ardamax | fa7137a0f20f430ca8250d517a301984265eebb6bef22c3ea4c4863133fb72d8

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
16s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240729-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
23/01/2025, 02:43

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
Size

543KB
MD5

130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a
SHA1

2b79d3f2bcea10731be6b6394d7ecd632121cf1f
SHA256

fa7137a0f20f430ca8250d517a301984265eebb6bef22c3ea4c4863133fb72d8
SHA512

881c7239dd5725cf8899b1b44a35ec50d5ec8b5549e48e53e4ae0a581565c395812927f038da4e86b057c918beca0c560a8366c81f9afd18cdb030938586dca9
SSDEEP

12288:yTVSGXd+LupBKjmuhBpEWuCAPgdTD9rUZ4johiGG13nvK4sJswj9:SV+Lu7IEuTD9rUooZG8Fswj9

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/0x0008000000019f94-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1092	HUXH.exe
3060	tabbed.exe

Loads dropped DLL 9 IoCs

pid	Process
2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
1092	HUXH.exe
1092	HUXH.exe
2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.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\HUXH Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\HUXH.exe"	HUXH.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 9 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.007	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.exe	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.001	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.006	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.004	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.003	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	HUXH.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.chm	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.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_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	HUXH.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

pid	Process
3060	tabbed.exe
3060	tabbed.exe
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3060	tabbed.exe
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3060	tabbed.exe
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3060	tabbed.exe
3060	tabbed.exe
3060	tabbed.exe
3060	tabbed.exe
3060	tabbed.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1092	HUXH.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1092	HUXH.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1092	HUXH.exe
1092	HUXH.exe
1092	HUXH.exe
1092	HUXH.exe
1092	HUXH.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 1092	2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe	30
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 1092	2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe	30
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 1092	2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe	30
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 1092	2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe	30
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 3060	2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe	31
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 3060	2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe	31
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 3060	2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe	31
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 3060	2652	JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_130c7b4b63ef21384adfdba23e45938a.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2652
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\HUXH.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:1092
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tabbed.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tabbed.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:3060

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
395KB

MD5
b8fa30233794772b8b76b4b1d91c7321

SHA1
0cf9561be2528944285e536f41d502be24c3aa87

SHA256
14116fa79ccc105fabd312b4dff74933f8684c6b27db37e5e3a79d159092d29a

SHA512
10ce8b18e7afb8c7e30bb90b0a1f199ef0b77873fa7a9efc596606e151be6b516c0ec6222a9032bdcc527e80964f53d20a28fa1881a08b4df303b2e28204549d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.001

Filesize
402B

MD5
82dda856056aa2323e5f6e16fea1b25b

SHA1
27b235d0df260443ef7a5a0d2f0cba30267130ff

SHA256
ac93d7424d5ba6fc0a118da8af9767e80f4b7e267210ee95744370e2e8c1caeb

SHA512
1609b7252a5a17adf2ab0ccbee3bf9c575e325503a44440406375f58de6f8af25f59f4bfb63fec5504b7b83135e1ebdb47247693cf8f8c480d0bc7f5778d120e

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.004

Filesize
14KB

MD5
bda4860df26a5882b42b6b861376199d

SHA1
8437ec07c9bc3001756ae0cb214b99e1e8a53fdb

SHA256
9ed69f6ee86a7fca1f3ef7801d08b38d9e82ab649e6169e894e48ce85b43dc30

SHA512
484f45aaacdb4be03752df49c337c7596d539ee0442412083fcfeea78e1c485caf1fbb25cf8a749611358e3a895232f8d0c61c91545d98a3f2a3e1aa504859c6

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.chm

Filesize
33KB

MD5
0195038e7af8da97742eb0188204c3bf

SHA1
b8c089c701ab283fa5aa921270b317c07cbee2c7

SHA256
fc14326e0719e0a59ba8fbb6763f2cc41b47d59ef177c90dc3535cd3a38720b9

SHA512
938c3a59895d861eb67a56f365fd387b122d42ff7bb52e5014faa738150d1eed2cd4a52b231ff70f1184fd7e3f0eb991096813b9933e574a7b4383f768384b04

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@A831.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tabbed.exe

Filesize
152KB

MD5
c3a90bdaab233b625f05d2236cfe8bfd

SHA1
5f4ff30c61e75795e190316e3f2776bcee4a54ac

SHA256
a3fab089ce11b3e8b0b34b973bd27ca89ea660e6e6b6e0631c20720a0ab7731b

SHA512
e3855df73e11c05a68e6aeffee359ef93c1c1cacf2f442ab2b037f2fc10cc3f89630b24bed10fdbc81a85ac326337278cbbe772601d4a17e458bccd84f30babf

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HUXH.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

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memory/1092-29-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1092-44-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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