ardamax | f44c4d99f8689e531b01187a39b51906a2dd43c923af519bf0f0e2253c9dd59d

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
124s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
12-12-2024 03:31

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General

Target

e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

896KB
MD5

e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de
SHA1

44b45b027df8b714868fe39c4137cc6b6ad9db74
SHA256

f44c4d99f8689e531b01187a39b51906a2dd43c923af519bf0f0e2253c9dd59d
SHA512

d87001df1165a1772d6c7db97f46ee634f569c4423b89cb5553032be12f68f76479c81079ecef49c74bc5fea867f38293dbf6633c4e6cd396f0e48bada269b8d
SSDEEP

12288:oE4G9QemJ5zgORX/ka5Dau7gpCN+k8OAXav6q3vcjSyHGMm9teigKaD9cun35Q9Y:8G9TmJVgOF/LP78O8Og6v0TmaWAJQ9Y

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
behavioral1/files/0x0006000000019431-29.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2864	1.exe
1764	2.exe
2744	IFYC.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1764	2.exe
1764	2.exe
2744	IFYC.exe
2744	IFYC.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\IFYC Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\IFYC.exe"	IFYC.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 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFYC.001	2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFYC.006	2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFYC.007	2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFYC.exe	2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	IFYC.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 3 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	1.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IFYC.exe

Modifies registry class 32 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\HELPDIR	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\VersionIndependentProgID	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\Programmable\	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\Programmable	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\FLAGS\	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\TypeLib	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\VersionIndependentProgID\	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\PROGRA~2\\COMMON~1\\MICROS~1\\SMARTT~1\\IETAG.DLL"	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\HELPDIR\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\"	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\ = "GrooveProjectToolsetMisc"	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\0	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\InprocServer32\	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\ProgID	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\0\win32\ = "C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\GROOVE.EXE\\8"	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\HELPDIR\	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\InprocServer32	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\ProgID\	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\0\	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\TypeLib\	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\TypeLib\ = "{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}"	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "Ietag.OOC"	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\0\win32	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\ProgID\ = "Ietag.OOC.1"	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\0\win32\	IFYC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\FLAGS	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{16D396BF-DA05-F718-CFB0-40698EFC7ABA}\1.0\FLAGS\ = "4"	IFYC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{3904FBB1-8707-4BC7-0F80-EB96DA79E6DA}\ = "Vajof"	IFYC.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2744	IFYC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2744	IFYC.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2864	1.exe
2744	IFYC.exe
2744	IFYC.exe
2744	IFYC.exe
2744	IFYC.exe
2744	IFYC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2864	2920	e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2864	2920	e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2864	2920	e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2864	2920	e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 1764	2920	e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe	33
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 1764	2920	e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe	33
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 1764	2920	e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe	33
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 1764	2920	e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe	33
PID 1764 wrote to memory of 2744	1764	2.exe	34
PID 1764 wrote to memory of 2744	1764	2.exe	34
PID 1764 wrote to memory of 2744	1764	2.exe	34
PID 1764 wrote to memory of 2744	1764	2.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e47e6e28041bf94f4eaad66eca1227de_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2920
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2864
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1764
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFYC.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\28463\IFYC.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - Drops file in System32 directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Modifies registry class
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2744

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1.exe

Filesize
24KB

MD5
87de545b5930c5fc243e72a2ab5b89e9

SHA1
790d55bf4004c18b1f0b223ab2f53e76821aed95

SHA256
a7d9c97e6c3ee1eb6cd456bbb3447deb8dec92c1e6c30777dd46c0e28a52a4ef

SHA512
e9e31bd1eeea8cbe73842517082839211c1307ef6d5e1599bd9b200e775d80a31e9e809c22ec7859b37202541782ec4e0726245048cdda450e4c56ca1b14e995

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2.exe

Filesize
786KB

MD5
8d84ea8ef9fde4bd3e15e8d290547521

SHA1
994c44199eee4817aab2b74633bd66d353fbb209

SHA256
9541f46dddee758e1ca1f24dae7fc1e2bce1219ba6ee2bcd4881df308ecda7fa

SHA512
44b91f806936ba8e9e5accde0ebd36a86585a687a2719b0f2bd5bf7ac4c50c8e6127cbcb87ebc2e64b9e12a6564bc9c0f5f59811a2a3508aaf5ebd8c6cbce93b

