ardamax | ae2302d69f0235e8a74a12f322302b452d6bc86da16d8de1b1fe09db6ae0b882

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe
Size

479KB
MD5

d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525
SHA1

eac75bde087e6fd7e48564f569f6c11f2bd00ea6
SHA256

ae2302d69f0235e8a74a12f322302b452d6bc86da16d8de1b1fe09db6ae0b882
SHA512

ea7c00ccc821497de23ee365b7199b24b5c6d188d292cdad04e7dc5cb4ae52f4b114310d12c10fdfa055f52adade2576be494c97af9edc8266dc35406533eadb
SSDEEP

12288:mSJOb6VFWSw98sV5M5GdYnDOfAgjMgS8PxqDyyoavcw:gMFtq1+OfAaLxDy/cw

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/0x0007000000016c76-13.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3020	system32DOTL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2236	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.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\system32DOTL Agent = "C:\\Windows\\system32DOTL.exe"	system32DOTL.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\system32DOTL.001	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32DOTL.006	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32DOTL.007	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32DOTL.exe	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.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_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	system32DOTL.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3020	system32DOTL.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3020	system32DOTL.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
3020	system32DOTL.exe
3020	system32DOTL.exe
3020	system32DOTL.exe
3020	system32DOTL.exe
3020	system32DOTL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2236 wrote to memory of 3020	2236	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe	30
PID 2236 wrote to memory of 3020	2236	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe	30
PID 2236 wrote to memory of 3020	2236	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe	30
PID 2236 wrote to memory of 3020	2236	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe	30
PID 2236 wrote to memory of 3052	2236	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe	31
PID 2236 wrote to memory of 3052	2236	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe	31
PID 2236 wrote to memory of 3052	2236	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe	31
PID 2236 wrote to memory of 3052	2236	JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_d15d18d3ae0906489e9d48f39f9df525.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2236
- C:\Windows\system32DOTL.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32DOTL.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3020
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Super-Cracker V4.1 Lite.bat" "
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3052

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Super-Cracker V4.1 Lite.bat

Filesize
78B

MD5
9c8a80fd04d5134d0d11e1fcfb9c27fd

SHA1
73802c29179367951159a8b7eedb835fc6b7b9a9

SHA256
7a9d1bdfb5f519f7407340b892b636272005bed4d53bfa604adcf8e236bc00d9

SHA512
9729fee957c127a141fa7b282aff723c3ce8c4fbe9ce293b598e24de6e44ba9766403edbf27fdd4c872ae2cbbf1d8d9c7ac6da0138e9194cdaeeec196609d6fe

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32DOTL.001

Filesize
410B

MD5
278aaec2c302c21677f12cbe15d235ff

SHA1
fbd485cce46d04dad829f8b2e3fccdf2a8fc7735

SHA256
1c485c7540e280dc100e60ae0359cb6c82d6add32406601863611e4eb29163a0

SHA512
c2b6471c60069aa2a12ec250c3a7aae0ed285b3657f2ad92b8513251f11ce807175a9a4f6ccd51c9184b508fd45a4fb98e413a3944180e69df1b71e5511c89c5

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32DOTL.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
2d8899d22457e384673cce3b63402670

SHA1
ab40f16fa1f0b08558c0a10ccafcbac9c06a1a8d

SHA256
11cc0d9300590b212959683958b8229d2355d7c85d2e38015eec402d874b186c

SHA512
3d0df9b26095dc6aa0cfc09facb5974e2c0e43dda7fa664f3b4dfc8c078fdfe40667e72cca4f5cbd8e6f8c7560fb6cee908ec32d7a1e8a780caa635c7e78c432

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32DOTL.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
f3f04376ece185d2013ded9f729e8223

SHA1
70414d3303011617e1072a3c603dc4b71aa947d0

SHA256
27b64907c64beddd86c9d2bb56c10ab8615099715fb1c4ca8f74c1037a18eb86

SHA512
45fa1094125b070f042210f291158004965fda6d1044f9de18ed18818a8d2ac02b61a9398daf701c864747900f8e5fcd36c0a10728a3c22994562a71fa5c22f0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32DOTL.exe

Filesize
471KB

MD5
2f49bd1ee6d9e956ac8596992e0d187c

SHA1
1384e4dd2a5bd67aeb3783417674898426063563

SHA256
be1ce7b1c8a268570d4489557f3c73a1eef615500f4a2434e523cca2b31b4138

SHA512
163bf29766baff221fd028aedbf13238119d1a73b36d845eb422f136eaf8b695926ff13884f6b1d19d8cb6a049d00709d11b8b308b20d93d5c7baa26f3184ffc

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@C477.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
3ac6bd370bb5704c6a35018df54dbbe1

SHA1
880f5478e1de3d844ae17e89804b8f90cdafd4a6

SHA256
aea959dc52fa9796ffab042872f72fea127da6267d75fa781f690d2c9d96a8fc

SHA512
138d0e47fbb6b1d52add61ec8c38a2ab4056e9d1ee680c2d7dc1a8a0e2a0761537a1b756efaefa13ee19a7057a7ab56918cda4d53ad348f05040585eb6ade0fb

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memory/2236-29-0x00000000021B0000-0x00000000021B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/3020-17-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3020-31-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010006000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/3020-32-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003D6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/3020-33-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-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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