ardamax | 138795a0e0bcdb0b0437030f90a54472c0ad1c458e5361972723eef819578c13

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d
SHA1

b9054c12901642fad67d3d858ae3300fdbe55df0
SHA256

138795a0e0bcdb0b0437030f90a54472c0ad1c458e5361972723eef819578c13
SHA512

f0fab47ba65db34ac297ca04ad802bdfd98d3bc7deeb7714a8c1c42f93eff71ef18f625f8ac5b507dc5fae5ed5c6334aa35a38c198cfaf8ac71f7f1f8a11d9c1
SSDEEP

24576:zITTnblBySXfJrnuEUBKDAwI/dc+9DT8BsLn+tP2nTspHmUcPcpVvz:z6Tn5BySfJjpDI/dPWmPPcpV

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
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023cb9-8.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-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4516	ORP.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4516	ORP.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 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\ORP.002	JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\ORP.exe	JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\	ORP.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\ORP.004	JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\ORP.001	JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.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_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ORP.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4516	ORP.exe
4516	ORP.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4516	ORP.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4516	ORP.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4516	ORP.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4516	ORP.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4516	ORP.exe
4516	ORP.exe
4516	ORP.exe
4516	ORP.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 4516	3076	JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe	82
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 4516	3076	JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe	82
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 4516	3076	JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_a54fc0225f4c2ad878a96729f4a9318d.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3076
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\ORP.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\KQQDUN\ORP.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4516

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\AKV.exe

Filesize
490KB

MD5
21f362e0d289ba822e526fced424c1f2

SHA1
21118c5c57264eb48a0fde577ec06d4cb07a404c

SHA256
7c561dea779006b50d5befeef48a965dbef1c3b807983bb6411adf27a8c87779

SHA512
349459969f00fc06e5cc9479d1e0860b371170ac787bcab03c46e27d3bec7f909d22c8ee76d3e6f75e43a8f73a074a8cf3021a87a86fedcc7af611ea41346399

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\ORP.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
93c2eac6b4d476a04730266ec1523f8a

SHA1
d53544650a95769d90c89fa90039399cb8d7e054

SHA256
898d4ed4dc6b52db670bf57bd859ae6e1c25230b28a69e7d0e548bae6941cba8

SHA512
9dc516552c08af9600ebabb025bfed1b9a8f16aafbf1cb7530af7254847264399a118a3bbf980e54ad01542fb4c0df55699d207ac44d85bd0eb94067b1a0bae0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\ORP.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
92fc2d978e3dcc66dbbe6ddde516dd75

SHA1
2e31d1a209193872fc7f494274b17f582bb137c0

SHA256
a89bebf2e88c1055b1d38bb715a7efeef93c18d5ec1d32a171ae354ccba4087c

SHA512
50d859f3abaf2d2bcf563a0bf0f47b3be0d1ea0f345fc69f5c9a3635d359798c068e4516803c7b8bd0a61b01b3bb1ece0a4703a278144acfa877311317a959ba

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\ORP.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
e44965c4cf885b07da9be23c0613a688

SHA1
cfd2a97165f5fa68ba356343a80f378cb21ae98f

SHA256
17208956a9c9cee8e6e052dc3ceb5c1688886a9c92a7bcaa3d869077e0592807

SHA512
a50df791bc99e3c54aed80f991f2bb918228ce71a6bf1ac7b6a6a16ac4053d6b3089f8a53b5d71dd9cb8b9a1d004ca59d6283e1d2568e2128f8e12991bf1c2c7

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KQQDUN\ORP.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
851f20b20b52b01ee3e1000c89b47c93

SHA1
f46b94a834d6ba980b096747d725bd975d5d0dbc

SHA256
10b92386e4d23ae4fecbe8f5114bf494cf6012d379a1dd694b5130d5900e7651

SHA512
0eedbd7be28f504c87308552c780b9597d19b9cf220e3995f0d6f351ce21cf2a16f9969d4ed22170151373b5e0c8b9fa62b5b3feb7ecf335606d5d0e7ca6761e

Download Submit
memory/4516-16-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4516-20-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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