ardamax | 52a7bc3076a283e7e35df3ef4572b775d1df8b76ca922b460256cc2e7c56ec58

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe
Size

686KB
MD5

b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a
SHA1

437e5e12bb0d619b909a9a798b5978af5137391c
SHA256

52a7bc3076a283e7e35df3ef4572b775d1df8b76ca922b460256cc2e7c56ec58
SHA512

9719a6219ac8c292bbf794ac2c4b0847a50d77e5b0a35693129629c450fa31f4756c9161138a5f3e942bc7315020b46c18a84f4954858367ece6deca4591806c
SSDEEP

12288:XE1D3uWAZLyyak5u9adRZAnADP7EP63skJdkWnJQL06/GLurjSWObQEPbYAnW0gK:BZTak0odHaAEy8IdkWJ2/GL6jSWObQEb

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/0x0008000000015d9e-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2748	GUQQ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2164	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe
2164	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe
2748	GUQQ.exe
2748	GUQQ.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\GUQQ Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\GUQQ.exe"	GUQQ.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\28463\GUQQ.006	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GUQQ.007	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GUQQ.exe	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	GUQQ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GUQQ.001	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.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_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GUQQ.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2748	GUQQ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2748	GUQQ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2748	GUQQ.exe
2748	GUQQ.exe
2748	GUQQ.exe
2748	GUQQ.exe
2748	GUQQ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2748	2164	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe	31
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2748	2164	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe	31
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2748	2164	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe	31
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2748	2164	JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b8477dfe1d828ff3fdd0b94b122ade1a.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2164
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GUQQ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\GUQQ.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 SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2748

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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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GUQQ.001

Filesize
410B

MD5
747c3e9f62ee0d3b60eb8653fab7f1d6

SHA1
09cbe08661cf331b2ab3ed67d594e708c4956033

SHA256
9c2c3a2f25d5b999e01dc240c6a5cb49901c82147bf6013cd20415fd3ece1bfe

SHA512
21dac43cff41aff00abf4e9139d2c395dd07b9ca7738a0116fd6a6855b6816f2dcafff626f613fe37d0ab93ea2ae4e06be8be2cb53e06aaf16637652d594b5cc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GUQQ.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
395bbef326fa5ad1216b23f5debf167b

SHA1
aa4a7334b5a693b3f0d6f47b568e0d13a593d782

SHA256
7c1c4ba8978d3ec53bc6da4d8f9e5e1ca52edf5ccf5ec19ef06b02055ff3b3d1

SHA512
dc3f3d7501feb10623807e89f28a0e38bdbbd4a7e2ad964c8ab33c392bde61896fe40bb7773f6309cd59ad9a686decbd81c15b588ac8d311fd2a273ac9410679

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GUQQ.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
1b5e72f0ebd49cf146f9ae68d792ffe5

SHA1
1e90a69c12b9a849fbbac0670296b07331c1cf87

SHA256
8f4485675fe35b14276f5c8af8a6b42f03cf1b5de638355e4c4b28397385e87e

SHA512
6364f5581de5aaec09b5d1c4e5745193f981ff93cf91e20c6c9ff56566b5d182ccbdacf9aeed1d7a01460eb21619e14ac4ab31b083a951b45b3b7f9d93a62ffc

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@EB97.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
a55cbc0f0125b005ef369020b4c17806

SHA1
010af3e2e84b337e91f5e0c791b01e1d527211ce

SHA256
27cfe74936e4090aafbef07ee45725923f4b1243135e1e3a51e3385dbcd7b637

SHA512
88e5f7905c86d73bc5af028f20c8bf49f700307926c5b92814c245abe08e9c35841116d428ddbd7b957b47ccc8980684c12608b6818e4b6c1c8c0d27d54a07be

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GUQQ.exe

Filesize
912KB

MD5
6768ba61744862704760b66ce8f8fdd4

SHA1
e86cbed8cf20c2a9c76219d0c434bc310ffb2392

SHA256
4cf4bf2b7d2bb4215e255e1f2b1238ad989f3c8a98ebfd5cb033bccf32fedaa0

SHA512
eadb56b633707724ef4f47f8b421b0f3b2afa5a9800fae030f81aefae483eed6b494da470278273f388c3ae346a33cbbfe742924d231dab1c9b42bbefaf95a61

Download Submit
memory/2748-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
908KB

Download
memory/2748-20-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2748-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
908KB

Download
memory/2748-24-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-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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