ardamax | fb74318d0c0cb92de0ef47bf0466cf4c639f1618c44618d48ad3af1c9834afbc

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe
Size

274KB
MD5

664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7
SHA1

b7af2bafba743e331eaf796358e5187e7f26791b
SHA256

fb74318d0c0cb92de0ef47bf0466cf4c639f1618c44618d48ad3af1c9834afbc
SHA512

98e49ebb8f6acc3d198092feccff6ae5fce1c096d1e3d7bc187a113f19317c666f2ee41eb952675be823f760b3d33a2eedd8bdc9b88711bec2b147467f1372b6
SSDEEP

6144:dmpyGI65PQOl/vVxo05nj7AbfizLwLcEFFtzdiWGYljkx1:dmaOl/txD9PAKLwLcEFtsWGQj81

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger 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/0x0007000000019470-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2920	DllInjector.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2908	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe
2908	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe
2908	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe
2920	DllInjector.exe
2920	DllInjector.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 opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys	DllInjector.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\DllInjector.001	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\DllInjector.006	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\DllInjector.007	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\DllInjector.exe	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.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	DllInjector.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2920	DllInjector.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2920	DllInjector.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2920	DllInjector.exe
2920	DllInjector.exe
2920	DllInjector.exe
2920	DllInjector.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2920	2908	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe	30
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2920	2908	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe	30
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2920	2908	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe	30
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2920	2908	JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_664a7b6a42db1aa240199053562ec5f7.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2908
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\DllInjector.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys\DllInjector.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2920

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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\Sys\DllInjector.001

Filesize
3KB

MD5
007f7724c0465f8502240989fe2865d0

SHA1
373536713ed5ac751069996bb07eaf9c50b9a513

SHA256
5ce882582a1856717ee23d32ef3a6f40cdf6e419709b5b482f09560c6c885d75

SHA512
51e286441524c545f9cf6830d49d803a9e1631f9e5ec93d2d4fc77d0c051f230e9a084ef6fceacc7b3182eae7515dac442b92dead4e746dc72bb6a624329a521

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\DllInjector.006

Filesize
5KB

MD5
81684ae4865ec5f66d24e892b03cdb28

SHA1
71e0129317001cbf9fc0876a6ea15886c0caa987

SHA256
b036f867ef31023198260a6610a57cc9148a547103b17de934e607aca580eb23

SHA512
adac78672fa35ad5aef8afac26c6360f06f98783fc3527c558b6fcadfd6d22b06ef4a8c0f6c076da3b270f83265eb4d20d58fc514932ad3d16554c3fd33f4fec

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\DllInjector.007

Filesize
4KB

MD5
ac152720163090f4c0fb7f5c7e1638dc

SHA1
4fec3f24e3f9221c7c7cf918d7507586bf0cf48a

SHA256
fdc0467059610b4055818e2e499c1ed17705397383a61245917bb93ba0f8e3ef

SHA512
d62d827530d421735e95620f57230b1d7376a1055ddfb32d00db8df7764618f442a5166bdb765babf85695b7138ac7c4c71c231e5c745ed7d8113e6394acd301

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@5A60.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
fec74da36beb4457716675804f74221c

SHA1
1c02ce33852f00dd896b4bb1d93fbba663dd329d

SHA256
e47ac7649f18595fbd2281a8cdff82a2b488b8dd56bc1ae88930b521f24b1c89

SHA512
64b1d6912b2d6336f2ec7abd240215c842970eece0007afb4c939cf40becb437d6d6708d840035c935d96742918de07b52a96708388cbcda438e8c56d49ede06

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\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\DllInjector.exe

Filesize
459KB

MD5
b7a532f4b00925d636882e80f49305a8

SHA1
ae88858ea8c3a7ba2ed373cb104ef2152fb44b54

SHA256
f417f9088e6c39c418ecf8efbf0038362945788838bd7e67efd89199ada15ccd

SHA512
551fe3425b17f29b1c8157b2fdf6c6c0ed15c655bc14e9b73ec38209c55191444762eeef61ae933047079243b9487f92b649f5852b3f22d4bac5d070f523b706

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memory/2920-22-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2920-25-0x000000007703F000-0x0000000077040000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2920-26-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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