ardamax | c6188ea2ae1a71bbc185d4c155a21f24d451acc460d47d985b4aa2c0fb300a2c

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe
Size

748KB
MD5

c347911831aba81465852d413f531171
SHA1

afb6a1e1216680cb65c24517f1733c57d77c44d8
SHA256

c6188ea2ae1a71bbc185d4c155a21f24d451acc460d47d985b4aa2c0fb300a2c
SHA512

e1ff65fd39eda641a93479f10bcd8e499d014fd88bfdbf3bbd3e7ed5def15888e9a06fc028d4400a0be16ce66897fcd536ce18a937c0a2f663256ef219adf909
SSDEEP

12288:3WUxuRgTMAlGpWjNVswLGDuae+fqo9tkqayb4Z04G15wEyryys:s+T5J4wLGS78qofkqtsRGDwEyrM

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/0x0007000000023df5-12.dat	family_ardamax

Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
38	4168	Process not Found

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-1-5-21-194335498-2604837297-537231065-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5008	system32DJMF.exe
5064	AKV.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
1940	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe
5008	system32DJMF.exe
5064	AKV.exe
5008	system32DJMF.exe
5008	system32DJMF.exe
5064	AKV.exe
5064	AKV.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\system32DJMF Agent = "C:\\Windows\\system32DJMF.exe"	system32DJMF.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 Windows directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32DJMF.001	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32DJMF.006	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32DJMF.007	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32DJMF.exe	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.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 4 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	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	system32DJMF.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AKV.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
1996	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	5008	system32DJMF.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5008	system32DJMF.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
5008	system32DJMF.exe
5064	AKV.exe
5008	system32DJMF.exe
5008	system32DJMF.exe
5008	system32DJMF.exe
5008	system32DJMF.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 5008	1940	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe	87
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 5008	1940	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe	87
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 5008	1940	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe	87
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 5064	1940	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe	88
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 5064	1940	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe	88
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 5064	1940	JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c347911831aba81465852d413f531171.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:1940
- C:\Windows\system32DJMF.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32DJMF.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:5008
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKV.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKV.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:5064

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSIyIiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDcxNzgiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxOTY4MDM3MTAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI1MDM3ODcyMDE5Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
PID:1996

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

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@9C9E.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d9e02f226fc338d14df200ba9a700625

SHA1
414f134a16a309b31e418ed9e08c0c48aaf6e2bc

SHA256
8165757efb79acceb9fd0bfae6b2c19b8f087cc0461abb17941d460dbdf2e260

SHA512
13c73381602fe2593312d41ab4bc5cd5f922ac651f9e71e3fe3c58e7f0c5c73ecc9d79d61ec46f33a0a81cf73373421eeb510bd99650c0f53af30974ed61b8ca

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKV.exe

Filesize
393KB

MD5
24781fcca21b8baca869cf2307d7f9f4

SHA1
148ed81fc561c9547ce4203926bf742162b177dd

SHA256
0e0aa9ae7d0ff11c8757768527ca3ae61f56d51cb645e88421d4905db14c5032

SHA512
e2769dc1194a909c9a9fc42faefc5c67c94297eded8cd95c8b4de5f1b5666ddbfd14fb5fdff0811c2840c6e318ff60b80693eaa78be3f7904887aa2122ae5b5a

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C:\Windows\system32DJMF.001

Filesize
498B

MD5
1b6b9bd3e6606bdbe17cb162c40731dd

SHA1
3719e90555c9be923ef3c20a940dc62c77147248

SHA256
1bf82b09131e433445e7df9769321e194f211ba8999983b5f8505d8d6083431d

SHA512
fa5d306fee12071afb1ef4a3ed3da4f6e8019a3324172a66fdb086f625bfc4c796a985b2ab7484aec34ba0ffbaf0fac6e95ed9f8594f228b8784cc9d973eb331

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C:\Windows\system32DJMF.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
32dd7b4bc8b6f290b0ece3cc1c011c96

SHA1
b979683868b399c6a6204ebaed9fc9c784a0429a

SHA256
6dcce9bbba5c2de47eea3abf7597a9c4fb2e4d358efc3752fa65c169cccfa2a1

SHA512
9e0d720799fe816f7d09c8a722b762203b6f12a8625c1c93cd640219ecc35969bd641b4d9e6dc04ab6f95ceb73235a438eb7d48ee9402118db3618b5760551ea

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C:\Windows\system32DJMF.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
e8155b68775ed29590e14df80fdc0e9f

SHA1
ed449da02e648a524004c265f3c37496d2f07f1f

SHA256
b39ba894b0a9a3201461ddd9ee9b297928e793dff221a47f019e75c11df631f3

SHA512
b14e00c46cf9bed0aca0f85775f624ff064f2d2afe1fa68b61bee5729db73cf9a8eced669c52d7cbb9504ff1b369a9a16a0f36c71a70c13c0bd1eaf5e07ccc11

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32DJMF.exe

Filesize
471KB

MD5
3c06bbc025b61d2182ef5573f2852bda

SHA1
ebc1464c00b13fb5b3f80a59c80b595020e1fe7c

SHA256
e7f64e7215284cdeb8ef1eba28733f7aeae7f6977f82809d8de1e76a2e249085

SHA512
9d839ada211b85fc1efb1fe7bb3ce66fcf0e8069221d958234649c2ac5dc0f1bd06f1a016f9c727077af36fb46cac5409be9c8a8201d17f689c6b473aa01acdc

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memory/5008-29-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000591000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5008-39-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000591000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5064-27-0x00000000004E0000-0x00000000004E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5064-38-0x00000000004E0000-0x00000000004E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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