ardamax | e804c0afa8afb3d105f357404754da00022838fd6f4448882563a6b47c3e8d7d

General

Target

e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.4MB
MD5

e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc
SHA1

c64b7c9eb2782f0276c692837f9ac6f1db6bb2ea
SHA256

e804c0afa8afb3d105f357404754da00022838fd6f4448882563a6b47c3e8d7d
SHA512

e34edf4c0cdf66c20c1d9b16adfa2ff72da85ec9d6e9f75a49301c292d5f50031ca4597892b9e7f982ca7ff5e3cc6f74a02d08c9685e72d9905114558220b751
SSDEEP

24576:RbPT8/ofB0D0BqKzbt57zI3PRI9L9K0jsXNTllFLfHkNtqNdCAm6tr:R7T8/iB0v4t5X0PqF9PwdhDjHCVW

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/0x000a000000023b5e-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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3900	JJH.exe
4468	ALLZACK Inject 2.8.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3900	JJH.exe
4816	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe
4468	ALLZACK Inject 2.8.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\JJH Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\UGRVEO\\JJH.exe"	JJH.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\UGRVEO\JJH.002	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\AKV.exe	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\JJH.exe	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\	JJH.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\JJH.004	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\JJH.001	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_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 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	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JJH.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ALLZACK Inject 2.8.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3900	JJH.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3900	JJH.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3900	JJH.exe
3900	JJH.exe
3900	JJH.exe
3900	JJH.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 3900	4816	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 3900	4816	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 3900	4816	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 4468	4816	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 4468	4816	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 4468	4816	e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e517afd343ddd555669637cb9b4cd5bc_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:4816
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\JJH.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\UGRVEO\JJH.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:3900
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ALLZACK Inject 2.8.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ALLZACK Inject 2.8.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4468

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\ALLZACK Inject 2.8.exe

Filesize
633KB

MD5
67399ffaa9053f36cc4e6a05ff71e847

SHA1
ab77f7e7e862247d13be6593f2440b7db09288c1

SHA256
e76de702cfc2f4045683f514be742b898bf61ab9d785307534b10a609e6b53e9

SHA512
01490f97fb24aa6e0f5fb41c747ecf6930a8c7b0a91ad891994e7ce82260599c7a60035f6176faee1fed2d588421b3c2aec4dcac5e0db0546046955982f01891

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

Filesize
448KB

MD5
c49125a39e0ae69b1cc77040ba8a9441

SHA1
92941e9559d9b1a0a944595377b6c5d44b53a6a4

SHA256
f7e3d70532b7a0b04bde2fc3a9439b8a95ba7b89eff5f214ef53041a58c97524

SHA512
f61f42e500ebdd0559c420f05849265964e58aba7bb2be1095d41dddc1393ccf2191de0ed61d5fefd3957c4890c61fced1497481b76f158a12f7d95e626224c6

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\JJH.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
29136121b1c0307a02a8826477995613

SHA1
4dffe908036a21be56a9caa739ec1bf1cf9bd0ca

SHA256
f9dd403e696d2128cafe9a4bab54a28161745934df6d3479a066083a61515402

SHA512
2c7077ff82e948b9a9b6b16214dfdd11e222f07fb0a75aec59a9dafc29906907f24e0c625cefd5032321cc7883c00fd0abc7801f185983190f353b6dff2774c7

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\JJH.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
d977f26d7f7ffcb0f002813b55ff032d

SHA1
7e17b642dc1286908c18caba6fedb890de8fcc86

SHA256
2ce6c66843f0d0f156ae523f25d2cf4c9886fcae7b4f69deefbde4bc5328bf29

SHA512
e291f6acf5df88c52eb9232d55eb43fc08cbd423b7ae46148f710de909db49c04fc1d64e05b8e307ddd880134c525188109b94182ca99ea5934b66b9316e9e25

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\JJH.004

Filesize
684B

MD5
e940b9b5bfa51bccac0a1342372dad13

SHA1
97fcb49df9b2287c66063b4afe1bfd69b40f4a6c

SHA256
982c27c01c21bdfe13b4c21fe82eb81e823883ba6c2726be522ec7413dce04ae

SHA512
f3cda053eb6e785c6f8de61999d32831743c03d626998655180204f563ca0d3f6a4624a98e39ec35c98417b213291b5e74ebf7931a3d2ff54d1f066cc9ffeb89

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UGRVEO\JJH.exe

Filesize
1.4MB

MD5
27a49221ba75a90934342bbe70f6c954

SHA1
751e322d6f7e46c132f0f97c56d60344248f1959

SHA256
946611f5091452aa46310d3ba8a885e808617b8ae9c57a468f7fe3abda4b052d

SHA512
9476f49d2e3c10f3e5cd91313e03405f944bc9887fd65e6c2236caab3a42e2c9a5392d7c34f6c5787a7dc8c3cfd43a3a90a6e052176aa60a43da0327d7ff78d6

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memory/3900-17-0x0000000000700000-0x0000000000701000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3900-29-0x0000000000700000-0x0000000000701000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4468-28-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4468-31-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4468-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
660KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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