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

Filesize
457KB

MD5
19794a23edc7494063603d316165c04f

SHA1
6b5050be2ffa32cc3dd0d1e53fa2cfe355c59b4e

SHA256
20aa8a967c2982acf1afce320284de9b4749fd3326b63c08fad8921720764b3e

SHA512
8f782e06cd32844a336548083eeb50d818ba8acbbba042719da7505dd2d239dc133eedcf244c19901bba7424d2eef60a977b6d6795de9baa6d56ad13c3828774

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

Filesize
358B

MD5
e80d7b49941b35105db4347fa49dbb99

SHA1
3f68d6fd398677608f8ccb89f7947b758fb24138

SHA256
4c2e9514d79c14f5c826eb1978dcb9c04475a76ca17a660ea7e6357ed37ecd97

SHA512
61c013f18534abfcbcc82f6c80b3b80fa2b0e9bcfeacde1a40c05746e224f571db5e0a44210df301f47af829c775b74db5f869d8d8e787c15f31ccd46620d27f

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
bc5fd352bfe50a09ffd84c95f697f9b4

SHA1
847a869a2b789c2f5c9845340f133b8845976aaa

SHA256
1c1bd72088d746302e15ed63f343bdbabae5ff39f1633e8f60ccd8e20dc0863f

SHA512
b52e8a1507b037ec2c5704c495bb53f3275a60ea35f02928117cb9dfe4718a78f77077571cd75bbe70c2b8f993251350db832834c509d1af9a20d00cedb5a197

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
110bdf91b758328b3f33b4ab7d9fd480

SHA1
29d9ea9f08248307ef20c63cd1f02e8a5256d90b

SHA256
9cd15a69297174a062f839ee86f2f583f09952475891683a042f56d04bd581b3

SHA512
53efa1f722045a4f446e38bd780af1e5212de6052677596a7628eac2aa4a562c9752ae9859ee92530f5b3ac9ab2717777edbabdcb09f3f9ede2ba6063fe4bec7

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

Filesize
105B

MD5
27c90d4d9b049f4cd00f32ed1d2e5baf

SHA1
338a3ea8f1e929d8916ece9b6e91e697eb562550

SHA256
172d6f21165fb3ca925e5b000451fd8946920206f7438018c28b158b90cf5ffb

SHA512
d73dadb3cf74c647ce5bad5b87d3fb42a212defcba8afb8cf962020b61a0369c0a2b1005797583daf1f1ae88b29b7288bc544a53d643f3519cf604aa0ffd6dae

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@5DA.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
70c6ae41897fd3fbc90821be9f6dcafd

SHA1
212294333e175cd4e647bd1738cf1e48de41fae2

SHA256
6e8e43f1ef95d0dce19434dbeb9576fdbafcfcd8ff2a1d0ada36516b1c11d634

SHA512
8822bc940cf1b64e2ec6b318a7f9702c056fcd45da025091609d9e1c455f6d00e2d9413433f827aad63c29212125d100027e43f4adcb235001b269ba0b6f54b3

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFYC.exe

Filesize
648KB

MD5
ee07ce6e1da01ee9aa4a9cf523878dd7

SHA1
5d964e5919146fd2cd410909c03f3aab456cf062

SHA256
4ab1e4414b3659a21a5a39b0edd80e967e73140a809f6a8407e46df963ed8f7b

SHA512
487eade2e555e270536c1eeaf82ade3436cb8baef5476959a7de0b74df1082ce1b3917a66bc71965e1d4ba95e043706a543b29cfa485d65edc3102a98174e6b3

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memory/1764-31-0x00000000028E0000-0x00000000029BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2744-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2744-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2744-51-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2920-2-0x000007FEF5FCE000-0x000007FEF5FCF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2920-17-0x000007FEF5D10000-0x000007FEF66AD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/2920-3-0x000007FEF5D10000-0x000007FEF66AD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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