ardamax | e9906a0dc26e94aac43fa0edd9ec09c3945c88bc64f38ca53f082c9bdfbaf81d

Analysis

max time kernel
94s
max time network
96s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250129-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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02-02-2025 13:40

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe
Size

555KB
MD5

7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e
SHA1

b27e196cf29294e8d81418d92727bea307ea87ce
SHA256

e9906a0dc26e94aac43fa0edd9ec09c3945c88bc64f38ca53f082c9bdfbaf81d
SHA512

efebc27c5824d16be553dd3be443bf2e71756af3bba9573fb37c8698f64a63f8d7becfa37819b705545e187d892d4882309601b6b054d13ecbb8146e0ace5580
SSDEEP

12288:UCes1bskcWGTsE16JNCLnPnpAXboRMZmIw:Fes1bsnWGoE16fCLnPnpAXboiZmIw

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/0x000a000000023b4d-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-1-5-21-4174397412-4125106315-2776226590-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2436	system32HAWG.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4328	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.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\system32HAWG Agent = "C:\\Windows\\system32HAWG.exe"	system32HAWG.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32HAWG.001	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32HAWG.006	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32HAWG.007	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32HAWG.exe	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.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_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	system32HAWG.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4328 wrote to memory of 2436	4328	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe	86
PID 4328 wrote to memory of 2436	4328	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe	86
PID 4328 wrote to memory of 2436	4328	JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7d60dcadd3439fc0264e4c9205caf32e.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4328
- C:\Windows\system32HAWG.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32HAWG.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2436

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@99B0.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d9e02f226fc338d14df200ba9a700625

SHA1
414f134a16a309b31e418ed9e08c0c48aaf6e2bc

SHA256
8165757efb79acceb9fd0bfae6b2c19b8f087cc0461abb17941d460dbdf2e260

SHA512
13c73381602fe2593312d41ab4bc5cd5f922ac651f9e71e3fe3c58e7f0c5c73ecc9d79d61ec46f33a0a81cf73373421eeb510bd99650c0f53af30974ed61b8ca

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C:\Windows\system32HAWG.001

Filesize
404B

MD5
ca8b32738d54561b910b3f19f94b849b

SHA1
84c2796058e00f7ede643b8c13e0868333b79535

SHA256
16f7ff444250304e2d8bc69ef95ffd57f36fc10c3573b963c9290a789a33abaa

SHA512
7281f140dc79008de4763ede32e78e5a6de8d64c0e8b4fd1f8846a100d4230b79c99f0af57437953c615cd76a36ea44d89bfa0392654a508ecc96c27af8c1b9a

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C:\Windows\system32HAWG.exe

Filesize
471KB

MD5
3c06bbc025b61d2182ef5573f2852bda

SHA1
ebc1464c00b13fb5b3f80a59c80b595020e1fe7c

SHA256
e7f64e7215284cdeb8ef1eba28733f7aeae7f6977f82809d8de1e76a2e249085

SHA512
9d839ada211b85fc1efb1fe7bb3ce66fcf0e8069221d958234649c2ac5dc0f1bd06f1a016f9c727077af36fb46cac5409be9c8a8201d17f689c6b473aa01acdc

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memory/2436-20-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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