Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250207-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    10-02-2025 16:41

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_dd700ca99586abf9809d129e85992220.exe

  • Size

    787KB

  • MD5

    dd700ca99586abf9809d129e85992220

  • SHA1

    af96aa2c9694af76cf29fdcc62117dfcf459286f

  • SHA256

    54e306fdb70d497c0d6952bfc71c30b8a9b161b52db731b5e91a07a2f1d12708

  • SHA512

    bdbdd88cab16585555b10317ff31455cd22e8c0a579e88b78f3ce369fb801009e233e29985d582a67b68afa0b40b887d0534a0a4ceb2d3541956c4256ad3a770

  • SSDEEP

    24576:i6qCqjoAaQ93UZxwkeXb1NGAWcbIaqMjOFspqpAg0n45W3:i6qCqd9EveXBNGmXj0AQ5U

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Ardamax

    A keylogger first seen in 2013.

  • Ardamax family
  • Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

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

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 33 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_dd700ca99586abf9809d129e85992220.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_dd700ca99586abf9809d129e85992220.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:956
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QFPI.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\28463\QFPI.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
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1548
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSIzIiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDU5MjEiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxODE5ODA3NzAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI0OTE4OTkzMzA4Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    PID:2612

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@949F.tmp

    Filesize

    4KB

    MD5

    4b8ed89120fe8ddc31ddba07bc15372b

    SHA1

    181e7ac3d444656f50c1cd02a6832708253428e6

    SHA256

    2ae6b0e14465338be0bc5ad10703f5c823d092ebb8cff7e5a05b7d79c8459b93

    SHA512

    49269b71270b3eda0ddcb399021de9c88f6fd2086cf54fa4898a91e64afe109d44b635d47a5ea9bae7f53a5e968af97fa13bdf699ba00ce879ecadd7bbc8af23

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

    Filesize

    457KB

    MD5

    46ccfd974518e5849738449034a05a17

    SHA1

    d391108816aed7ba8f7beb205ad7171c74eae6b2

    SHA256

    571aae1f8a260909dbc45c67b4c547fc573c07097b36d4e18db0e36d91deccfe

    SHA512

    773a40a37ebc54cbde7c40ca98001150e78da43726e475f1ee25ef869a39682c0fcd46fb57cf6130151cd8115aa6f2c196e57414affe464fd3b137eb5b317a7a

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QFPI.001

    Filesize

    406B

    MD5

    d5253846b8b9d11475e34834062a0bf8

    SHA1

    a790ec2d8cdea4104508a4ff07e35cb1cc890a81

    SHA256

    141156c5d2c19c476b206642f52ccb40da2bf0aa7018f1829983007cb0d1b5df

    SHA512

    bc5b1e8ba473724b7c246cfe2c49b72b070af14b6c4fb008ab5b15a96a32f4fdcea9ee1446372c0b978e6791bd868502cda2d61fe3b455b24dc3ea08d1187f13

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QFPI.006

    Filesize

    8KB

    MD5

    395bbef326fa5ad1216b23f5debf167b

    SHA1

    aa4a7334b5a693b3f0d6f47b568e0d13a593d782

    SHA256

    7c1c4ba8978d3ec53bc6da4d8f9e5e1ca52edf5ccf5ec19ef06b02055ff3b3d1

    SHA512

    dc3f3d7501feb10623807e89f28a0e38bdbbd4a7e2ad964c8ab33c392bde61896fe40bb7773f6309cd59ad9a686decbd81c15b588ac8d311fd2a273ac9410679

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QFPI.007

    Filesize

    5KB

    MD5

    1b5e72f0ebd49cf146f9ae68d792ffe5

    SHA1

    1e90a69c12b9a849fbbac0670296b07331c1cf87

    SHA256

    8f4485675fe35b14276f5c8af8a6b42f03cf1b5de638355e4c4b28397385e87e

    SHA512

    6364f5581de5aaec09b5d1c4e5745193f981ff93cf91e20c6c9ff56566b5d182ccbdacf9aeed1d7a01460eb21619e14ac4ab31b083a951b45b3b7f9d93a62ffc

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QFPI.exe

    Filesize

    649KB

    MD5

    2bff0c75a04401dada0adfab933e46a7

    SHA1

    364d97f90b137f8e359d998164fb15d474be7bbb

    SHA256

    2aa53bc5da3294817f95d8806effdf28e5af49661a955256c46db2b67cb6e6da

    SHA512

    88b82973d3c042bceb75e12297111fa7b8bd4e2a7a37d26b698c595d8d75ec670cc7aebfa2572206c1b2a4ecbbfa3103affb8bee6d7ef47428a225e2cd1bea3f

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

    Filesize

    105B

    MD5

    27c90d4d9b049f4cd00f32ed1d2e5baf

    SHA1

    338a3ea8f1e929d8916ece9b6e91e697eb562550

    SHA256

    172d6f21165fb3ca925e5b000451fd8946920206f7438018c28b158b90cf5ffb

    SHA512

    d73dadb3cf74c647ce5bad5b87d3fb42a212defcba8afb8cf962020b61a0369c0a2b1005797583daf1f1ae88b29b7288bc544a53d643f3519cf604aa0ffd6dae

  • memory/1548-46-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-42-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-36-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-35-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002541000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-34-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-33-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-32-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-31-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-30-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-29-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-28-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-27-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-26-0x00000000024D0000-0x00000000024D1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-25-0x0000000002510000-0x0000000002511000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-24-0x0000000002550000-0x0000000002551000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-23-0x0000000002530000-0x0000000002531000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-22-0x00000000024F0000-0x00000000024F1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-48-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003353000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1548-47-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    892KB

  • memory/1548-45-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-44-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-43-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-21-0x0000000000B30000-0x0000000000B8A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    360KB

  • memory/1548-41-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-40-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-39-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-38-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-37-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-54-0x00000000033C0000-0x00000000033C1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-53-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033A1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-52-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033A1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-51-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033A1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-50-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033A1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    892KB

  • memory/1548-61-0x00000000033B0000-0x00000000033B1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-60-0x0000000003370000-0x0000000003371000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-59-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005E1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-58-0x0000000000530000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-57-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-56-0x0000000000B30000-0x0000000000B8A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    360KB

  • memory/1548-69-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-70-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033A1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1548-72-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    892KB

  • memory/1548-75-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    892KB