ardamax | 5a3f2f61112a1f58a3127c2a7465cf242dc5bc2fc0fd241b6e1dd4e30f9ad49b

General

Target

e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.4MB
MD5

e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf
SHA1

0cf1920bf1a969b4d03cd5ead769827bc38e2bb3
SHA256

5a3f2f61112a1f58a3127c2a7465cf242dc5bc2fc0fd241b6e1dd4e30f9ad49b
SHA512

e62d776f3562e87de39a9880a6898a7cf21f7400c51640ed550d844ed304e45563fe74d3f2536e94e817b249728dfd574cdb474a8cc1bce3be1b40e67a34364a
SSDEEP

24576:Sk/AT1V2n3Okem6sOhJvB4Tkt4tj/Br5OQPCIqni0PflWJxKv+Z:roT18n3Ohm6xhpB44tE5OQDhuloKv+

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/0x000a000000023b75-8.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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2328	JEY.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2328	JEY.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\JEY Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\AITXSF\\JEY.exe"	JEY.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\AITXSF\JEY.001	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\JEY.002	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\AKV.exe	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\JEY.exe	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\	JEY.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\JEY.004	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_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	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JEY.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2328	JEY.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2328	JEY.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2328	JEY.exe
2328	JEY.exe
2328	JEY.exe
2328	JEY.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 2328	1496	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 2328	1496	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 2328	1496	e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e13ca8bceb5dae4861ee63e437b9baaf_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1496
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\JEY.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\AITXSF\JEY.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:2328

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\AKV.exe

Filesize
463KB

MD5
eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832

SHA1
1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa

SHA256
96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061

SHA512
d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\JEY.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd

SHA1
7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09

SHA256
70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24

SHA512
ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\JEY.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2

SHA1
a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336

SHA256
4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d

SHA512
dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\JEY.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
e4cf730f7ef051af6fc6334fffda4f65

SHA1
64d53865016084315604f01642c4a6f10f9826e5

SHA256
efd49407d2a5bb3e15e59f7d85ee4b8e06ac1ffe50df716122cb8933f719fcf1

SHA512
2830049b5854098abd43713e56d83aee0ad3e5b2b32562e04d5eeb0e0f65585011e9830b272ba8b44bb15da86f5ae56411da6d646431caa42f08f2cee59a0f32

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AITXSF\JEY.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041

SHA1
3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802

SHA256
734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4

SHA512
5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399

Download Submit
memory/2328-17-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000741000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2328-19-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000741000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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