ardamax | f40c7e82c800642a7c69b52f256afe2af65445848ff46a440fd1dd917760cc53

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
Size

525KB
MD5

2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204
SHA1

8968aa3cf84576bc9510a643592575f44fcf183a
SHA256

f40c7e82c800642a7c69b52f256afe2af65445848ff46a440fd1dd917760cc53
SHA512

8b4c0a8d461e5496276a903cc076536f4d2a32385d0cdbcb26f9ecb3074659a7c6ea00b9337da4afdba16fd27a63fdc78ae1c64788d463a46c9d2aa40300d9a1
SSDEEP

12288:VMtvBNNV4QsSE+lJnkOhcja2drTzdCbveXzaud+yslnQUhclp1QFROQuvCL6:GpBNa2luBXTzdCDyauUyslnQMGp0OQud

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/0x0007000000015f38-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2864	CIII.exe
2792	Nuke By Faca.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.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\CIII Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\CIII.exe"	CIII.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\CIII.exe	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\CIII.001	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\CIII.006	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\CIII.007	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.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_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	CIII.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Nuke By Faca.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1228 wrote to memory of 2864	1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe	30
PID 1228 wrote to memory of 2864	1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe	30
PID 1228 wrote to memory of 2864	1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe	30
PID 1228 wrote to memory of 2864	1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe	30
PID 1228 wrote to memory of 2792	1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe	31
PID 1228 wrote to memory of 2792	1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe	31
PID 1228 wrote to memory of 2792	1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe	31
PID 1228 wrote to memory of 2792	1228	JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_2059c65030633b3301b4b20f50e53204.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1228
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\CIII.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\CIII.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2864
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nuke By Faca.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nuke By Faca.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2792

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

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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Downloads

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

Filesize
393KB

MD5
1f639ae71bad51bd172c23dbbe7429c0

SHA1
dc506ab2b63ba13f47a9cff898f5f5f218579f5a

SHA256
e3514b0b03e61fe8930718ecc2de28a449ff65f5cb3b0b1035c2f0f9f0b76cb2

SHA512
a348120898877988dfc3c4fad22e7a4c40da2a8043ec4a466f85fd45da25c0305dd87a038a765f258fc346c8aab826ded33544ef75740d81caf89d34b9cedd14

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\CIII.001

Filesize
400B

MD5
7057d98c966f18a1b7ccbe555ba890ef

SHA1
b481e97510f5b1602363d2b62f26a7b7ab94f668

SHA256
251ba1fa7ebc0cf04944efdb8dc0a6251b3a2c9feec51f5d9f81623982d5c6d6

SHA512
2ab34ae4bb29922c2ef7f197895e588f995dfb6444ff43c43ac1a9a8bc99f108899076b6ecec1ee7351e88403d6717d742d4d8b2d222d96c2fea870fc6fcb332

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\CIII.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
15164d52b6e146554cebef1f0fd791bd

SHA1
48c56fc4c44f3842229fd29ef9ef9de7f28589be

SHA256
c0af2c2cf134da9055fac5d7f7b3d76d481efd9ae205901869c161738b796def

SHA512
0dae51d353beb0328a7a8a178ccedc92a6932702d4be3bd885cb3333735f9e6bf88617bf609490dd07e83e79ba5199e27ea4372c1997d862f861815f68cd0763

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\CIII.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
0f16c6d06d7a4c7d033020e343808f93

SHA1
6b132d1c3b5cb177e1df2e46e25ef4e4f16b5a50

SHA256
af580dff694d879ae7e7a48967879f1df411ca6f6a35fd770641c4d735b3f0f4

SHA512
85dc481faf6f033e30303cdb2c1381bbb1089e835f47b3f643214b53aaefd12d46bf2e4355bd16433cd3987c2062326ba497c8277b2c180c9951d6dfe66e3fc1

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@3F90.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
89e9c2aa0adebd97c03807e2522f298d

SHA1
c64fec9e26dbd34769eb03aa4ccc09b56762c36b

SHA256
04805f006a00755b7ba1a82ee85ceb137a7e1f08ebf1b406d257330a3ad24dbb

SHA512
4bcf0a5d1c10fc2a9665a73745f9661559a9c476e970c55b5ab891b5173dcba3e985408a17c0f7aed3a7c38f18ab977769df3ce4249fb25ed30d860a4cc4c45f

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nuke By Faca.exe

Filesize
109KB

MD5
7d26e5a8b7563120207a0429a4672556

SHA1
6fca914b023d2533275acd3dbd18289a2dce7797

SHA256
cd0d9da7bd0a4384a974b30b9b189c5c8be26056a69c90254074dd29d3a8ccc5

SHA512
58bc64dd1f6733016e3a9ba8ad42136ab950f3bd3e665cb067eff766b04bf753595addc7ef4e68b29cc756b3da5a1733e54dc82f808a532bfcb8e7ae172ec2e7

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

Filesize
472KB

MD5
6bba92647895e6060cc561c1fc90332f

SHA1
4a7a8260c47c7e9080c63ace8984abedd0d7a60e

SHA256
7063fdd12e083e24ebe80809fa14c4e3250ff306ad59f02dce9f892bacf8f84b

SHA512
503b8b5cbdfaa42ea8e73aabe9a70643eb18cce4ae0b051751980e444220f391f5fd866ebb4703834bf05b6b78434a90099ee47b7da54d0a300e026295cb8c6d

Download Submit
memory/2792-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

Download
memory/2864-33-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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