ardamax | ce69982f7f10415bf10ebb3b3cc3902f2868a77be13af76227a46452271caa67

General

Target

f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

265KB
MD5

f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1
SHA1

49483fd87130498ad7ca2e375cd2c0dec49414bf
SHA256

ce69982f7f10415bf10ebb3b3cc3902f2868a77be13af76227a46452271caa67
SHA512

e257b7048fbd404b5be4721324d5052b86ce67c6dec876e695cdd585b18e052fa93e10135900b04ae4cac36b3f61529a5ba8e60c6a2190a46a4c2d1b06ef7f76
SSDEEP

6144:UmpyGNq7yPdPlVVT3+uXEudWOb5LhntYJ9zU0naSlRreI:UOq7yPdPlVx+uBY3USf

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 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016dc8-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2316	TND.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
548	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe
548	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe
548	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe
2316	TND.exe
2316	TND.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\TND.001	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\TND.006	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\TND.007	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\TND.exe	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys	TND.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	TND.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2316	TND.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2316	TND.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2316	TND.exe
2316	TND.exe
2316	TND.exe
2316	TND.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2316	548	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2316	548	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2316	548	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2316	548	f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f587fbcfedfab632f7fbbd8cc86cdfa1_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:548
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\TND.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys\TND.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2316

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\TND.001

Filesize
3KB

MD5
cdc13973fa72a4f4a9a0788e9a307e72

SHA1
bc89b8484375775e5f1d432684d1bf1a41e28ba8

SHA256
fa619657445eecb6b4d89d3e7a1ae1fe3634bd080239357aa6e4f5d9b3c26c52

SHA512
e4faa85c3c06b3608c5871bbf1b0d7b3a4a79528a3750e430122d592e551e31a7023aded5bb687f77ac8d18aa36259245dcd86e5fc002e8bd54952d56b224854

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\TND.006

Filesize
5KB

MD5
81684ae4865ec5f66d24e892b03cdb28

SHA1
71e0129317001cbf9fc0876a6ea15886c0caa987

SHA256
b036f867ef31023198260a6610a57cc9148a547103b17de934e607aca580eb23

SHA512
adac78672fa35ad5aef8afac26c6360f06f98783fc3527c558b6fcadfd6d22b06ef4a8c0f6c076da3b270f83265eb4d20d58fc514932ad3d16554c3fd33f4fec

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\TND.007

Filesize
4KB

MD5
ac152720163090f4c0fb7f5c7e1638dc

SHA1
4fec3f24e3f9221c7c7cf918d7507586bf0cf48a

SHA256
fdc0467059610b4055818e2e499c1ed17705397383a61245917bb93ba0f8e3ef

SHA512
d62d827530d421735e95620f57230b1d7376a1055ddfb32d00db8df7764618f442a5166bdb765babf85695b7138ac7c4c71c231e5c745ed7d8113e6394acd301

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@DB80.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
fec74da36beb4457716675804f74221c

SHA1
1c02ce33852f00dd896b4bb1d93fbba663dd329d

SHA256
e47ac7649f18595fbd2281a8cdff82a2b488b8dd56bc1ae88930b521f24b1c89

SHA512
64b1d6912b2d6336f2ec7abd240215c842970eece0007afb4c939cf40becb437d6d6708d840035c935d96742918de07b52a96708388cbcda438e8c56d49ede06

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\TND.exe

Filesize
459KB

MD5
b7a532f4b00925d636882e80f49305a8

SHA1
ae88858ea8c3a7ba2ed373cb104ef2152fb44b54

SHA256
f417f9088e6c39c418ecf8efbf0038362945788838bd7e67efd89199ada15ccd

SHA512
551fe3425b17f29b1c8157b2fdf6c6c0ed15c655bc14e9b73ec38209c55191444762eeef61ae933047079243b9487f92b649f5852b3f22d4bac5d070f523b706

Download Submit
memory/2316-22-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2316-25-0x00000000779BF000-0x00000000779C0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2316-26-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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