ardamax | af4ed0c318abf3e1a4dc26a8874eeafed5b5902c86d4b6e3242a70fd4f41102c

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41
SHA1

c0b2470820265bbb7b1c98b6364d9848a60cd730
SHA256

af4ed0c318abf3e1a4dc26a8874eeafed5b5902c86d4b6e3242a70fd4f41102c
SHA512

b8f3c8421e26c229f02584b13d2f90df58e7ff1a736582dc10e2364fa426673b8a16622f7aa0791da3b8a29d66a6a3762f728afe6548fde6da1a19e9eb10b3c2
SSDEEP

24576:t64MVTC2dbHbcH1Dtw9fjhNtqcloYjCMyQQBho+q4pSJV29Vfszo4Z5rPcLfu/Mh:t64MTCa7y1hwJN7zbuMyPu+gJVSEd5rp

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/0x0007000000016c36-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2356	DTD.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe
2356	DTD.exe
2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe
2244	EXCEL.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\DTD Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\AVMEKS\\DTD.exe"	DTD.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\AVMEKS\DTD.001	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\DTD.002	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\DTD.exe	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\	DTD.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\DTD.004	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.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	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DTD.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EXCEL.EXE

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2244	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2356	DTD.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2356	DTD.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2356	DTD.exe
2356	DTD.exe
2356	DTD.exe
2356	DTD.exe
2244	EXCEL.EXE
2244	EXCEL.EXE
2244	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2356	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	31
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2356	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	31
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2356	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	31
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2356	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	31
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2244	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	32
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2244	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	32
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2244	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	32
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2244	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	32
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2244	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	32
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2244	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	32
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2244	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	32
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2244	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	32
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2244	2512	JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_64a386e5175a4a56c40192adcf2e4f41.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2512
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\DTD.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\AVMEKS\DTD.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:2356
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Enumerates system info in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2244

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\Quotation.xlsx

Filesize
191KB

MD5
be477786a126f5f1f52cb2d3948f9ab0

SHA1
daf553b4fec750833ae3fe040c01cafa4e06ca13

SHA256
44262ec48dc79a4b87afaeb04a1ed4ee5b54da1e51befca6a44ac704f3db1957

SHA512
b4f8273dc1c034fd7f21a5801f5c4ffbe7830da5a14a088b9b980e4ea21fc57fa9cff08dda3a479bd7a8380719fe87cd0117ef0ce089c486329d1a51088349cb

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8

SHA1
ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba

SHA256
71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b

SHA512
a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\DTD.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\DTD.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\DTD.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
37b5242db43391629865f006f0a8f6f9

SHA1
e04d6bed1db2afcb4c827af0ee2ae68be90a7e60

SHA256
7fdc8e0309a3b2e7f4271fe1962144a95316d2074bbec2e2b0353fb715d62fbb

SHA512
ecaff5fb1d3b57df715be16ef477a1ac899e4ac7a7ce67719ad2565eb124507492ae2172309b8f2e932bd52c1c7032ecccdad340aefd13e0a0db3d5c47ebb5e3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVMEKS\DTD.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

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memory/2244-21-0x00000000723FD000-0x0000000072408000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2244-20-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2244-24-0x00000000723FD000-0x0000000072408000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2356-16-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2356-23-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-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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