ardamax | 19acd8fe576b02eef23b098f6d4dc4560b81cbdd942894dee70e63b02a43dbb6

General

Target

7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

586KB
MD5

7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1
SHA1

7e4e43c31f6bafd58ca5787b0645cc781b2210e2
SHA256

19acd8fe576b02eef23b098f6d4dc4560b81cbdd942894dee70e63b02a43dbb6
SHA512

08e26cb0a6d751a44e86fb3967753ba8f6c5c98777dde9d73c438c6484be326ad163ad4f7a3d8f615539e26fa01ddf1359129811aaf8a3b28f4ee9106d5b79b5
SSDEEP

12288:i9Ggwm248jWQWW4izUpnB493vWGp/Di6yseBAzdHUumrNY1:xZm2AMz+nUvL7ii2epOY1

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
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023c8f-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-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1860	DJGU.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1164	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe
1860	DJGU.exe
1860	DJGU.exe
1860	DJGU.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\DJGU Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\DJGU.exe"	DJGU.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

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DJGU.001	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DJGU.006	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DJGU.007	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DJGU.exe	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	DJGU.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	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DJGU.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000_Classes\Local Settings	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1860	DJGU.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1860	DJGU.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1860	DJGU.exe
1860	DJGU.exe
1860	DJGU.exe
1860	DJGU.exe
1860	DJGU.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1164 wrote to memory of 1860	1164	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1164 wrote to memory of 1860	1164	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1164 wrote to memory of 1860	1164	7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7d686af3c46d4ff796ac6222d179a4b1_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1164
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DJGU.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\DJGU.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:1860

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:3864

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\@9664.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
908f7f4b0cf93759447afca95cd84aa6

SHA1
d1903a49b211bcb4a460904019ee7441420aa961

SHA256
3e6378164f9dc4148b86c9312b63c5a6b1fabcfebf9557f182d331e9cb32fc23

SHA512
958e0880565b008cdb045d6aba5103f0ba820ac037facf24b78924187a119258e3a8a97de4c3874694962114ef672d41a55feb71b92d5038e7d45bc3d91d6b0d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
393KB

MD5
b0b09699ea39c0107af1c0833f07c054

SHA1
b730e2fb0bda9bf4a1b1f8768a00838e3ca9dcc1

SHA256
be63e3b5a6c3fbec11a737332d4e0040a23cc2d17182b4bc5e7d5dd41d930ee1

SHA512
55430e53058964961808f37d738c31f1502c3ec4a14b0296bef7bad22e468734bcd119eedba14cc87894d4acc81c9266572aff9919b18bd584823c47fa149796

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DJGU.001

Filesize
480B

MD5
b5325be3037e5d301e10df70f836e960

SHA1
99845e1d453978eceefb7bfa27daaf0c02bc3007

SHA256
0a48d52504bc401a39ae261f725da88dad3110e9e4c956d7af49498c19643726

SHA512
ee84b87f8c2a9bc6564da5b82cd349b8f871cccd014b4bc9b916b93ed7d1485c92c2ca4c9340d8663286a41ea024e8bf3c4b6e13d689380f58a67e2cbfb6c301

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

Filesize
7KB

MD5
e0fcfa7cad88d1a8a462cee6b06cf668

SHA1
a7e49078517abc929a6da261df06556c8f5a8cf0

SHA256
340ff9f7f784e299030abb9982c88547e67251a6cca07d30ca8073d01a2840c4

SHA512
430fd640432769047de7bb4432f710193855a5121fe5944ef07f6b68749608312e7c22b29834967d429637fc9b285671cd10bbc9e1cfb43654695a206ba9cf82

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
ca72cd485d116033f1b776903ce7ee0a

SHA1
85b0b73a75b0498f56200dd1a5cf0de5371e42a3

SHA256
e583532d6b4d8cfc1def5e550674e9e1a4eef2a107adacddf729fddac64f49c4

SHA512
8dbf6920af64aac6a80c3da4a567473dc20c8d4e24078f7e66bb5aa1a08641e5081b0a1ee05f82fb1dd14218b62572c198ff39b1add5f19893008b3d8e54538f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DJGU.exe

Filesize
472KB

MD5
7ca78f42e7c88f01fb7fd88321b283ff

SHA1
8f6fb4e3f5b696cac4fd54490d5f8c1862d0bb6b

SHA256
2354f408b272232ea4bb74d17d22a4332b97f1003fb9bace174a9811f2b41729

SHA512
06e822f04a4657b492a485b5a542e5c8400060abf7e71020d17965fee11f1f7c0807e32b5f9426a4fb9b4d7dd05a68ae871e5fef0807e24204351ebe569eb4ca

Download Submit
memory/1860-23-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000C01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1860-29-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000C01000-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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