ardamax | 62e6c913904f5d14298479db851c04a4579fc2a784a9f4216b74f55f7035edb6

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe
Size

934KB
MD5

4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819
SHA1

64e225d0a752db97f0e9ee6079324057b1c0c021
SHA256

62e6c913904f5d14298479db851c04a4579fc2a784a9f4216b74f55f7035edb6
SHA512

fd10dcb4db7888318e41b9345ce8f7f52c0fb75666586119cf979316bf3629c0c32a365450dea4c5023f676895697e4636603105a35fcf1c3285dc9de0a3b703
SSDEEP

24576:b64MVTWZrWbdAngt1xoUX3Np6aZN0nfNIk1vk4ifk7xCKp5:b64MTymMjaQfNV5k4iW4Kp

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/0x0009000000016d0e-7.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2648	DWL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2956	JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe
2648	DWL.exe
2648	DWL.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\DWL Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\CRBXBW\\DWL.exe"	DWL.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRBXBW\DWL.001	JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRBXBW\DWL.002	JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRBXBW\DWL.exe	JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRBXBW\	DWL.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRBXBW\DWL.004	JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.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_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DWL.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2648	DWL.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2648	DWL.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2648	DWL.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2648	DWL.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2648	DWL.exe
2648	DWL.exe
2648	DWL.exe
2648	DWL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2648	2956	JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe	31
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2648	2956	JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe	31
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2648	2956	JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe	31
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2648	2956	JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4b651b1962a3b6bc23c039c8fe791819.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2956
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRBXBW\DWL.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\CRBXBW\DWL.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 FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2648

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

1

T1012

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\CRBXBW\DWL.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRBXBW\DWL.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRBXBW\DWL.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
1a84d216ea62cd60a586e2dede97c4a9

SHA1
ac54f7ebb8607c2f3c89e2ed10280562f2af2308

SHA256
d883d03513a54d7911804890db83671ec4c8dbc7a98889afe78dedb47a4e59da

SHA512
8f39874bc52739da3c6754c6ad9893b0f28d1bbca59dbfe4ff9216edce19ac7718f1e86397c863b73fa43f7b03c32885278c05db759015e2434ba4f3ebae0cfb

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRBXBW\DWL.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

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memory/2648-13-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2648-17-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-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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