ardamax | f4f6e372acd02346fcaf3be6e6614099ac375a5d171a6ab01c56d0be4ab3cb7f

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068.exe
Size

478KB
MD5

41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068
SHA1

d37f98cf627c182d3f7bfbd688f4c5e9a81825f6
SHA256

f4f6e372acd02346fcaf3be6e6614099ac375a5d171a6ab01c56d0be4ab3cb7f
SHA512

702b22c2e6dd00f23512f0407197477857ae31281e5a101c3e3ec6197c9583beea33de67e020fc754664eb2f1a4bf20385cf626c31b3bf0b8e416b5b7f205159
SSDEEP

12288:N6OSZT5IjHPk8He6++LTxb8pHCGdOgIuQpC:MO6lAH+6dLTxwpHC+OHuuC

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/0x0007000000023c7b-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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
464	WindowsKQDS.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2336	JaffaCakes118_41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068.exe
464	WindowsKQDS.exe
464	WindowsKQDS.exe
464	WindowsKQDS.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\WindowsKQDS Agent = "C:\\WindowsKQDS.exe"	WindowsKQDS.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
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	WindowsKQDS.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	464	WindowsKQDS.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	464	WindowsKQDS.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
464	WindowsKQDS.exe
464	WindowsKQDS.exe
464	WindowsKQDS.exe
464	WindowsKQDS.exe
464	WindowsKQDS.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 464	2336	JaffaCakes118_41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068.exe	82
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 464	2336	JaffaCakes118_41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068.exe	82
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 464	2336	JaffaCakes118_41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_41dbf3715543aafd3122660e2e36e068.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2336
- C:\WindowsKQDS.exe
  "C:\WindowsKQDS.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:464

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\@8899.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d9e02f226fc338d14df200ba9a700625

SHA1
414f134a16a309b31e418ed9e08c0c48aaf6e2bc

SHA256
8165757efb79acceb9fd0bfae6b2c19b8f087cc0461abb17941d460dbdf2e260

SHA512
13c73381602fe2593312d41ab4bc5cd5f922ac651f9e71e3fe3c58e7f0c5c73ecc9d79d61ec46f33a0a81cf73373421eeb510bd99650c0f53af30974ed61b8ca

Download Submit
C:\WindowsKQDS.exe

Filesize
471KB

MD5
3c06bbc025b61d2182ef5573f2852bda

SHA1
ebc1464c00b13fb5b3f80a59c80b595020e1fe7c

SHA256
e7f64e7215284cdeb8ef1eba28733f7aeae7f6977f82809d8de1e76a2e249085

SHA512
9d839ada211b85fc1efb1fe7bb3ce66fcf0e8069221d958234649c2ac5dc0f1bd06f1a016f9c727077af36fb46cac5409be9c8a8201d17f689c6b473aa01acdc

Download Submit
C:\\WindowsAKV.exe

Filesize
393KB

MD5
24781fcca21b8baca869cf2307d7f9f4

SHA1
148ed81fc561c9547ce4203926bf742162b177dd

SHA256
0e0aa9ae7d0ff11c8757768527ca3ae61f56d51cb645e88421d4905db14c5032

SHA512
e2769dc1194a909c9a9fc42faefc5c67c94297eded8cd95c8b4de5f1b5666ddbfd14fb5fdff0811c2840c6e318ff60b80693eaa78be3f7904887aa2122ae5b5a

Download Submit
C:\\WindowsKQDS.001

Filesize
514B

MD5
16e3fe69095b3f6b8fbcff13d65b2fe0

SHA1
e34cff4c717ac7a364b674abcf0585600cf629ba

SHA256
3be35876255b53945f4bd8e5d19f0b20dae8b7326cec80ab908d650d89fe78d8

SHA512
ba4ed62ec3188468946f300c4369d1b0e74f8079f0effaee3a3af1bad9ef72e6ca3bde529c58e9fd4a6319623d99f19209a0e0bf75f7a1784b437fac2cc5e9cb

Download Submit
C:\\WindowsKQDS.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
32dd7b4bc8b6f290b0ece3cc1c011c96

SHA1
b979683868b399c6a6204ebaed9fc9c784a0429a

SHA256
6dcce9bbba5c2de47eea3abf7597a9c4fb2e4d358efc3752fa65c169cccfa2a1

SHA512
9e0d720799fe816f7d09c8a722b762203b6f12a8625c1c93cd640219ecc35969bd641b4d9e6dc04ab6f95ceb73235a438eb7d48ee9402118db3618b5760551ea

Download Submit
C:\\WindowsKQDS.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
e8155b68775ed29590e14df80fdc0e9f

SHA1
ed449da02e648a524004c265f3c37496d2f07f1f

SHA256
b39ba894b0a9a3201461ddd9ee9b297928e793dff221a47f019e75c11df631f3

SHA512
b14e00c46cf9bed0aca0f85775f624ff064f2d2afe1fa68b61bee5729db73cf9a8eced669c52d7cbb9504ff1b369a9a16a0f36c71a70c13c0bd1eaf5e07ccc11

Download Submit
memory/464-23-0x0000000000770000-0x0000000000771000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/464-27-0x0000000000770000-0x0000000000771000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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