ardamax | a7ce82733252232b6927fbc53c61a85abe3da08584acad38dc586a716004c879

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95.exe
Size

1.6MB
MD5

5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95
SHA1

ae388f30b6697a89d7f4943bbf7453ea5755b144
SHA256

a7ce82733252232b6927fbc53c61a85abe3da08584acad38dc586a716004c879
SHA512

5fb6d255e7860f2a2479cb3c8929b413fe3e25492157aa9592c2589834a3f6b57abe676b6e6b04d81e641d87c2a74228bd34fa60b52dbacfa163ae7968ef6b34
SSDEEP

49152:CEdx0rCxL5m8ogpfIeno4HK133jWcxwO6U6TKOMSi7hC:/QGzbpfru9SU6TlMl7hC

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax family
ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2460	CAV.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2084	JaffaCakes118_5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95.exe
2460	CAV.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\CAV Start = "C:\\ProgramData\\JCCATH\\CAV.exe"	CAV.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_5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	CAV.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2460	CAV.exe
2460	CAV.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2460	CAV.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2460	CAV.exe
2460	CAV.exe
2460	CAV.exe
2460	CAV.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2460	2084	JaffaCakes118_5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95.exe	31
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2460	2084	JaffaCakes118_5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95.exe	31
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2460	2084	JaffaCakes118_5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95.exe	31
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2460	2084	JaffaCakes118_5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5a166cf185b764b0929b786dd9908e95.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2084
- C:\ProgramData\JCCATH\CAV.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\JCCATH\CAV.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2460

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:\ProgramData\JCCATH\CAV.00

Filesize
2KB

MD5
45d39ebef04d44984d31d52a3d11662f

SHA1
9ba57284649fe7381a2bb4eb2b18baba74dfb860

SHA256
c3af6af43b8ffe57858a65e6ffb07d8fe6b666f89386c8361e2fff0cb3d7e95b

SHA512
ec9bb60d62a0e6d6f283119e2feb1dae54993baa2e2d0e42e550780d097469f006502e052e5405fb07e661affb1595d5594678815df556858849539db865c2cd

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\JCCATH\CAV.01

Filesize
78KB

MD5
8942289fe2d65d66fb8bbbd8f5f1bd5b

SHA1
4ed44ef8ae253d99353c3d22abf8da9a2e708580

SHA256
7ce1a145642edf185fbabb5852f779a4968a21eeaebdbac11ab714561a259ff1

SHA512
7e535f5b29409bf2a4a91409dd6695c81eaa60444f50ec95717850dae3867ebd4733152f5c2a17c95ac73254e1b0d819f02a3038abc22bbe5fde35b92c8d56eb

Download Submit
\ProgramData\JCCATH\CAV.exe

Filesize
2.1MB

MD5
3710bdb7e3ba37a6773e2f9920bb0d94

SHA1
7a7af1fb0e4f664da2a2fa4fa797799427bdee9c

SHA256
4cad85ce83720349fa63db46c3d741cd0c250e8c57e32fdd0c31c48e241f4c4f

SHA512
a2d7b73688a3aa0e60748c6280407b4365a845d2c7f1935a737e6d8bfe3346b5d396db46a20a3c86c06f36fbb76c3b967145e24a4e5ca24ef06b60104bc32237

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memory/2084-4-0x0000000000381000-0x0000000000382000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2084-5-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/2084-11-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/2460-13-0x0000000000402000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2460-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000064C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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memory/2460-17-0x00000000003A0000-0x00000000003B8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/2460-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000064C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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memory/2460-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000064C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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