ardamax | ade8699f40a7f8caef4dd3c7b83b51ff515c841e2e2e1eeba86a03c221ea634f

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe
Size

599KB
MD5

066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc
SHA1

f4e27b394b286a0b07c8885fe53742489e2518a1
SHA256

ade8699f40a7f8caef4dd3c7b83b51ff515c841e2e2e1eeba86a03c221ea634f
SHA512

b48f976eb7117dd8de30abb0ad8e63130385afd9dc42b8f1a799d0a9fefac2db2f2a59f4286b1e4b9c6bb89e6c49a1145cd8a311681a17f65d14cde8f90144a3
SSDEEP

12288:ebeIzLlhHQsHDd3QPu8ujiZJNjNI4b3i5LhzHMAYQZra8q0L1YOJHyyABKNBsT:1IzZhHvD+u8ujINyu3MdLMAYum8nL1lg

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/0x0007000000023cb4-12.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-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3988	YUED.exe
900	أونو.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3748	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.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\YUED Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Sys32\\YUED.exe"	YUED.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\YUED.001	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\YUED.006	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\YUED.007	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\YUED.exe	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.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_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	YUED.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	أونو.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 3988	3748	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe	82
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 3988	3748	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe	82
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 3988	3748	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe	82
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 900	3748	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe	83
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 900	3748	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe	83
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 900	3748	JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_066188a586746c0cc0ef42be619983dc.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:3748
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\YUED.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys32\YUED.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3988
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\أونو.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\أونو.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:900

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@BAC4.tmp

Filesize
3KB

MD5
1af114b264a783148f112ae8a4392450

SHA1
bf5493d1c7794cc9e44f219a5038990215494fd4

SHA256
3071cfecb4af30dbfef855370ed538f332338c35b5f6d5d14045c144796f7ff9

SHA512
b9c833cca0adfad35cbe4392b170cb4820c50874f7b6cf1717a67007c95878e1980c2cbd283ffa671feec0c8794ac229551c5f0b38700d932840a7073f562355

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\أونو.exe

Filesize
512KB

MD5
0a4a56d661007346254a2afc51c86d99

SHA1
97763c9f04b05c7570009cab22b7ccb4c2beae8e

SHA256
5e02a65f94fadb6fbfcbe43e7365696c335427c9c34b95bc430580f4a79fc4d2

SHA512
410b0cda301287fc7ac8f9cb18c3823be9cd6623d88cd4db8740038d26eb51287d1c2c0fab1693d842ccddc0ba85c1da68811dfd61d24684bb149ca9958f3a0a

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\AKV.exe

Filesize
389KB

MD5
40f15729e871733ee4e3b526a72f0725

SHA1
43f4f1bb97a6e722ec796027aebd219199136833

SHA256
4ab6592bff060a990b7820e9ee412b4318fb47e85eb01c069fa797399991b472

SHA512
0f8b4bb24813334941d8cdcf137bdc7f4904648b97e5b92c448c053005a29d63c5ddfc6a7fdf1d3a7c1185b8c9dea15d13668bad963b651df6088dcfc32b7967

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\YUED.001

Filesize
386B

MD5
080499861d4674f4429e21a632992b05

SHA1
e1cd8e83c813e0ab3e4bd7e7466e0ca154fa581d

SHA256
dfca316e6c80740da66303ce3088565b7bbb91e8be4f189a222bb56a778c5c30

SHA512
e9e48b1a8c69bc9ca750fd83d09ab21e3549b4ce5684046a258383dc4171995fcc192da39e83405a869c865a752a0a79bd51282d7ea574a1a394bd32d7804a16

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\YUED.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
489d664845e0e001de7e6a87fb355366

SHA1
c0b339c9b8d18dad3b6f425b0eba2833ed313202

SHA256
aab3b216ae3c1415739d487c3d6df9af2b5d055959c289cd803e872b835d55fd

SHA512
7e403f33d0717a3e30664f9702de589c8065690dc423cf69245122e96db346c8112ed15ba53d6ab26c538a1fea9e63dd29a01e2f18be8c1ad439a5466d066be3

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
8148ef191adcb3a30fbf777b1642dd06

SHA1
79027d2c6b2b14da631a133eeba2a0a102914e39

SHA256
ce5f8b7b0c338711fbc5359ed79c12139c6cdce2a5cdbb53797287800239c2e0

SHA512
8b285260652ce586fc4c8dd8ab26f726634fd50208e9278767461c37f9f4d98857a867322e312ee3b5bcbb9b33d9ff9cb055af7ec9318c2419244c2efcbb2153

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys32\YUED.exe

Filesize
475KB

MD5
f7f2f0d8ed270a51c6bce37645b0e8dc

SHA1
3f48aff739c3add1bd951e28c4d11ec24e345adf

SHA256
fa0921f68dec9797bff50e5f3e466c01702eeeff254070c1705ced427edc725b

SHA512
a9c948ad52df9cd83cb4972938b1e1a1751e316d61303eb571ea47e3175d823545ec15951701173f40f1577cc644d1f612e477376730a5fb5d375f2683cc9092

Download Submit
memory/3988-30-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D1000-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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