ardamax | efc20eedc880418f96ff43f4faad4a5b366fd6f39e2002ff6e71ff0e1d4e58eb

General

Target

78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

937KB
MD5

78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344
SHA1

c629327c100020a9ecfc36e3b0d9236ef2de47c8
SHA256

efc20eedc880418f96ff43f4faad4a5b366fd6f39e2002ff6e71ff0e1d4e58eb
SHA512

416c51829721eb31c487d4a29315dd65115bca04eda983b04aba0e9b49eec64de9d0e2858d32450c0b4a3e254b419e56dc3c4348cf5a728f533d8fd7b11953a8
SSDEEP

24576:2VaUTkHq8f77jwxaOqYhFSRMufvE4GshQMOCuthRRpNa:2VrTkHqAkxaTl1GuQgGXRC

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax family
ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0009000000016d3f-5.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1560	GQF.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1840	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_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\GQF Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\IEMVTB\\GQF.exe"	GQF.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IEMVTB\GQF.004	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IEMVTB\GQF.001	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IEMVTB\GQF.002	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IEMVTB\GQF.exe	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_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	GQF.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1560	1840	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1560	1840	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1560	1840	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1560	1840	78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\78d144628b44abe6259e7838444ba344_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1840
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IEMVTB\GQF.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\IEMVTB\GQF.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1560

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

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\IEMVTB\GQF.001

Filesize
60KB

MD5
c9cec63855b65f0d823ac0db81864517

SHA1
03e0c57d0f093ccd1b06ea5f07a127a0eb2587cb

SHA256
c69bfea6d64eef6169eecfaa3b576c9cb48f8fed190487f9051eeb5b3785af6f

SHA512
df8b021329ae4bdc04c72da289a0cb5c95b90e5a51e048dbb4dbb9a38fbcf4718ba249480dd0920cfb84d4141c97d2c7bbf9bcfef8906d83a8812d5fb376fa9e

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IEMVTB\GQF.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
d718a21bcd75d95744395d6dcf2ef9f2

SHA1
c2e3751640138c3ef8a137038ca6578838fa9073

SHA256
9d344f12d5aff2bf16090d875317075f6cc57fac95418d7b7469e51d6b363406

SHA512
f50267c1db72ecdb5a14bb5c97b2420fdc9e53295f1b87ce5df241c96d0c8654698e6c0fc9bc9bd6cd4feca2d2be650b422727a018a74565df08345d42065abf

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IEMVTB\GQF.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
483dc35d8870e79baa9787fda966e0dc

SHA1
feb78355e1ff63ad291b4ed907ce04a08a9ad594

SHA256
c4b90bd453544ae5aa4cffa3760a3883c4bd9ece3f0b89a97fe9ac4b355d1b6a

SHA512
b3c4c895c36c36f4ba3d490da537a1265eca79aa552b25ba6bc543cabe717005afa5e95bf3423c2fbf404e24fcca786aa3bc648f729abd9f76b03fcb78cfd472

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\Windows\SysWOW64\IEMVTB\GQF.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
405f59610beaf42b02989637f07cb34a

SHA1
e43ed23cdf65da7f184daa6ce3ba8ad1f743c6e6

SHA256
3115b43b33937f05243b3470c917c47d2f79e01ca1bead3e0b150018b4be2b57

SHA512
fcb5206da936d76125806b36c4cea8909902fc1b3c85a23b5d22955d8c3ccc0a27f5f5da49f91015582b5b16e2614d9e129540c0cc6056614212079e0a84b814

Download Submit
memory/1560-13-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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