ardamax | fb3478b43c949fc2dd969264d0e8ce4db1b4ab829bb84fd47c297291a6f0d748

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe
Size

1.4MB
MD5

1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38
SHA1

9b867c3ca75e7f827d88667a244b1865d06fbad7
SHA256

fb3478b43c949fc2dd969264d0e8ce4db1b4ab829bb84fd47c297291a6f0d748
SHA512

9c1ffd5a969755b64dfd82f9ffb577bbf373e04978d1e527cb8d5ab0c483b265fe73f812e02718094388bbfac67f41fe1dbe208361755ff164503eae8d01c156
SSDEEP

24576:gHvZTa0cSiedI4d1TQ00vtKn60rT47pyw8zLHjTLUVw/JbZsTzRkXeSnmoMQ:oBT/xdxGwrT47p5IjTLUqxZ+RkXeSn2

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/0x0008000000023c05-8.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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3572	QHR.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3572	QHR.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\QHR Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\DEGYGN\\QHR.exe"	QHR.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 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\	QHR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\QHR.004	JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\QHR.001	JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\QHR.002	JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\QHR.exe	JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.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_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	QHR.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3572	QHR.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3572	QHR.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3572	QHR.exe
3572	QHR.exe
3572	QHR.exe
3572	QHR.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 3572	2628	JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe	82
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 3572	2628	JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe	82
PID 2628 wrote to memory of 3572	2628	JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_1d667e3b4e1c53babe3c3e0e17c7ae38.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2628
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\QHR.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\DEGYGN\QHR.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:3572

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\AKV.exe

Filesize
461KB

MD5
eed8ebfafcd3dcb0f88b237388fba8df

SHA1
620767d6de979bf360e3a188ed03534c769f337b

SHA256
dc3c5152d69547ffb583574707025eee74af46882cdf851221f66b1e81d2ed90

SHA512
28148a2bfdbcaf61f5f664c6b4dd0377d151d775ad001818da2bba6327f02020fabb016a4c8aaa5f841ea1dc1a6d8419bca55bc74924a657476e15abbd8dabb3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\QHR.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
34c92b717ae97bc926f56ba56a44f24a

SHA1
ccaf3c6bf0c73564d0bf19c92b8d25008ffffbfa

SHA256
6e60d85b35f5e9222375f606e4116b38364a4a943596ddb0d914cf1cf4791774

SHA512
2a9eb63837db128c9e036976d903ebd925e6952ab6bf4efa0e370e79f9fefe0ed6e44e4ab444f56ace1149f4dd14797f568e8827e7cebd1e5581dcf309f9745a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\QHR.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
246761f047f6aa98d6eaad66a2f883b9

SHA1
42474a5b23d03e094103b62fd7e820457cf807c4

SHA256
3774021a3cdf32d23fd5921cea4de8c26b08f0d601f3097550a7e8af7b00f111

SHA512
d39d0913975ca2f8d585b72667d76de09ce7817f6de26ef21a8b62edc25d7fab39785f036992d19ca5700f5fc2ee377e696142c41529f23f503e8eefff393144

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\QHR.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
f3577c9b1715bb0ea307796e9c434e09

SHA1
737c1880cf5142a1bc0a9be4dda0b193a4dd85f4

SHA256
fb680f57a82fa62c6ca6109c540f0a30f9b7c1560f7ec92ae9417634d90ddd92

SHA512
8cb544a3ea4ff1e505c9f78313141dfbd901394ae482a91477ad828236cc6561cc8cf5c7b7d8d13c787b34a7047cc191b9ec26961957ce73d3ee879801f4de25

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEGYGN\QHR.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9ab9b7b74790b7bb2798dd2b26f4a913

SHA1
e8ffa981a0149aa6441dcb0dd42f7baf6eb773a2

SHA256
df1c8d608ebd300889cf21c3bda6d5dd2574d68e1f530cc5a885449a22177a75

SHA512
ffffe21d8cc244aacaaba2eb13cc77ad800a196ecf6f77637a8a1f6d456cabb8331970ab358ab21dcf9832343379b4f0486da3990d45eb2f2765e55b7404739e

Download Submit
memory/3572-16-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3572-18-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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