ardamax | 5529fc4996d30a4952d6e2daf0ab0cb3917060e87f6ca4d466831ddec5021219

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
Size

545KB
MD5

7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be
SHA1

e878c305b1c2602003714f1d13d7712a029a6733
SHA256

5529fc4996d30a4952d6e2daf0ab0cb3917060e87f6ca4d466831ddec5021219
SHA512

b6b70250e96af3326789d3072799aa0664365148084dd602d0d25dc8ea9b6fa0ceb8fca1fcf48317e331f093250d858b8500bd1f8e4f5734fd5886c0863801c7
SSDEEP

12288:n0gugEnoSE5gOefAtBBluCX+UTstpvoAhupDjF+Wohi4FrV+:0gugEnoSE5gOe8TpNwLoYqfkvgKx+

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
behavioral1/files/0x000e000000018683-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2516	YOQF.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2812	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
2812	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
2812	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
2516	YOQF.exe
2516	YOQF.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\YOQF Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\YOQF.exe"	YOQF.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 15 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.009.tmp	YOQF.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\Jan_04_2025__17_12_52.jpg	YOQF.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\Jan_04_2025__17_13_52.jpg	YOQF.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	YOQF.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.009	YOQF.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.001	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.006	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.009	YOQF.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\Jan_04_2025__17_13_12.jpg	YOQF.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\Jan_04_2025__17_14_12.jpg	YOQF.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\Jan_04_2025__17_14_32.jpg	YOQF.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.007	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.exe	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\Jan_04_2025__17_13_32.jpg	YOQF.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_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	YOQF.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2516	YOQF.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2516	YOQF.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2516	YOQF.exe
2516	YOQF.exe
2516	YOQF.exe
2516	YOQF.exe
2516	YOQF.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2516	2812	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe	29
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2516	2812	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe	29
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2516	2812	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe	29
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2516	2812	JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7ad8c1379ad3c2d7814c53732b12c0be.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2812
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\YOQF.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:2516

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

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\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
395KB

MD5
b8fa30233794772b8b76b4b1d91c7321

SHA1
0cf9561be2528944285e536f41d502be24c3aa87

SHA256
14116fa79ccc105fabd312b4dff74933f8684c6b27db37e5e3a79d159092d29a

SHA512
10ce8b18e7afb8c7e30bb90b0a1f199ef0b77873fa7a9efc596606e151be6b516c0ec6222a9032bdcc527e80964f53d20a28fa1881a08b4df303b2e28204549d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\Jan_04_2025__17_12_52.jpg

Filesize
70KB

MD5
e7b3b6f3f897430c32331078d0f991a4

SHA1
7da502d169311dadecfa62a64ad10223b3746819

SHA256
dccc8fbb85195867fdca93d4d5230c7579807dd33dfdba592d5974a571c22d11

SHA512
ba853833ba827c7cc43683fb05ef25b945490851e6aa9de72c4c44be0d35fa8c5c82a6e7c90a35a418094646ef1aec2a6fec9bf6adbbd7b55dbc75aea5cd559f

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

Filesize
490B

MD5
cfa52cf1d3f321d0cfcdd2cff23d0596

SHA1
b9fc1275d4d5dba1bf9b087e0941a3f1d82dc318

SHA256
dd945299a9aeb603d6c2cb579e0f109c878f4185be7074cb225122c3cfc84c4e

SHA512
5a66255530bd80696ddf2758577b360253173c6ebeb8aa4fc4eb4d6a3ab7f5f13d5df5b037847f9a779151f3fe95852950e6df14fae1b76fd62fc4aaf8de89a7

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.009

Filesize
602KB

MD5
9d6b86942ef0b41ff772b69eb8a4b998

SHA1
0a3a0a2c1303d4c49253ce7407d3cbc0a3d4fa10

SHA256
80fee1dd9dc41ab2b3579a14f3a32ea1687ca3aac052c32240b1c1fb21a8a839

SHA512
307f968265ee53b0d78415504ea0e55bd8587582250938e74a7a1ce5d0cfd0b47330576ec9189c3bb0e531352c2706ca1ead249b9f741b5bebc8ce4c0cc8f0cd

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@F538.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\YOQF.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

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memory/2516-24-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2516-27-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003E1000-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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