ardamax | 6d96c49a5bf1bb651ba10691df8e053bda5fe247bcb460344fadeff63aebc46e

General

Target

c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

480KB
MD5

c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621
SHA1

8b6790d86a58090904eef4e3c0d6543c1dae66d1
SHA256

6d96c49a5bf1bb651ba10691df8e053bda5fe247bcb460344fadeff63aebc46e
SHA512

9c3171901c309ebdadd7053d9fcf0053059e956678f8d8fcc4ea353de8ace56b8cd4a9d089190fae9c032b606b1f6624a56a28b2a180e3fc711d3fc9b274dd7f
SSDEEP

12288:llvRH2vSKoE8AFiQ7AsTjJRS6JhdHw2HkYZKvXu43qM4YeDf0nHWVIu6rrfL4XcV:bRH8oEFpjTj7bJH3xZK2r1fDfqXL3V

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/0x0007000000023c76-12.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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3840	QGSH.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3380	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.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\QGSH Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\QGSH.exe"	QGSH.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QGSH.007	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QGSH.exe	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QGSH.001	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QGSH.006	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_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	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	QGSH.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3380 wrote to memory of 3840	3380	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3380 wrote to memory of 3840	3380	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3380 wrote to memory of 3840	3380	c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c0cdbc628240a97df806fbac106ab621_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3380
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QGSH.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\QGSH.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3840

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

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\@A2C8.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
27092ec75c1839f36bfe900a38acc484

SHA1
fe14b750a0ed653246c5f358891f8c1241913bb2

SHA256
e6e29699840ae26c452227f9a1c9fd0e3cda0c2413c4255df9fc066c47af0e07

SHA512
815477e8681e38dd3110171adbaf06738eb9d63839671a959a296ec1a1fb17d788682dde5e6a1f0bffa3b4deda4577292ffa37ce10b95ad14276ffcd0795ac0b

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

Filesize
394KB

MD5
b87e2e56dbf34fb12705317f4d361c12

SHA1
3b4a6c2fddaab9f71747437c60dc7ad85661b4fa

SHA256
1ed5873542484a3f4c898de6684fc04bc0929e4fc795cd09b4b86f17e817d85a

SHA512
9d1bf05a200efda561f3141d3a4c70a347ba2a64fbfb5fb9b432956660b4aabc492f93fa50ba1928a3c408ec048c357a50cb79d12ba6200b28b1aeb98dbc39a0

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

Filesize
422B

MD5
54af0c1cbbc68160c31defe067934bc9

SHA1
167fdd06c7e9a68779edda10ce02a205dd7757d8

SHA256
633306292857dbf6a075ca322f38b6d383b1c44154bf01727fb115323dbf9b32

SHA512
9d34dd6c84a717f267eef9179631de0a89735350ce04cd6a9b55f166974b13fb0ce23e4845d74060c4438a47acf551958026aeba72e909ee7a09289a4d5cbb33

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
aae8ccee5d5eed5748d13f474123efea

SHA1
6da78da4de3b99a55fad00be2ec53a3ad3bd06ae

SHA256
10c464d1675774e0282171555d59fb8975ed6c0e6a781182490f48e66823a5b8

SHA512
d370e1ffeeb81b3f07b83a9cf1e3b44635fde7aa6ac999bccafece8091dbf96f0a78257bb0e03b3689dc47fb4e96ec7deac7848a43ddef62afc9b8cc665ee8bd

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
40685d22d05d92462a2cfc1bba9a81b7

SHA1
f0e19012d0ed000148898b1e1264736bed438da8

SHA256
cdca1e5bc4c5129caa8eeddf637c820b6241c8790ce1a341e38e8324ae95afa0

SHA512
21961d2dd118b45bde4cf00b4570712791a22769d05afb5b6c54355b0aaee9b7f7de00b357845349ef957807452365134d51e11181d2d45f98ed0cc9402de90b

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

Filesize
473KB

MD5
339ae4ce820cda75bbb363b2ed1c06fd

SHA1
62399c6102cc98ed66cbcd88a63ff870cf7b2100

SHA256
1e4a463ac0d463cee1f52f9529474484157c85d671aea1ab5f4173df12de01b6

SHA512
5da8b333a839c4b169c6f4c9a1929918f166a895af7818c8223df7ed22279aac3b6ef88f89ee083a4f475f82ec6078f8e9800a9afc9547712245d090636a284a

Download Submit
memory/3840-23-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000651000-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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