ardamax | 8d4f6885f05bcea6497b46d3294ef57d180848a07e0bcb3e6153da4673345609

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
Size

660KB
MD5

6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0
SHA1

4bb3ff58cea6e46bc5ac4f8d4d7a4faa61a18cb6
SHA256

8d4f6885f05bcea6497b46d3294ef57d180848a07e0bcb3e6153da4673345609
SHA512

5f20fb122b1aee03d3ed122981148ad8989a5bb111d45f2b32afe13f3d763cbfa9e9e074c0ef34db84c883921c893cfbc667d35f0db081a7207bb23c9f074272
SSDEEP

12288:ElOmIbyf7CkRWgssPXMdKiFzGqLY/CrhaQRqvLo4DI7/:mIbyf7CkRWgjPXMGqL4Ck8qDoEI7/

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/0x0007000000023cc2-12.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-1-5-21-940901362-3608833189-1915618603-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3296	XFUB.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
3796	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
3296	XFUB.exe
3296	XFUB.exe
3296	XFUB.exe
3796	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
3796	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
3796	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.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\XFUB Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\XFUB.exe"	XFUB.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\28463\XFUB.007	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XFUB.exe	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	XFUB.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XFUB.001	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XFUB.006	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.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	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	XFUB.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3296	XFUB.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3296	XFUB.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
3296	XFUB.exe
3296	XFUB.exe
3296	XFUB.exe
3296	XFUB.exe
3296	XFUB.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3796 wrote to memory of 3296	3796	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe	83
PID 3796 wrote to memory of 3296	3796	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe	83
PID 3796 wrote to memory of 3296	3796	JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6da4f18dbb94bbe6c7472f2709a58df0.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:3796
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XFUB.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\XFUB.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:3296

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@A50A.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
27092ec75c1839f36bfe900a38acc484

SHA1
fe14b750a0ed653246c5f358891f8c1241913bb2

SHA256
e6e29699840ae26c452227f9a1c9fd0e3cda0c2413c4255df9fc066c47af0e07

SHA512
815477e8681e38dd3110171adbaf06738eb9d63839671a959a296ec1a1fb17d788682dde5e6a1f0bffa3b4deda4577292ffa37ce10b95ad14276ffcd0795ac0b

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

Filesize
394KB

MD5
1ec252b02d7f9a8ecff2eaea41c7dea9

SHA1
af71670b8e483d800216a3fab74e9306027a0669

SHA256
99d086679a6296565ce4a96f3e9be5cc62ea368dd96137fa49d42b41a36ac998

SHA512
f8f454d55263c3c74d190ce248338eb967dd5dbaa9e92e361e50fe4bf2cd53980f14975d5798c5574bc29a077529050b11fb5947f75c6d945f02eea6876d514e

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

Filesize
504B

MD5
c9b8d94d545015f35ec9c9395c8645ff

SHA1
3c3aa57229bd1a56cc0729aacae02c58e1b67023

SHA256
beee6ce85d5638fe0e8d1091a1a8ce34e44afb6eb3b420eceaf473fe982fa4b4

SHA512
d83a3dc19b33600379db4bfc0cd350824e0a76a31fa88c4216a17ef3373aa206fe2e9d3152e1ca937df663ae6103b253f40f1fb28b1dd19595e481d8af46145e

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
aae8ccee5d5eed5748d13f474123efea

SHA1
6da78da4de3b99a55fad00be2ec53a3ad3bd06ae

SHA256
10c464d1675774e0282171555d59fb8975ed6c0e6a781182490f48e66823a5b8

SHA512
d370e1ffeeb81b3f07b83a9cf1e3b44635fde7aa6ac999bccafece8091dbf96f0a78257bb0e03b3689dc47fb4e96ec7deac7848a43ddef62afc9b8cc665ee8bd

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
40685d22d05d92462a2cfc1bba9a81b7

SHA1
f0e19012d0ed000148898b1e1264736bed438da8

SHA256
cdca1e5bc4c5129caa8eeddf637c820b6241c8790ce1a341e38e8324ae95afa0

SHA512
21961d2dd118b45bde4cf00b4570712791a22769d05afb5b6c54355b0aaee9b7f7de00b357845349ef957807452365134d51e11181d2d45f98ed0cc9402de90b

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

Filesize
473KB

MD5
8692671171e5aab4afa159624aaea14b

SHA1
3307abb61038c38c2b9b56084b373456fa48fd5d

SHA256
02296699dd94db3c4b6b34f6888905c23aa27c3fcaeebe3efe02b312dc7a9536

SHA512
d270d0f254362659cd18f971c59a2fbc286f0eacfde99f906707c595013c38b662e238ed48729c28015ee8a30b3bb6f8bdf7a0ab20496ac2fe6f37315254ce97

Download Submit
memory/3296-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
560KB

Download
memory/3296-23-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3296-32-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3296-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
560KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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