c445f94946a31ba

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
d06046faed6ce5b6c70786ca53cd79a6

SHA1
18a945748b4aa894487530612e6aaf20c4a5d074

SHA256
fc01b2bcc8f17f707502d7fd5a14217863a1e3e00a8529c2a9e8d46f39ee1412

SHA512
96769913e2a30ccc21deaa7803013d44ae437edee2bf9fc0532055da3c4a6c5de0bb6485da46dca00caab35a43014361713d5282e0783065f9ce5a7523012e90

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
2166b0dbd65cc3244d0a2e7695b32a40

SHA1
358e6bbd414ce534c6bf60785281928ca8abcc23

SHA256
6c97872edcb4f6af14d0650f6b9f7256d0081b1d7ff77050e56fbe1d894044d2

SHA512
45e51c7cd899eaa7187d7adee6bf89cf52b4c48908e72499afdfeaf5db5846614a9bfe60773abd551a8e89f718ad5d875cdff3f25f5a80ca219d49418157d6eb

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@8778.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d9cb831b02f14f8371acd33c684190fb

SHA1
5035c9ceaf35bf0c14cdc0349d1284beb0e3892b

SHA256
be821327fbd0d0a4b0e61f939349cfaa660a3cbcf037dd8c664a1a52372b32a5

SHA512
452d409cfd53dc8a98e7e9746d7c88e0545df024f1fe5ab81a1ecab84664b8ca7eb8d53d1c66322d49dfe74035d5e6540ad7c95b57757fe91af99bb8edab097e

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\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TBNM.exe

Filesize
500KB

MD5
a4c7f5f230b30d5e289a092bd915952c

SHA1
db42fb8d2fdf74ddbe6789a4e4a725b41e8612cf

SHA256
531a5334e3132b0df427514b614075800d0cf0f4ada9da4c8a60632b53f3fd5d

SHA512
601475753cf9159670c544d53fbbe31fc7063cb95c905c3e1d5a9bc296482e29ff0abc3e5058f724d622c4aeaf3a35ebff75752828bd7176aae291a51713d56e

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memory/268-24-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/268-27-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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