ardamax | b9f7e35be38d618a7612fdca540a8a76eae5e73ea9d8d17c94e40fbbaf9e04d6

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
Size

291KB
MD5

03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd
SHA1

fd450baf1b8f85002ec131dbc751a202ed4b21a5
SHA256

b9f7e35be38d618a7612fdca540a8a76eae5e73ea9d8d17c94e40fbbaf9e04d6
SHA512

0eedff9738ed815c12c2319406b8b65c1ed7843bf466110334357de425f44c0c956ba6c268ba59ca39162ae50949e2c2b2fb3c14ce1c4574daa4893a45c624f0
SSDEEP

6144:zrQ6N34L+7BUXxRTBBZdxPdY62ernqcSF54URZa9MVGVvxNOYIQ:zrQ+4La+XvdB3xPdYujqx5jZa+ovnOYJ

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/0x0008000000016cd7-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2872	QIOU.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2080	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
2080	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
2080	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
2872	QIOU.exe
2872	QIOU.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\QIOU Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Sys32\\QIOU.exe"	QIOU.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\Sys32\QIOU.001	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\QIOU.006	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\QIOU.007	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\QIOU.exe	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32	QIOU.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_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	QIOU.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2872	QIOU.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2872	QIOU.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2872	QIOU.exe
2872	QIOU.exe
2872	QIOU.exe
2872	QIOU.exe
2872	QIOU.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2872	2080	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe	30
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2872	2080	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe	30
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2872	2080	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe	30
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2872	2080	JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_03d93bafb2ae535989c49881f2f361cd.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2080
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\QIOU.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys32\QIOU.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:2872

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\Sys32\QIOU.001

Filesize
492B

MD5
a41d887b866591fcb699c95abdf055a4

SHA1
95abca678fa91c9c312f27c330d938c89aef4312

SHA256
58a991c248e9fe0532d2fe122fa5dec8ef31f5c5c2f1e043ef2ec30dde33ba56

SHA512
89b7a913a3b8c66cb72b322a8bca05684952cdcefa3ca3fa4e038a64f7a92bade4ca265c1c5982a91429ce1584200d29f81e50eed8b85c1ddc4dc48c1c1856a4

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\QIOU.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
a08026db7b86f2ba69f6317a4a66778b

SHA1
6afe5979a1ef3ee8b94b6ef4a6bf8a70d641bf62

SHA256
90c1300aaa05d24a32f9d01824c611742a10c2bb3e0450504b62282ab658e2f5

SHA512
059d6abdb37800f7673d116a0e9a4d2f3e8e7d955a402ef91ca97cf24f3c29121dc36c54599511ac0e04cd2b1467e30fb7b2563e42e2fe43e71560816902207e

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\QIOU.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
49e240cd2e8fe880e177e208aaf8feea

SHA1
54e9ee5a7523148542113ee654f00ea13d3ca3d7

SHA256
f1b86ba7a2c3aa753966cc67bc5efb4e4badb670b6a0e56ffcfdcbbc379108fc

SHA512
e92efd1d0ab3249d6c93b32af0885e22726421055bff36dcf64d307ef2f8aaf2dd06c221342bd5e2a1fadb5d61ac284cd39750cdf1134fd530ba9ff1744d965f

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@1FB1.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
2bbb6ffc878515a79478917c5af03a9c

SHA1
52532ea393f3a623c05b2cd72a205da41f152c29

SHA256
23c8cc69783ab663e036fb0d15c01b3863ff898d5534fa1d02f16c291863f3a5

SHA512
be8846674af43f20501e6fe59fbd369d7393e79970ab1a4fc7c516c491939f575c5e07a1cd284287e8663d1ca2f4e6663839a79f798a7453ecd30bb0fbdcc464

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\QIOU.exe

Filesize
477KB

MD5
db4d88b22f173a37c34477abeea6a789

SHA1
11c42d2d445c01a408ad947d48927fe2b370aa8c

SHA256
251cd62057ee822ad0139fddadd88945ef0951af715eea17ac5faa4b25e17a55

SHA512
67501ecf3b474536c3ae0cf68d49672b108b3b509a229f2a8bd4126e2f67228c93e2bbb78379de7dac3bbff6f7495d1d1aeffebb3fa5f8c7a0e29eaac4bce23e

Download Submit
memory/2872-22-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2872-25-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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