Analysis

  • max time kernel
    134s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250211-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250211-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    15-02-2025 21:37

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_fca6d612a6cec1d45fb75ba443cc2b0d.exe

  • Size

    872KB

  • MD5

    fca6d612a6cec1d45fb75ba443cc2b0d

  • SHA1

    75106d302a139496da43308a3e0131b24610df91

  • SHA256

    a518e8b1c1e97085cc255f42e34f76ff8e6a2a33a6ce8b141769b0e51a95203e

  • SHA512

    a6e737c99b0889d7f7b4fcbbfbd40abd391bbbd75f55b3ac59ad7c4c7dd97b27b8293e4beeffa58fb9ad2ea94b666c5d747dfc6c28cf8f4d0e539355de036021

  • SSDEEP

    24576:ZGy6DGcIUttZXjgOw8W5I3YCJJQBREwbcLkKRk:cScTZRw8Wa3Yy+3b

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 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 8 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.

  • Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

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

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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 30 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_fca6d612a6cec1d45fb75ba443cc2b0d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_fca6d612a6cec1d45fb75ba443cc2b0d.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1908
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1624
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QHVF.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\28463\QHVF.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • 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
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2720
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2720 -s 1096
          4⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Program crash
          PID:3644
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\QHVF.exe > nul
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3812
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:208
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSI0IiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3MzkyODMzNzEiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4Mzc1NDE5Mjc1MzAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI1MzEyMjkyMzgyIi8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    PID:4516
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 2720 -ip 2720
    1⤵
      PID:340

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1.exe

      Filesize

      783KB

      MD5

      6724039cce21e08cb4a8086ab7ff9034

      SHA1

      f8b127f14a77dbfc2c4261fba22cdfa68e7ea8f5

      SHA256

      619fdc944030cd04e37cf1ae8d276e0c70452a6f43b73e9f65cec1dbebbf9297

      SHA512

      63fdeaa55c9a4f97358d1a63a87c387cc82850837d1e2c3c1f7e7cf3ba724f7ac05ba55a06771e82b9099ff07e3351510a6022f254b2c7a125a66729a081bff2

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2.exe

      Filesize

      72KB

      MD5

      4aa2ced055a4a47ee8166b8a2eabaf62

      SHA1

      20a23c6ccaafd490b30a3e81c11f773d2554fce7

      SHA256

      23bc4f799105a4a905ad599e79c87d36eb0e6204badad21011b13cc63822ae4e

      SHA512

      46341bfc3883ce95d35ff74b2c9e675f31cac9a7e7f5889b448b7a26b66351870d798db2682d5feebc227fe793d1cb310d56af032e5e885896b50948ae63205d

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@693.tmp

      Filesize

      4KB

      MD5

      d73d89b1ea433724795b3d2b524f596c

      SHA1

      213514f48ece9f074266b122ee2d06e842871c8c

      SHA256

      8aef975a94c800d0e3e4929999d05861868a7129b766315c02a48a122e3455d6

      SHA512

      8b73be757ad3e0f2b29c0b130918e8f257375f9f3bf7b9609bac24b17369de2812341651547546af238936d70f38f050d6984afd16d47b467bcbba4992e42f41

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

      Filesize

      457KB

      MD5

      97eee85d1aebf93d5d9400cb4e9c771b

      SHA1

      26fa2bf5fce2d86b891ac0741a6999bff31397de

      SHA256

      30df6c8cbd255011d80fa6e959179d47c458bc4c4d9e78c4cf571aa611cd7d24

      SHA512

      8cecc533c07c91c67b93a7ae46102a0aae7f4d3d88d04c250231f0bcd8e1f173daf06e94b5253a66db3f2a052c51e62154554368929294178d2b3597c1cca7e6

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

      Filesize

      520B

      MD5

      450c67d4d93cdd6ebc2577569a965fb2

      SHA1

      4aaefe58a3fb230dee07d6ecad8d1e95a6e35b41

      SHA256

      741e7431f107c30b259ccdd50f219306538a20e998fbc05fefa6a6878839966b

      SHA512

      17b84b6ac87113dcb4626d7798826897eebc8ff0a0a93cc58362cc6e6d36fe77ac00ee3fb85732da4629b4be62100ea24b3c4c25ee001920ba83486663ad8bec

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

      Filesize

      8KB

      MD5

      35b24c473bdcdb4411e326c6c437e8ed

      SHA1

      ec1055365bc2a66e52de2d66d24d742863c1ce3d

      SHA256

      4530fcc91e4d0697a64f5e24d70e2b327f0acab1a9013102ff04236841c5a617

      SHA512

      32722f1484013bbc9c1b41b3fdaf5cd244ec67facaa2232be0e90455719d664d65cae1cd670adf5c40c67f568122d910b30e3e50f7cc06b0350a6a2d34d371de

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

      Filesize

      5KB

      MD5

      a8e19de6669e831956049685225058a8

      SHA1

      6d2546d49d92b18591ad4fedbc92626686e7e979

      SHA256

      34856528d8b7e31caa83f350bc4dbc861120dc2da822a9eb896b773bc7e1f564

      SHA512

      5c407d4aa5731bd62c2a1756127f794382dc5e2b214298acfa68698c709fbbe3f2aa8dbdcbef02ed2a49f8f35969959946e9f727895bdca4500d16e84f4ef2e8

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

      Filesize

      646KB

      MD5

      b863a9ac3bcdcde2fd7408944d5bf976

      SHA1

      4bd106cd9aefdf2b51f91079760855e04f73f3b0

      SHA256

      0fe8e3cd44a89c15dec75ff2949bac1a96e1ea7e0040f74df3230569ac9e37b0

      SHA512

      4b30c3b119c1e7b2747d2745b2b79c61669a33b84520b88ab54257793e3ed6e76378dea2b8ff048cb1822187ffdc20e921d658bb5b0482c23cfa7d70f4e7aa1a

    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

      Filesize

      105B

      MD5

      27c90d4d9b049f4cd00f32ed1d2e5baf

      SHA1

      338a3ea8f1e929d8916ece9b6e91e697eb562550

      SHA256

      172d6f21165fb3ca925e5b000451fd8946920206f7438018c28b158b90cf5ffb

      SHA512

      d73dadb3cf74c647ce5bad5b87d3fb42a212defcba8afb8cf962020b61a0369c0a2b1005797583daf1f1ae88b29b7288bc544a53d643f3519cf604aa0ffd6dae

    • memory/1908-0-0x00007FFB51385000-0x00007FFB51386000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1908-54-0x00007FFB510D0000-0x00007FFB51A71000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.6MB

    • memory/1908-3-0x00007FFB510D0000-0x00007FFB51A71000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.6MB

    • memory/1908-11-0x00007FFB510D0000-0x00007FFB51A71000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.6MB

    • memory/2720-48-0x0000000002520000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2720-43-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B5A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      360KB

    • memory/2720-47-0x0000000002530000-0x0000000002531000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2720-58-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2720-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      892KB

    • memory/2720-81-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B5A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      360KB

    • memory/2720-53-0x0000000003340000-0x0000000003343000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/2720-46-0x00000000024E0000-0x00000000024E1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2720-49-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002541000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2720-50-0x0000000002500000-0x0000000002501000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2720-51-0x00000000024C0000-0x00000000024C1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2720-52-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003351000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2720-70-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      892KB

    • memory/2720-71-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B5A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      360KB

    • memory/2720-76-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      892KB

    • memory/2720-80-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      892KB

    • memory/2720-59-0x0000000000AE0000-0x0000000000AE1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB