ardamax | 1925752a4c093e11e95763a47a993352eb3dc9d5cb93285c14d10c359ef87088

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6
SHA1

3d58a026ae5b59d572d2b56b7585748c646bf227
SHA256

1925752a4c093e11e95763a47a993352eb3dc9d5cb93285c14d10c359ef87088
SHA512

1957919065fd960d24e160400d0f1e3ef0d9d124bb994f1129ac9444a5366662823f074e1e15e0691ab71d9a85fdb85fd12059f836ad4734c90fd6836553984c
SSDEEP

24576:364MVTlRwpDyzAsCVeTt4K10juT1EB6Iy0h4u8Gf7owo5NobBICIbvto7o:364MTLwZIA44Kms1EBTy0a2f0xNoICr

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/0x000a000000023b90-8.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	JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4960	GTY.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\GTY Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\LRJODN\\GTY.exe"	GTY.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\GTY.004	JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\GTY.001	JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\GTY.002	JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\GTY.exe	JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.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_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GTY.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1044 wrote to memory of 4960	1044	JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe	82
PID 1044 wrote to memory of 4960	1044	JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe	82
PID 1044 wrote to memory of 4960	1044	JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8858041c6ec4ae90b6b9fec51fd564c6.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1044
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\GTY.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\LRJODN\GTY.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4960

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

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8

SHA1
ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba

SHA256
71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b

SHA512
a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\GTY.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\GTY.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\GTY.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
e87009a8fc75b481cd55bc226ab4c8f5

SHA1
94b702a3ccbcaef401819e870c5725a2649a66a6

SHA256
d1ed50d3f1e8e80910677078460254a951deab51c53a52cda5fcdcc8af5bb691

SHA512
978653fc8da7ec13d043735a6fd78cabd9c66c84cbf0e02e0af83993594a214ea59426b1aee87a53b10b6410c108b1cab4878438841ecb2f2c5f8813b453ec16

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\LRJODN\GTY.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

Download Submit
memory/4960-16-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000721000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4960-17-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000721000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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