ardamax | 7d0f06b4c736f5740a16023e4edcd978f664caa64b32a9b1a4406d6a7b2382a8

General

Target

7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

295KB
MD5

7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee
SHA1

3094e140306c48e0942ba9ed55fe5b8f112876ae
SHA256

7d0f06b4c736f5740a16023e4edcd978f664caa64b32a9b1a4406d6a7b2382a8
SHA512

df5b1742dd1f1be5ce8d791c8bd31b46c656c7e3807c8f77bc9d40a34c57381172da0062286e2394b858a852d83ea5ab211b29fe8d5a3240884b52330628b7f4
SSDEEP

6144:ADov6LNM7a7JdbrBnuS5j3UOPHJa99bmtUWS2zx9uTamOrM49oW:XsNM7gdP5uyjrcUtQYTuTag49Z

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/0x000900000001749c-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
880	XNIP.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1628	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
1628	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
1628	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
880	XNIP.exe
880	XNIP.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\XNIP Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\XNIP.exe"	XNIP.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\XNIP.006	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XNIP.007	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XNIP.exe	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	XNIP.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XNIP.001	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_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	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	XNIP.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	880	XNIP.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	880	XNIP.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
880	XNIP.exe
880	XNIP.exe
880	XNIP.exe
880	XNIP.exe
880	XNIP.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 880	1628	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 880	1628	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 880	1628	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 880	1628	7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7f594e90f0282baeb4e7ca60f078f4ee_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1628
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XNIP.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\XNIP.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:880

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\XNIP.001

Filesize
630B

MD5
825ef1c165c427310a5b3fe198a5788a

SHA1
fd5080bf6ddc29d997ed83cc647ebf3d996116d2

SHA256
e1741ce4ed2aa3fa331f8471c88c3536a8ae0cbfbf42b442d4667499abc328d0

SHA512
6493236db6d1c9b8e5d6fdeee90cdfe31605d7080564dddacfd61b90f6aa23969e888ce6f85f97b8a4dbcaef942735d953af2673956f9d2d50a6b103d57254dc

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
86d96c93965255cef35ca42413188b75

SHA1
9d77f203267febe047d049584e5c79f1c1801b2d

SHA256
b796bd1f5cdb1d1db91c3aca1ac700c015775b9caf2725fbf4b6089a096f21c5

SHA512
2db81080a16494ec549f4f39ee382580ba12cd5cbfe31632c8459ba94d767ce1ad3e9c0e6643f80530ae5e316fc42dca05708eeade7ce3c0341d669325cdb095

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b73942c11844487ca7fc3e78062c8abb

SHA1
28f4c4159528ccbe9d83b5cd5e157861d11ff04c

SHA256
4ba88f8964ee02a395d88974fd43b05610cf520b4ab40f36b3f98715ce1e0984

SHA512
d4c782f5abd91b3396b243345f968eb5a705a7aefeedf92e62047309f7ccf223c0825623c184de66e3667c22eb371f0329be97ea70f6d72b54f98b22042e1f9c

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@E244.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
9dc64557fcebd521ca4b267da15c2914

SHA1
c2247f9e0f0c8d11c7b9ab93f43ed53943d0bdd2

SHA256
a49cb9cbab2a60418b2079d4110123682fc980bb6b46ac5ada144797b5fa2cf4

SHA512
00241a139ca307c5eb4d89fa8b6296833961091286282c3482746e4a3589ef61e6d007edb6aa6fa1ef812d57bf63a8e495e0db712e17decc77bbae2490cdbe01

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

Filesize
472KB

MD5
324154483b20e6f67a3c1486e3fc7c6a

SHA1
d6630eb1d8555b48413434b4a5d54c8de819cbf8

SHA256
ded1c934280294375d7b926773511e4d5e6c8dbb22b0dd25a80a6b0b3af065d3

SHA512
36349f7c53b9989eac63e8c91b7fb009a5a0dce934242ae5956a5e3d3764949a87296adeba81f3da96b5e035f3755b4dd75de2ffa211b7db296313c52f6d478b

Download Submit
memory/880-22-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/880-25-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-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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