ardamax | 73d9d0c09261ed8c6f68ac2e91d0908a65fc4e70ef00cfe975e0f4ad56e23632

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6
SHA1

2babd08b163eee09c7db98a7e80729d631192317
SHA256

73d9d0c09261ed8c6f68ac2e91d0908a65fc4e70ef00cfe975e0f4ad56e23632
SHA512

ff9d4ebe1be2a15abb3dd2d528ef27aaf33b260010d92a395f12459c7c7668c852e19abcc19e969d4fbd0067dd634cc009a6a40cf0da5f198fadf9cf3ff0e717
SSDEEP

24576:40NzTb3EzYaXT1dwNPbtXDjUxLIZ6OrzvofDG5SxdwCIF4zBu7LJWMV+A:40pTjE8cqbXMxdOrzwDG5genMBu7LI

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/0x0009000000016d2c-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1628	ADS.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2736	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe
1628	ADS.exe
3020	DllHost.exe
2736	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.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\ADS Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\VMTPHM\\ADS.exe"	ADS.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 8 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.002	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.exe	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\	ADS.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.008	ADS.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.008	ADS.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.004	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.001	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.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 3 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_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ADS.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DllHost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1628	ADS.exe
1628	ADS.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1628	ADS.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1628	ADS.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3020	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1628	ADS.exe
1628	ADS.exe
1628	ADS.exe
1628	ADS.exe
3020	DllHost.exe
3020	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2736 wrote to memory of 1628	2736	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe	30
PID 2736 wrote to memory of 1628	2736	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe	30
PID 2736 wrote to memory of 1628	2736	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe	30
PID 2736 wrote to memory of 1628	2736	JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_cb46cea14db569e3939019412cb8a3b6.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2736
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\VMTPHM\ADS.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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1628

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3020

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sexo.jpg

Filesize
54KB

MD5
3926de3ee097ba0efc9385d1857b264d

SHA1
b25ede33a883e5cf3c9dfb358fbcc1ff8eed544d

SHA256
e43580babc715a86b9c940f4aeb61dae308b85e30b51668fd285d69246abfdfd

SHA512
d523a0f105fa182e17ab482aae809c6f4cc932dfa7864a985cdd51c51c54a32f0d47a1d03d3dff19a6eb290271c1cefac3c2f19e5b433efb3a4cacfb52897755

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
f195701cf2c54d6ceadad943cf5135b8

SHA1
9beb03fc097fc58d7375b0511b87ced98a423a08

SHA256
177c1dcc7f13158445f0b99713e9cad205da86e764940a48d43dc375565b0dec

SHA512
f78def1ab431bb2b7b647ec76c063c30a87cabd22605f94cbe4fbb6f757fd54ddf7861d3842a0e369abfce94b68d41dec0fe2322a74f67d9875f561f92b20025

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
76b0242479fbf3a4523c8eb99b581a52

SHA1
b874951dd7b3bb1f654fc83f3ab36f4784192f04

SHA256
112d4cb567942eb67860cc41ec0caee7590d48cb618944cdb29f491b7cd4ba43

SHA512
f5e1886d353ba7f2aeac519daf11c507f6cc3c2a48cd57b170aa0f2186c23a751a367b9050389ad26f6c8cc7a0c364ecf935de2a2683644de1f587cbe19db9fa

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.008

Filesize
458B

MD5
38d16383bf912193ceb3015460c93c00

SHA1
e8b349d7e1db46822c519828482b389ae5c0de79

SHA256
a9f12857a2ac3a6ecbe7ab52c58ed2d7785053cb5c2ac358a0420313023b60bd

SHA512
5129dd8c82c051c0e350f4c8b2e7db9b58e26fb5e0a76b6fef4f555ab1c87d12406b166ff1392699a3742eac8c2ec89e34e6afbf5a6b3765f8e8ce93673d37a5

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\AKV.exe

Filesize
485KB

MD5
b905540561802896d1609a5709c38795

SHA1
a265f7c1d428ccece168d36ae1a5f50abfb69e37

SHA256
ce666ce776c30251bb1b465d47826c23efaa86ec5ee50b2a4d23a4ceb343ed53

SHA512
7663654f134f47a8092bae1f3f9d46732d2541ab955e7604d43a0def1e61e2bc039a6753e94d99f1d04b69f55a86f1fb937513671019f1bdf100edb97b24badc

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
0e7e847fb96b4faa6cb4d3707a96887e

SHA1
896fd4064044e271312e9128e874108eec69521f

SHA256
c0f3e18ed0020dae5f75d3338b51f9c8de26d8af0a4d31904ba77cb1d112bbca

SHA512
ad680ed30b0cabe1be4e7237b8e620060de9c5f64d088d21a6acf6f293551ab4abc10f8f959aa6041e19aeaea538e72beeecc29b7669546a9a151141d4e73684

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\VMTPHM\ADS.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
d95623e481661c678a0546e02f10f24c

SHA1
b6949e68a19b270873764585eb1e82448d1e0717

SHA256
cecfadce6fb09b3977c20d15fb40f8f66a1d7e488a4794451d048a598c3417da

SHA512
dee02644d92ed30e88bb10e9dcdba97abd9949b230059ec20cf5d93061f9cdb77b1e793e5f69d0b51595c30077c3ddd093348d22b070ce898ccefe28b8062591

Download Submit
memory/1628-16-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2736-24-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000362000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

Download
memory/3020-25-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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