ardamax | 3e2b9ac2dab55058fb5f641d3a113eba609590c0fc81712bc5e374c457080f57

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989
SHA1

dc04b559f5448fd61318f6530797a54ff1057604
SHA256

3e2b9ac2dab55058fb5f641d3a113eba609590c0fc81712bc5e374c457080f57
SHA512

9d8c5f5d7f4f9cc78b05220305ff40a2bee43f861e1e3863b1e805ad8fae93d3ee42e7411aadd9e9f6b6842ea54a1a8b96f627abcbeb9c15cceec5cd685c4f86
SSDEEP

24576:+XA70YXzVoGGhD4Nx67uPtV/N0ksNxH/2R8j2n9X:+QIYVoNhg8yPak4xH/2qk

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/0x0007000000023c9b-20.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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4060	YBQ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4060	YBQ.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\YBQ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\RDFYBT\\YBQ.exe"	YBQ.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 created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\YBQ.001	JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\YBQ.002	JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\YBQ.exe	JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\	YBQ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\YBQ.004	JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.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_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	YBQ.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4060	YBQ.exe
4060	YBQ.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4060	YBQ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4060	YBQ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4060	YBQ.exe
4060	YBQ.exe
4060	YBQ.exe
4060	YBQ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 4060	1028	JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe	83
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 4060	1028	JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe	83
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 4060	1028	JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_2fa3f1a88ecb2e4d8870d99c2685e989.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1028
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\YBQ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\RDFYBT\YBQ.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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4060

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:\ProgramData\jI82l\PCGWIN32.LI5

Filesize
2KB

MD5
af1934140fe91f0fa9d94899ad096746

SHA1
bb0ad6f8aa3f547e41cb3b0684f93a1bff7e9cb2

SHA256
23b6802973ead240d8d1f2f990fdf9c17d02a2e78412234cd189cb66da77ba83

SHA512
8490a524ee422456db04ac21d1ee22a61894384decbd21e42470db91ecf7717a84b7a4ad5fbae1f66e96f00adb1a84f26d40d154411e57d8b03a47fedf50b664

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

Filesize
490KB

MD5
64a6cc55dc76d26448c30a8a1885f7cb

SHA1
149e467026647e080b4c69ab4f99b2d3c2b4dbe4

SHA256
5cbc0ec73c901be4ac182e13f6869f6f8cf0831b9603e542a3919f6a06087640

SHA512
de8cd7bea8113871ce8a36966fbaefd02b8ef7b09a8cbb631b4ac353bdf65b27d5630146ed700fd6edbc4276f4368ebad76b772d9b84349ddc2bd6f7127c377d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\YBQ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
bf311791d2f9ea9c82a8d4764a98c0d8

SHA1
405ba2bd110590abd0bf340d12e054405afb011f

SHA256
d720cf3d297743da7ab1da528f4c086a29d59ef553e1a96569b49a59831d583b

SHA512
8be092f068807767b0065de10f9da386b90d8e587356881ba3391380b953b199e818b527e74b305d7c714fc94cb6f8e66c76d89d1785fa9910aa4cb39c5cada8

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\YBQ.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
ce365878123962c3438e349621c10198

SHA1
5b861d9fc2923c61ef390a0b729a21078aa5fd59

SHA256
ba254f6675490a045d4c85a5f46681c175c1321692c20fc808c7c244173dd63f

SHA512
efc6f143d5e9244a6635562d7e9a9cea22ab7e7b304e933642a51d66da896e9038208b86c12f6da623a01b9175e73eeb40ab600e6625db3595144bfca1231a76

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\YBQ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
33a71fbe4829d24bb0aea096d64550c6

SHA1
66deaacca7e6ddc0d4bfc72abff74061f04a494f

SHA256
65b0d59180c1575b97b1ce8342b18df6b9bb277a4286568dfedd2a93c4727e05

SHA512
e1f2ba8f883eab0e16758f819839bd3b92252f399567d4fcf61a45658cbe936625b869c79091a5e249d965c3159153030fbf016ec5cefb0afb43410dd7866885

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDFYBT\YBQ.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
8f7590bbba70748e69612e9e2d5a9f2e

SHA1
f3ad9834bc38f33fe501b9076c65ac29d0410578

SHA256
2dec3a8fb4a5b198335e7f4a9b611194b0a081abf0c56f9df3f4e2697e69d9e4

SHA512
347e9ac793afd627e064ecdfea61c3e2b626ace0ea41928aad93a72567048b8e9bdf773f8a4a59a0d96ce8c08612c542c15982e8051828bef025fea6132838c6

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memory/1028-0-0x00000000006C0000-0x000000000080F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

Download
memory/1028-23-0x00000000006C0000-0x000000000080F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4060-29-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000721000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4060-31-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000721000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4060-32-0x0000000074050000-0x0000000074089000-memory.dmp

Filesize
228KB

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memory/4060-33-0x0000000074050000-0x0000000074089000-memory.dmp

Filesize
228KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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