ardamax | ed159327250969403e30ab55de4f9404fc17ebe41219d30b68182f736f7b7dd9

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe
Size

257KB
MD5

0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec
SHA1

3d1461dc310034d13a4c2ac10d891ec3d3f135ba
SHA256

ed159327250969403e30ab55de4f9404fc17ebe41219d30b68182f736f7b7dd9
SHA512

8bc19edfd1d1b3062655d90b05f8768ffd22abd81c8d8675e7cda0f50528a80e053f938a4e74c7f58a7fcc7cb5994f99852df4a27d3808532d24e5eccd52ff22
SSDEEP

6144:85hAEQQoVCEcjOt0zahIedMOSBBRJAZZz07rZ:oiQoVCRS0Red5SfoZGp

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer upx

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/0x000600000001932d-26.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1740	superpi.exe
2720	rundll64.exe
2448	super_pi_mod.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1440	JaffaCakes118_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe
1440	JaffaCakes118_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe
1740	superpi.exe
1740	superpi.exe
1740	superpi.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\rundll64 = "C:\\Windows\\rundll64.exe"	rundll64.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

UPX packed file 3 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1440-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000457000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1440-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000457000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1740-41-0x00000000028C0000-0x0000000002990000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\rundll64.001	superpi.exe
File created	C:\Windows\rundll64.006	superpi.exe
File created	C:\Windows\rundll64.007	superpi.exe
File created	C:\Windows\rundll64.exe	superpi.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 4 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_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	superpi.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll64.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	super_pi_mod.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2720	rundll64.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2720	rundll64.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2720	rundll64.exe
2720	rundll64.exe
2720	rundll64.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 1740	1440	JaffaCakes118_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe	30
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 1740	1440	JaffaCakes118_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe	30
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 1740	1440	JaffaCakes118_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe	30
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 1740	1440	JaffaCakes118_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe	30
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2720	1740	superpi.exe	31
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2720	1740	superpi.exe	31
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2720	1740	superpi.exe	31
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2720	1740	superpi.exe	31
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2448	1740	superpi.exe	32
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2448	1740	superpi.exe	32
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2448	1740	superpi.exe	32
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2448	1740	superpi.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_0b2b0c49d820052116fccc7a540bdcec.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1440
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\superpi.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\superpi.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1740
- - C:\Windows\rundll64.exe
    "C:\Windows\rundll64.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2720
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\super_pi_mod.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\super_pi_mod.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2448

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

Filesize
102KB

MD5
ca977a1cd46b170ddea7adc4e19bd6ba

SHA1
3de90a9a15b604a1ed0acd6b34d168b942db1ca4

SHA256
c6bfdcb2de4612103a132c956006dc993232e291eb180e846695fc8937b69932

SHA512
4e0bd62b3105dcf2814746692f6b7875fed64580909639e044fdfebf312f6df04d3543cd2cadbd7bd2c6b2057f076522992912443a718c012e2c4d7a5c2af0ac

Download Submit
C:\Windows\rundll64.001

Filesize
2KB

MD5
1d2bf93dd63f37b2c7e27d00f523aa57

SHA1
bef7abed17d7b09119cc0fb218939316d32a8480

SHA256
a9c555f7ffe56c3601a7c05d39bbc7449f040f0de17c1d33ea5cb949c6a7b7e5

SHA512
2fb97441ac5b7557e68854167f1390f09358fea8aade8fc742498ef88571950ef44e239f96b7380c1347f41965869950ce39d28e7bf11ebf894b0bac52e92c95

Download Submit
C:\Windows\rundll64.006

Filesize
4KB

MD5
82dcd329190d327df8cc558ddb7bd796

SHA1
60692ef3d251e4be19445f3c37acaabd43e5153a

SHA256
88930ac9efc89f62bf2d9c7d967956591fa1f3ee886cabe799c41d252647285d

SHA512
76b094cf5baefe39d478445dcd5f3fbaa5ccca80abe9774c5aa9cf852cea5da37d052190968bb6f41cbd9cc6865a6b85492b4a606ac4607ac07c7f14be149d5a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\rundll64.007

Filesize
6KB

MD5
d82e272edfbadabf6f82fc5018ce97fc

SHA1
88beb0c2463678910d4c726e1207ec08d7f3b00f

SHA256
604434efc6c026f83708a5473aa993775649d69828315b8eafd33b58999292cd

SHA512
8663a9900b4ab8912d1aeec930e0a088bb90a46a7c575f62a9f8f7d1dc4bdfec9ffffe9ea71f5d00125b3e113864cffdee4632352d17c36f73d8bc571733231d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\rundll64.exe

Filesize
244KB

MD5
1cc2de0847d50813932844efcd3eac9c

SHA1
78799db1a7e289503fe4160d16c487fb8d45db74

SHA256
d2b114a49c9941d0888d0e215f1e1b00949271877d247421c0fa85f8e7c3261b

SHA512
b66cb6c931b1d541579f9c4f5ad3ee71b7ef884bf5ede2a77e8120356813f5aab8790cbced26671cc4ba77383196660ac51496a221d80ecb984ed2931c093c1c

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@D098.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
3a64783e94ab53902afd1ce21dc63379

SHA1
4933f4cdbd10630f0cf54952251e7d14c3ecd8ee

SHA256
ebb2b9682502e81881c647e30575c75d202d6185c7b182003c0eea8717b26dbf

SHA512
1178f0288b38b4509fca4fb1693671b2dbe4ca73cddc1679053f6680556c099691f2690c2298ea16285ad94ad8008ee1b5cebae25724d69b7dcb90ba67431e52

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\superpi.exe

Filesize
191KB

MD5
ce822a48d38f0c900b15ea2f862c6f51

SHA1
2e6fa79d559929d6168f8782cdb15b10f4216f74

SHA256
7a55ae611adc4db25e9195e3d17277c3b5c5871260817045e856d9470ce925ad

SHA512
a530ad1ed85569384b8b671e37796db98cc98fd758bb58131ef6f4943e19e001b75b6f2c37e0b35e98bf931160a075ad859f05d68cb191d03153924850558f26

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memory/1440-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000457000-memory.dmp

Filesize
348KB

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memory/1440-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000457000-memory.dmp

Filesize
348KB

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memory/1740-42-0x00000000028C0000-0x0000000002990000-memory.dmp

Filesize
832KB

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memory/1740-41-0x00000000028C0000-0x0000000002990000-memory.dmp

Filesize
832KB

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memory/1740-45-0x00000000028C0000-0x0000000002990000-memory.dmp

Filesize
832KB

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memory/2720-46-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010006000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2720-47-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000396000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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