ardamax | 4f6dc0844a67e948ada62a0258e1cdcd456b76d5954d22329f2f346f86fe1681

General

Target

d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.0MB
MD5

d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3
SHA1

6f7ad588aaa2ddd1a393b6bc67eba5fd714cd987
SHA256

4f6dc0844a67e948ada62a0258e1cdcd456b76d5954d22329f2f346f86fe1681
SHA512

64e4ec851e48962f63d201b71c4d0bc1a7c791fce318fb37386b4e223079de16dffd1e1ade4670582872de1895179bbaed5fba9c9db63bf332e4c44a576c969a
SSDEEP

24576:tbPTEPZ9zYl8dASGdbZ9R1DRxWerHzErvksrC9QT+CyrjfB:t7TEPZRYGpGdd9zlra7m9Qylj

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/0x0007000000023ca1-8.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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4832	GIK.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\GIK Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WPBPXT\\GIK.exe"	GIK.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\AKV.exe	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\GIK.exe	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\GIK.004	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\GIK.001	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\GIK.002	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_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	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GIK.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 848 wrote to memory of 4832	848	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 848 wrote to memory of 4832	848	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 848 wrote to memory of 4832	848	d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d459c0dd720d99dbfc855f1199507fe3_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:848
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\GIK.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\WPBPXT\GIK.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4832

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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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\AKV.exe

Filesize
448KB

MD5
c49125a39e0ae69b1cc77040ba8a9441

SHA1
92941e9559d9b1a0a944595377b6c5d44b53a6a4

SHA256
f7e3d70532b7a0b04bde2fc3a9439b8a95ba7b89eff5f214ef53041a58c97524

SHA512
f61f42e500ebdd0559c420f05849265964e58aba7bb2be1095d41dddc1393ccf2191de0ed61d5fefd3957c4890c61fced1497481b76f158a12f7d95e626224c6

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\GIK.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
29136121b1c0307a02a8826477995613

SHA1
4dffe908036a21be56a9caa739ec1bf1cf9bd0ca

SHA256
f9dd403e696d2128cafe9a4bab54a28161745934df6d3479a066083a61515402

SHA512
2c7077ff82e948b9a9b6b16214dfdd11e222f07fb0a75aec59a9dafc29906907f24e0c625cefd5032321cc7883c00fd0abc7801f185983190f353b6dff2774c7

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\GIK.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
d977f26d7f7ffcb0f002813b55ff032d

SHA1
7e17b642dc1286908c18caba6fedb890de8fcc86

SHA256
2ce6c66843f0d0f156ae523f25d2cf4c9886fcae7b4f69deefbde4bc5328bf29

SHA512
e291f6acf5df88c52eb9232d55eb43fc08cbd423b7ae46148f710de909db49c04fc1d64e05b8e307ddd880134c525188109b94182ca99ea5934b66b9316e9e25

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\GIK.004

Filesize
610B

MD5
c78ab8a8aab0e6c4cdc0bdc6c7c356cd

SHA1
89e77153daa03d7b5ad477a8e92f525479438991

SHA256
654fda49c13814bedd782c66c1dc6d166a17a4201974049b0c7838eb6b4ac93d

SHA512
b53e3a9bd662e0681983a6bcb516675ff1af2817699671a41b300f08788914cc0d11d29f0f2af75cd7dac51d4d7e61fa0f1b463332a840fcc6cc7c57b2804221

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WPBPXT\GIK.exe

Filesize
1.4MB

MD5
27a49221ba75a90934342bbe70f6c954

SHA1
751e322d6f7e46c132f0f97c56d60344248f1959

SHA256
946611f5091452aa46310d3ba8a885e808617b8ae9c57a468f7fe3abda4b052d

SHA512
9476f49d2e3c10f3e5cd91313e03405f944bc9887fd65e6c2236caab3a42e2c9a5392d7c34f6c5787a7dc8c3cfd43a3a90a6e052176aa60a43da0327d7ff78d6

Download Submit
memory/4832-16-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000741000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4832-17-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000741000-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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