ardamax | 47a28d14f1f0b01e2a230e9f675c4ff12485d455ded2ba67cf439b07bda0587a

General

Target

aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722
SHA1

a3fdec1003e1df0dd291385cd9a9a1b0ba8d89d2
SHA256

47a28d14f1f0b01e2a230e9f675c4ff12485d455ded2ba67cf439b07bda0587a
SHA512

0dbdca04543e491c0197a988389b35f134a7c20630680c546bceb879b1812de0c204d8a899d9eb85f84c5d405391a9e3fa19ff8c0f6d35b2956704ae2eda5c5e
SSDEEP

24576:N7tBhSAl0ziX6Pfhym1l7tLyt5kmmxtBhEqcKh1PZ6ShSe4A0WSAqx/0E:zBhEziX6Pp51NckmmxbhEqcOcShAbWSW

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/0x0007000000023c90-19.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-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3608	UMI.exe
3760	Brutt_black.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3608	UMI.exe
3760	Brutt_black.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\UMI Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\NNBWPN\\UMI.exe"	UMI.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\NNBWPN\UMI.004	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NNBWPN\UMI.001	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NNBWPN\UMI.002	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NNBWPN\UMI.exe	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NNBWPN\	UMI.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	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	UMI.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Brutt_black.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3608	UMI.exe
3608	UMI.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3608	UMI.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3608	UMI.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
3760	Brutt_black.exe
3608	UMI.exe
3608	UMI.exe
3608	UMI.exe
3608	UMI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 3608	2176	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 3608	2176	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 3608	2176	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 3760	2176	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 3760	2176	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 3760	2176	aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aaf11c607e397a85d59396aa21777722_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2176
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NNBWPN\UMI.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\NNBWPN\UMI.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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3608
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Brutt_black.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Brutt_black.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3760

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:\ProgramData\jI82l\PCGWIN32.LI5

Filesize
2KB

MD5
daf4a95c180217d73389d60fdb7f4269

SHA1
f06d00c95f6157eefc77fa8ebe506c3ee07bf551

SHA256
f210ff731a4be3ca6ad94aca301f1f0ed758e1e7d1ce4e279abd323788079aaa

SHA512
70a021464fd04d12ef304f8d107886bc5978210b3312cae79502e96344ac976ac71a1f8697ea3aa86836436b7f8beedd7897bc7bb808fdc9c7a2bfbc92da04db

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Brutt_black.exe

Filesize
288KB

MD5
c4441008b01e5767f4725e4e5e017827

SHA1
cd52d966bbdca8f6c3149e6789a3ac1df361613a

SHA256
7172e0ab039aecb4f7b1b1a09b4c9a04f455a9155d4251a5df2f849161bd3f15

SHA512
44b55aa2719d3b8bbcbf8ee74a76058424d44d16ac87b0869b73b1677b98dbb5dd8f36421069b0b05796a34415230d91099537780f3d73f307bf770b82c8520d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NNBWPN\UMI.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
d373bbf76430957bcd2e57b0c9282478

SHA1
060e94a44aae965fc871ef99ef72e2903c18a812

SHA256
6b417853ea93c6b973d0fb5d12cce6136dcf57b97c8566087c6d8b2b22b499e6

SHA512
dc6a7d2e28d169b1c3ed5d8004bb25e4f6ba0cf71f69b8d74204d531f17d3f16b838df0bc699a9c4f4addf979676fffe0fc92f16035f7a5ee774593f9f24249a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NNBWPN\UMI.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
78d9c23d5e387c983ec0f9d1cd5e7a3c

SHA1
3568035056154177c2f182c0fcb52b5aad99b817

SHA256
14099ac39320e34d4924d349da7ee737a764587f24e913a13fbe08d1f9afb82a

SHA512
5c0d169434ad2800cc82ef4b6ec3b25c765fdd4314988754c1eec57405cfbdde2c47632a333aacfb80563f427bdd2f567ac291865052f14d9d99f8ca042acdeb

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NNBWPN\UMI.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
a15b457e9901ed60dd6a0856be71211c

SHA1
72bb38c34a8b5494cbbe2b77f99848d1e6382e49

SHA256
df694154dcec562e89221d61bb441975ff8196f159b87339b1557f5d46d901e5

SHA512
9edde12eba74028d1e09f1651af5043582670fcb3c9d332542d15e9082a16569f266e032c066323d6deae23e15f2b7a8287d48cef8bb92c55b94a6f3c1726286

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NNBWPN\UMI.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
0c3ef1e16d7066db155af6503190886c

SHA1
d606edb9f5c1a6b421eac400e545dbcb78c19353

SHA256
8f571c7d18ad3f2facf0662ee183a0ccd42fd1bcdb2cb544ab8bae8411acaa01

SHA512
6275471d26b86f2212123aafceccf4a636b29d8e0b635f0a265d0fb99ff04cc282e03d174c37f6eb8ec5c8fc82fb73ca6a97192e6049a9d36f6070969d234da3

Download Submit
memory/2176-0-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000869000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

Download
memory/2176-34-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000869000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

Download
memory/3608-39-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3608-43-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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