ardamax | e5ae3fa072d0d916c825c635ff14d87cd5fa66cfba54818b6a57c327a50a35f2

General

Target

bcb63415a8e2cb7ec2bbb7cd021109f7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

338KB
MD5

bcb63415a8e2cb7ec2bbb7cd021109f7
SHA1

9181c11e469fa95c3e6efd7eb5b07db30cf9058a
SHA256

e5ae3fa072d0d916c825c635ff14d87cd5fa66cfba54818b6a57c327a50a35f2
SHA512

1bb55c393e9aef4aaa26788e01f5f69195b131820408a8c7fc2596faf4b6f3827326f1235e3a54e753ac3ebf81cf1a0d4cc63dce322b3988b542f5bdd41f4c77
SSDEEP

6144:ZRjrKXufheFKPNljrsw4ltgk0IFw1vRrvdapGDAYLtUvm46kV:uceMHjICkTWZv6GvtUe43V

Score

10^/10

ardamax defense_evasion 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/0x000e000000023bd3-31.dat	family_ardamax

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 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	bcb63415a8e2cb7ec2bbb7cd021109f7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	after partii.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Install.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	EJQB.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4712	after partii.exe
1056	Install.exe
2892	EJQB.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1056	Install.exe
2892	EJQB.exe
2892	EJQB.exe
2892	EJQB.exe
1896	WerFault.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\EJQB Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\EJQB.exe"	EJQB.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
Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
defense_evasion

File Deletion
T1070.004

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\EJQB.001	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\EJQB.006	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\EJQB.007	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\EJQB.exe	Install.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	EJQB.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
1896	2892	WerFault.exe	85

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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	bcb63415a8e2cb7ec2bbb7cd021109f7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	after partii.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Install.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EJQB.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2892	EJQB.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2892	EJQB.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2892	EJQB.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2892	EJQB.exe
2892	EJQB.exe
2892	EJQB.exe
2892	EJQB.exe
2892	EJQB.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 796 wrote to memory of 4712	796	bcb63415a8e2cb7ec2bbb7cd021109f7_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 796 wrote to memory of 4712	796	bcb63415a8e2cb7ec2bbb7cd021109f7_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 796 wrote to memory of 4712	796	bcb63415a8e2cb7ec2bbb7cd021109f7_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 1056	4712	after partii.exe	84
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 1056	4712	after partii.exe	84
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 1056	4712	after partii.exe	84
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 2892	1056	Install.exe	85
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 2892	1056	Install.exe	85
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 2892	1056	Install.exe	85
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 4352	2892	EJQB.exe	107
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 4352	2892	EJQB.exe	107
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 4352	2892	EJQB.exe	107

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bcb63415a8e2cb7ec2bbb7cd021109f7_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bcb63415a8e2cb7ec2bbb7cd021109f7_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:796
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\after partii.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\after partii.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4712
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe"
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Drops file in System32 directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1056
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\EJQB.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\28463\EJQB.exe"
      4⤵
      Checks computer location settings
      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
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2892
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2892 -s 1068
        5⤵
        Loads dropped DLL
        Program crash
        
        PID:1896
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\EJQB.exe > nul
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:4352

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 416 -p 2892 -ip 2892
1⤵
PID:1500

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

Indicator Removal

1

T1070

File Deletion

Modify Registry

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@AD28.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe

Filesize
289KB

MD5
350007e8f1ed755fcf97f9d15629b218

SHA1
571e3637f32e335e8f19182a269c79c950bc5aad

SHA256
52087c19788da426b111831e576cbd55815168692eb8c48219b7e6d1188630b5

SHA512
e4f465e756937c118423464e8fd2bf9e3379360e15c613db5457badfafb4d3a8e458bb811183bac2eecac836bb7b030bf7de353c10cc32d76379503f35eec39c

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\after partii.exe

Filesize
311KB

MD5
b8f0a26df099abf986f69a720620f869

SHA1
44dd341ffa7785fbb5f48354ef782182a76a300d

SHA256
7ad9660e939f793d1333551746578d53843816ad92e3055261194bb421653109

SHA512
df3869d6f711a9dea58fe22bf98214ecd492dd79dad203af1add24af5e608fc08885a48dfb72aa203d3a4c6217d3e9d031f34827652aa0959d06fcd1699e1809

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\favicon.ico

Filesize
5KB

MD5
2d5ef084efee167d9ce783d94f6af515

SHA1
c2c8a4dba0824a45a3b72a65e3ae7d4395587774

SHA256
d105eadf6a6edecf81291cbd4862f7fa22866696197281952082ef0a2b5ca2cf

SHA512
7f0547fb7ff171b1ffcfec126ceba2d9d6d1ff0274b0c20128c567e7f043cd80b6c7b278137297d40f7c2edf94eded13c67a65661f1c6d7be9e8d3979c165b43

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\EJQB.001

Filesize
402B

MD5
d1f659ab9ce3291da76182482d418836

SHA1
a891cadf1c08f22dfe9e57432eedc3fa45ac483d

SHA256
2339682fcbadab545c64c762ad2e48500c02bb7b56b8de29033ee1d17dc66627

SHA512
93476909ffcf90b7553a7fb9db88841b07b6dc750ba8672001b78c9df39f3b8ee997a1636f275f6919719146443e7114a07deaa8791f0674aaa267ddac32190a

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\EJQB.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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