ardamax | 9ec7f27e0a011b3eb0059ec661f84ec945240e018542d864456a3236c2eba42b

General

Target

d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

3.7MB
MD5

d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796
SHA1

7d3bc6263d692d02eaca0179b180e7c687d456c0
SHA256

9ec7f27e0a011b3eb0059ec661f84ec945240e018542d864456a3236c2eba42b
SHA512

d8b4dd40a665ed49c2662a9e8b697bcaee0fbbd4fdab13f71324034a50e956ddf316bf494491bba5d8846652f2c487666dce3732083017ec01804a01604d29e6
SSDEEP

49152:VRToFtuJ2dRjHLbgTHgfHKDshE3qt+Yeon8BfkIoXhO/8ckA7U7BkQkNygU2Zgd2:tKHLcT7YhE3quBu9hDp8UTkcWBm2

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/0x0007000000023c89-8.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-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2856	TGN.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2856	TGN.exe
2844	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_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\TGN Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\UBGYXF\\TGN.exe"	TGN.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\UBGYXF\TGN.exe	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\	TGN.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\TGN.004	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\TGN.001	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\TGN.002	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\AKV.exe	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_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	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TGN.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000_Classes\Local Settings	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1592	vlc.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1592	vlc.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2856	TGN.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2856	TGN.exe
Token: 33	740	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	740	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: 33	1592	vlc.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1592	vlc.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1592	vlc.exe
1592	vlc.exe
1592	vlc.exe
1592	vlc.exe
1592	vlc.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1592	vlc.exe
1592	vlc.exe
1592	vlc.exe
1592	vlc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2856	TGN.exe
2856	TGN.exe
2856	TGN.exe
2856	TGN.exe
1592	vlc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2844 wrote to memory of 2856	2844	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2844 wrote to memory of 2856	2844	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2844 wrote to memory of 2856	2844	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2844 wrote to memory of 1592	2844	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2844 wrote to memory of 1592	2844	d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d3ddc23a214ce0d4bb904f37b71e5796_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2844
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\TGN.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\UBGYXF\TGN.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:2856
- C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
  "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\08-Adagio 8.mp3"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1592

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x498 0x444
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:740

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\08-Adagio 8.mp3

Filesize
2.7MB

MD5
befce8cabc682d0cdd2be9f5bb5c69f1

SHA1
998ea82df850b63648af13637f99f59a1cd9e91b

SHA256
cbdfef80bfb17f1361cbe6680a096fa03a0f5dd6dd99871d311646db98a41572

SHA512
c61ae1b0915e235efcc624d31379c5af1fea259db50771c5bd6545e0e8119e75d34c0a8ddf59eefe6c4eaa397a9be62a1fee7bb5755c3af916c6b3b4197b8c7e

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

Filesize
465KB

MD5
4061e424a7e62d613aa16201364593c9

SHA1
84e5f41196523eddd24b62670ec8100632dbc933

SHA256
d39b682a1de3541ce4858727a3206a0fb78d1e070e4dd60fab43c2537d1adfd9

SHA512
3290348c02db1d9125d80b6e240544d51b0805240e113397d85a3fbdf3421172c8dd23e5631525db9258b7eedcdc228df3082041a017c664593eac698773f5fa

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\TGN.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
4eb04b9187bbf3e3c33bf95e74eb6262

SHA1
ca5dcaea5ef4ba48c0bb06635c0b5abed4f0f342

SHA256
cf84d5704b350beaf1f2b46dc44bd372141d7554a8958ce22c0a84a3f21f2fe7

SHA512
aeaa608cd4f66ba817a7e8698d17f9801c9cedf99875decff39bc18cebdec3947f02566bdf21d9096e5a6a6b740717ab06d46a2a9605bf8e8fa0fee12fe17e81

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\TGN.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
1aed6fee0870288cdb607393fc2f33a1

SHA1
584fd8d5ffbced19dd09b8b71cee9026c0ac65c6

SHA256
02c4eef7045896258d00077e123719aa256c606f4e38c417965ba5f64d48e180

SHA512
15e5b7843b07bcb4a638057b05712c66b285d70ace24ab3a4c125d24d538ace20cfac179accefa417d7790f7a095327affd3cd73d9eacaa632356f95a9fde3b8

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\TGN.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
ee9ba69eaf09928ee53d1763786adac1

SHA1
a041413506ba22a94d6c0bffb94f51c56890843e

SHA256
a42c1cd0e59f57d2eeaaf1c8dd9531fe536e2be39f28634f7f168c707c87e08f

SHA512
d6d089dd3e7fbe2431fbbca9bb28dbd45592ab5447cd0ad4565ce5a93acf8ffa997b2e78025613a34497118c3a7a6668db7655a3b5a4c7099d0123deb0453d15

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UBGYXF\TGN.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
865b02aa4fb68ac150953986e6f63f1c

SHA1
214190642d67f02c349e68f3f3c6ef0e9c2212d7

SHA256
fac58547e80a1b9598261b6d2aa5175653831e507c57b6860bc5d04d2e754dff

SHA512
473dc55a8a8f11d8445cef9cd8cabf8a9b227a6e47994ecfe9c86d41062641668d858e61b7ade1ad2801c5daa13d0630159b7ad241379e111c83564030c0a40e

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memory/1592-46-0x00007FF9F2D30000-0x00007FF9F2D41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1592-35-0x00007FF9F83C0000-0x00007FF9F83D7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
92KB

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memory/1592-32-0x00007FF9F7200000-0x00007FF9F7234000-memory.dmp

Filesize
208KB

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memory/1592-31-0x00007FF771C30000-0x00007FF771D28000-memory.dmp

Filesize
992KB

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memory/1592-36-0x00007FF9F71B0000-0x00007FF9F71C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1592-40-0x00007FF9F2F00000-0x00007FF9F2F11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1592-33-0x00007FF9E34F0000-0x00007FF9E37A6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.7MB

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memory/1592-39-0x00007FF9F5C10000-0x00007FF9F5C2D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/1592-41-0x00007FF9E2F30000-0x00007FF9E313B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1592-38-0x00007FF9F5C30000-0x00007FF9F5C41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1592-37-0x00007FF9F7190000-0x00007FF9F71A7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
92KB

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memory/1592-80-0x00007FF9E1E80000-0x00007FF9E2F30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.7MB

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memory/1592-34-0x00007FF9FA040000-0x00007FF9FA058000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/1592-48-0x00007FF9F2CF0000-0x00007FF9F2D01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1592-47-0x00007FF9F2D10000-0x00007FF9F2D21000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1592-61-0x00007FF9E1E80000-0x00007FF9E2F30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.7MB

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memory/1592-45-0x00007FF9F2D50000-0x00007FF9F2D68000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/1592-42-0x00007FF9E1E80000-0x00007FF9E2F30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.7MB

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memory/1592-44-0x00007FF9F2D70000-0x00007FF9F2D91000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1592-43-0x00007FF9F2E80000-0x00007FF9F2EC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
260KB

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memory/1592-49-0x00007FF9E0540000-0x00007FF9E1DAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24.4MB

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memory/1592-52-0x00007FF9E34F0000-0x00007FF9E37A6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.7MB

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memory/2856-17-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000741000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2856-30-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000741000-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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