ardamax | f42489d578a6d82c015d592c7f78639a3b3bfa05edd1bc267595a9fde3c2d8be

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe
Size

641KB
MD5

1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0
SHA1

b50267b1bc65143803652f1d8e8cfd4835a4b5dd
SHA256

f42489d578a6d82c015d592c7f78639a3b3bfa05edd1bc267595a9fde3c2d8be
SHA512

e0bbd9b174cddea6b32988c06a72d98a6e7732221a6f749a1adb0067cc353f0a4ea7b7beba5bef2ce13cf8e0435c68febec628e4db6ad52e42de012628b07255
SSDEEP

12288:yXcpf8LHtqUmJW9KfNTR9zk2Q3YBLsEATjaNIjkzLbjjVtlYNGN:vf8YUGfNTuoBLsXjaNIIz3PHcGN

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/0x000a000000023b91-12.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-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4496	system32ECBL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4696	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe
4496	system32ECBL.exe
4496	system32ECBL.exe
4496	system32ECBL.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\system32ECBL Agent = "C:\\Windows\\system32ECBL.exe"	system32ECBL.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 Windows directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32ECBL.006	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32ECBL.007	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32ECBL.exe	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32ECBL.001	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.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_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	system32ECBL.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4496	system32ECBL.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4496	system32ECBL.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
4496	system32ECBL.exe
4496	system32ECBL.exe
4496	system32ECBL.exe
4496	system32ECBL.exe
4496	system32ECBL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 4496	4696	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe	82
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 4496	4696	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe	82
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 4496	4696	JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_1905a71691153b39f6f589786de284e0.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4696
- C:\Windows\system32ECBL.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32ECBL.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4496

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

2

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\@60CD.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d1e6a3b3fec7d6f1d0db1bc02da26d93

SHA1
d7da87bdc09c38836cecd0844bfd587172c076f4

SHA256
bca04b3b3b4b8b416597ecd653056ec98f88e16a57ef64f2143b09ab892a3730

SHA512
327def77c38f293c4e8b4f20a3380bc7c5ba5b72f2431b20f67cbaeb2a4d11c2dd9493e477d36de88d75cf185b8fc2936fd6eee3cfa9bcd5620e0fc054f232f8

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32ECBL.001

Filesize
546B

MD5
9f6bf721f24030543b2e2bdcaa335c3e

SHA1
5932c7bf3203e6189c6cb3fc557de2efb970689a

SHA256
7aba4210e5d8047d37517be090394a0b0cd318f935808c1b7c90bc13244ddbef

SHA512
a0a5996da38e2b27426804c1af11d88cb5b09e03cf7d1f94a687e5a1fae286f6a28cd086516421e43322d0fde67b41c349700936225d2d027568aacd4b8061ae

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32ECBL.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
9bff554f06d83650594d29c02ff22490

SHA1
5b00b436753479c29403b18256d1be009134f920

SHA256
37dc6bab558f611dface5ee2d0cb73f078f1b850de80f4bc5c1e4ebde024c693

SHA512
eb98be1e1b86acbe8d36542a42ec73f2357392ece2bca103910be6f5c06b5fbb3b8639cf4b8da03ccf284f09dffece1b12e2882f6f13c5d17ca66a8560e7e572

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32ECBL.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b6f12dd5978a40f15490b637523b0207

SHA1
c2a9ae1415e61f59ceaffe91bb5ccde499bcfafd

SHA256
097124b7451b236ec652f964aeb3a06a8caf8aa8763db37cc1db16ab91dffe9e

SHA512
5baa4a7641cbdd5e6a331f1a5d753ae3d5a2b8e64a6db21ac475176b0d020e6cc79c5ef83fb35003612976d39fcabc3786e46a1b36ca6f91a614995e50c37795

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32ECBL.exe

Filesize
471KB

MD5
9db739b6cc6f87cc09aa60428f94551a

SHA1
f8dad673918a9f342a90d8c0221423c90ae35fd7

SHA256
050dbbfa127d4db9f3fdf7efc1961dc2530a5affd1921818c053d7aaa07f1eda

SHA512
0f410d81d92dbeec6bbc17a3f6e296bc8e96544b45e7ca2209d832bcdce1b3993c43c1f1298d77bb03eff94bb0c27a7cb950d599a6572a2e4c929400edde5a2d

Download Submit
memory/4496-21-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4496-27-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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