ardamax | 7473e4aece71e09a6aaa41070eba6ddc1c311aac9c5c31b3dcfff5ead24ed3c6

General

Target

89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

717KB
MD5

89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692
SHA1

6a3c22e512eff2c468832a071850ed7cf0989340
SHA256

7473e4aece71e09a6aaa41070eba6ddc1c311aac9c5c31b3dcfff5ead24ed3c6
SHA512

cc11acee60eaf5429db63a06b6e9737a6a839ab97a1b1b658d80ed83965b5709e3b53899b08c3116b70251cc5d02c83b32288df295d94f38e1ab28b97570c4be
SSDEEP

12288:tT2Xu16FQBWwqpiA3Z168xRWlSiYLsL1AroiNXhvVFvn462ME4WmwD:J2S8xwqr3T7xRsl12NRD/yQY

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/0x00070000000193e1-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2912	AWAC.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe

Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs

pid	Process
2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
2912	AWAC.exe
2912	AWAC.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.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\AWAC Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\AWAC.exe"	AWAC.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\AKV.exe	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	AWAC.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWAC.001	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWAC.006	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWAC.007	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWAC.exe	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_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 3 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	AWAC.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 25 IoCs

pid	Process
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2912	AWAC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2912	AWAC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	288	MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2912	AWAC.exe
2912	AWAC.exe
2912	AWAC.exe
2912	AWAC.exe
2912	AWAC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2912	2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2912	2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2912	2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2912	2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 288	2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 288	2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 288	2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 288	2232	89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\89d6e3513424b1df8375eb7c6c8d9692_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2232
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWAC.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\AWAC.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:2912
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:288

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
395KB

MD5
d63cc8679a63448db1c64252e14e4ab5

SHA1
10b3a9ac4bc16e8ac1cd05e50b4d540fa3ef223e

SHA256
29b3646a556879a4a48e4f2f81e09179c34ac2051ed3e4f4c28e293092470d3d

SHA512
cb1911e1a77fb9be560aa4fd8bbef65e181b6d4438d65657501dbcd8dbf488ba01738a7222f35f8d4317e8df8c6f307d9e3623d6e3e45753e138b80fb68ff768

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

Filesize
390B

MD5
b886a2303039cfd99697496219408cc8

SHA1
f6eb472512d6e50eded597d74568059b7a083dcf

SHA256
99df08245e5452d947e1908eaced11c244b1c19060a954d0ef32f2bddbead616

SHA512
51d7e33db3c8b9fd41c1c29d83fb9297e290973634e12fb76acd758dcf73083e896e2c9d45fdc2aeed853e1bccae32634184512d695d84f7270e586f3455d5f5

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
81e20f4361cf8f5a57812871c24d945e

SHA1
5d7877d6959ab26599b05795a71633f00c37a3da

SHA256
e6e8b4a29dccb3531f58c75b754caf7f26afe3e7043239305fd0ae7ab2f7571d

SHA512
69b1d75ab7123054bf98cf3a0f2cc7a0749cda8d85ebdef85be7d89f1454154ce29070907b934727a6c5276ff430e94810b87a5634d25d8529df9ee36fd20818

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
e9fbdcc2f5fb657fa519b3f5c69fc52d

SHA1
c49cca77b46a59d620711de7564d43e5dafcd2b5

SHA256
cc440cfc4ce1a1ff503cc9e8937c59aae64bfce4daa3e7dc757220a25cadc2e4

SHA512
913759967e16b99d8ea66433e5dc99d5ddbf737be6784306e67c2b23a525b7a578fcae1028221d3209abc452ff30508eb750c62113c3868a7af36b544e525fb1

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@DB61.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
25530555085337eb644b061f239aa9d4

SHA1
8d91e099aba5439d4bfa8bce464c94e3e1acf620

SHA256
3fb6b438ad1530abdd068bffb303fb8a4de51430e0e18ddb6b1a0469ffab8325

SHA512
b1f9de0c276533a5a7070aeb2b6415cc1c0bdd2baf5e0645c6ac5ba767cab0d76e5b4461800d89724992af2c863294ada3c1eb2e4516183fe2010c33d47d6a2a

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MultiHack PrivateServer by ugo1995.exe

Filesize
334KB

MD5
d1012b4c05949627760031b361048e45

SHA1
b04600c4ce3ffb21611d1f3483b87534b0450636

SHA256
e4405db7277ecc74955e7136ea5e65f16e43dd0a78a88283546ebbf00646ba2d

SHA512
6d9b67661fc32ca69052ca12a35cc6c4be88b778c8ecf3414c4a1c54c14d7f04b6b952700648b4a805be914b41f807e1084860a095ed0b12ab96f1a4014fa9c5

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\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AWAC.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
97d8ad45f48b4b28a93aab94699b7168

SHA1
8b69b7fd7c008b95d12386f6da415097e72151de

SHA256
661df22a66b2062b233eb0bd9665de924cfe0ac9c6ba29e20ffef24f817f9331

SHA512
3351eac970bab391de410fcf1937da75d2e4722b808f10332f487ddfe469544e32e7d4ed0e5bdc19bd5f472cffcc55ca1498c95945b4e9c4ceff6ff5cc521c8a

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memory/288-49-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-46-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-37-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-38-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-39-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-40-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-41-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-42-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-43-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-44-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-45-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-34-0x0000000074451000-0x0000000074452000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/288-47-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-48-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-58-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-50-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-51-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-52-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-53-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-54-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-55-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/288-56-0x0000000074450000-0x00000000749FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2912-57-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2912-31-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-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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