ardamax | 6d9028b151edf7bdb8d216af5134215884a7b8cc8a7133bc09fc177b6e367960

General

Target

f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

835KB
MD5

f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9
SHA1

19ae987f7a80d561cc9fa4bf961efd1b19745f50
SHA256

6d9028b151edf7bdb8d216af5134215884a7b8cc8a7133bc09fc177b6e367960
SHA512

2d4a1bc35bdc69763c49c446e4315feb475e784e653a7f05f8b63fe242afca27bcd456de02deec895f5ca75b200d1b86ec11cc20d5ccbb78d352f393b6a7a597
SSDEEP

24576:alzGp6Un0kqaOFClG6chWoBbL9bHhJqB59ulAHcrz:iS6Un0RaOMwhNLxHOBX6AS

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/0x000a000000023b8d-12.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	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2700	system32FNBI.exe
1344	tibia luz.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
3756	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	system32FNBI.exe
1344	tibia luz.exe
2700	system32FNBI.exe
2700	system32FNBI.exe
1344	tibia luz.exe
1344	tibia luz.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\system32FNBI Agent = "C:\\Windows\\system32FNBI.exe"	system32FNBI.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 Windows directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32FNBI.001	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32FNBI.006	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32FNBI.007	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32FNBI.exe	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32AKV.exe	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_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	system32FNBI.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	tibia luz.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2700	system32FNBI.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2700	system32FNBI.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2700	system32FNBI.exe
2700	system32FNBI.exe
2700	system32FNBI.exe
2700	system32FNBI.exe
1344	tibia luz.exe
2700	system32FNBI.exe
1344	tibia luz.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3756 wrote to memory of 2700	3756	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 3756 wrote to memory of 2700	3756	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 3756 wrote to memory of 2700	3756	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 3756 wrote to memory of 1344	3756	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 3756 wrote to memory of 1344	3756	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 3756 wrote to memory of 1344	3756	f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f472e4dee27488ba8ce79a91525989b9_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3756
- C:\Windows\system32FNBI.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32FNBI.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2700
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tibia luz.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tibia luz.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1344

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\@8EF2.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d1e6a3b3fec7d6f1d0db1bc02da26d93

SHA1
d7da87bdc09c38836cecd0844bfd587172c076f4

SHA256
bca04b3b3b4b8b416597ecd653056ec98f88e16a57ef64f2143b09ab892a3730

SHA512
327def77c38f293c4e8b4f20a3380bc7c5ba5b72f2431b20f67cbaeb2a4d11c2dd9493e477d36de88d75cf185b8fc2936fd6eee3cfa9bcd5620e0fc054f232f8

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tibia luz.exe

Filesize
1.1MB

MD5
b64ecc689412dd036feee61293161c7a

SHA1
0bfb21f30566c877b4de1feab9864b613e741958

SHA256
801fa94b192f036a7dfb98bd9bed10e52d876113d01bd68b01859acd4fb24733

SHA512
2a9b528d2715c59a12566e795ec38a32345fc00ae74090ed5b1f1929c5e81c53993e30bb5822e353b5ff88439b12122b7b51fd6128fa52fb86c605bb03aad545

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C:\Windows\system32FNBI.001

Filesize
474B

MD5
be365be333fb681e788993b032a83727

SHA1
8646027f987705f8a693eec42be24f49a0f4ea99

SHA256
1a0384b7281170fa2b649d3e0e408b3ffad556cb97a629be8d3118234d270ae3

SHA512
4da4f4c1892ea607e668dff08ede8aa7d94c042089a6704c7e2ec4b4782641fb628cadc22297c3fb85b81f8354a6e8647ff980777dbf39309aa4f87889d14ff3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32FNBI.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
9bff554f06d83650594d29c02ff22490

SHA1
5b00b436753479c29403b18256d1be009134f920

SHA256
37dc6bab558f611dface5ee2d0cb73f078f1b850de80f4bc5c1e4ebde024c693

SHA512
eb98be1e1b86acbe8d36542a42ec73f2357392ece2bca103910be6f5c06b5fbb3b8639cf4b8da03ccf284f09dffece1b12e2882f6f13c5d17ca66a8560e7e572

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32FNBI.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b6f12dd5978a40f15490b637523b0207

SHA1
c2a9ae1415e61f59ceaffe91bb5ccde499bcfafd

SHA256
097124b7451b236ec652f964aeb3a06a8caf8aa8763db37cc1db16ab91dffe9e

SHA512
5baa4a7641cbdd5e6a331f1a5d753ae3d5a2b8e64a6db21ac475176b0d020e6cc79c5ef83fb35003612976d39fcabc3786e46a1b36ca6f91a614995e50c37795

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32FNBI.exe

Filesize
471KB

MD5
9db739b6cc6f87cc09aa60428f94551a

SHA1
f8dad673918a9f342a90d8c0221423c90ae35fd7

SHA256
050dbbfa127d4db9f3fdf7efc1961dc2530a5affd1921818c053d7aaa07f1eda

SHA512
0f410d81d92dbeec6bbc17a3f6e296bc8e96544b45e7ca2209d832bcdce1b3993c43c1f1298d77bb03eff94bb0c27a7cb950d599a6572a2e4c929400edde5a2d

Download Submit
memory/2700-31-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000761000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2700-43-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000761000-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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