ardamax | ed32c74397f0db5108f589fd0c253bdc9a8f0e30a86cb4c868e45b9ebc5d65ac

General

Target

f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

328KB
MD5

f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d
SHA1

ac99cbb7ddcc51c3a05d83b8a6a29d8dd83283b5
SHA256

ed32c74397f0db5108f589fd0c253bdc9a8f0e30a86cb4c868e45b9ebc5d65ac
SHA512

c4bfe9eb4da20cf0bbf9e949e584ecd54bc3dcd90a557ba678f3cbef6282955fb88836ced64cf4886e184d8712aa2d3299e0a2faf8d314b2d730d98a7cc48d71
SSDEEP

6144:hjCDcp+tffoycg8bQoRhYTXnyO3Qz/2yczRmzDO:VCDPFCp8z/3Q/lrzC

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax family
ardamax

Ardamax main executable 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x00090000000174bf-8.dat	family_ardamax
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000012102-13.dat	family_ardamax

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2852	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2540	qservice.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\qservice.exe	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\qservice.exe	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_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	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	NOTEPAD.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs

ransomware

pid	Process
2444	NOTEPAD.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2444	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2444	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2444	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2444	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2540	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2540	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2540	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2540	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2852	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2852	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2852	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 2852	2132	f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2132
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
  "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.txt
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
  PID:2444
- C:\Windows\qservice.exe
  C:\Windows\qservice.exe /start
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:2540
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\F35453~1.EXE.bat
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2852

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\F35453~1.EXE.bat

Filesize
133B

MD5
341907586c6c33e9ef34abd0e2479ded

SHA1
fe9875bbfc751dcd168ad9e227ec231f43739561

SHA256
5b68f8391bf0d4849e7134972b011b5c62de09a4fd6e3d0b017cc944b6b4ee4b

SHA512
ffc58a5c2faec62aa3f9091b40a4fef81a2a6ab49b13430593251bf3e0bce9aea93f6969e432a2a7862cfb7bec10446bad21667f043499e184a3fd3a7128bf41

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d_JaffaCakes118.txt

Filesize
133B

MD5
3b6e988425b2e96322ad1afad26c3ed7

SHA1
a2461f1a9970c3d6d05355f436540afbe03d4cd6

SHA256
6a36cf8641928bc27352d72a2c6d8e4dac2096f704d040dd040bb1c846098644

SHA512
a49399e8a3229de39919111bd439b8b86ef40dad172bf5ec6ea3275feedf31113e24feab18b83c440796b57b56c3c178173d077701a97fa2e781d34e8e529822

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C:\Windows\qservice.exe

Filesize
328KB

MD5
f354530a499a1fa8bd988253e16f3f1d

SHA1
ac99cbb7ddcc51c3a05d83b8a6a29d8dd83283b5

SHA256
ed32c74397f0db5108f589fd0c253bdc9a8f0e30a86cb4c868e45b9ebc5d65ac

SHA512
c4bfe9eb4da20cf0bbf9e949e584ecd54bc3dcd90a557ba678f3cbef6282955fb88836ced64cf4886e184d8712aa2d3299e0a2faf8d314b2d730d98a7cc48d71

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memory/2132-0-0x0000000013140000-0x0000000013162000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2132-11-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000392000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2132-10-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000392000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2132-14-0x0000000013140000-0x0000000013162000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2132-25-0x0000000013140000-0x0000000013162000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2540-12-0x0000000013140000-0x0000000013162000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2540-16-0x0000000013140000-0x0000000013162000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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