ardamax | 3d342c5f65f43779ca2d2d642429f1b5c2092359aa40ea83265b29fd329f52a6

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_0845e0f64eebfd48d5e57742118b3e08.exe
Size

1.9MB
MD5

0845e0f64eebfd48d5e57742118b3e08
SHA1

488f70e93a4e1a9cdcd742a242280a7b35e96429
SHA256

3d342c5f65f43779ca2d2d642429f1b5c2092359aa40ea83265b29fd329f52a6
SHA512

2dc90f53822e952c37ceeab359300368b12ebb5e97e69f576f9ff6db7d8ed6fd9aef99dc8b2eafc5f5d8e3a984808994f2398b9958416ff04dc6f514c3f4af83
SSDEEP

24576:aBb5dH/vam1g1285VIqcvtgMoj0nCTJrEu2Yw1Bn3myJGS+ETtXEJocIFUY21/ho:8Fd4I80qHMsHTxu72yGRJyFUYQrau

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax family
ardamax

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-1-5-21-1294999112-580688058-1763548717-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_0845e0f64eebfd48d5e57742118b3e08.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	XRA.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	XRA.exe
2104	XRA.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\XRA Start = "C:\\ProgramData\\UHXNRW\\XRA.exe"	XRA.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 2 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_0845e0f64eebfd48d5e57742118b3e08.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	XRA.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	XRA.exe
2104	XRA.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	XRA.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	XRA.exe
2104	XRA.exe
2104	XRA.exe
2104	XRA.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1448 wrote to memory of 2104	1448	JaffaCakes118_0845e0f64eebfd48d5e57742118b3e08.exe	89
PID 1448 wrote to memory of 2104	1448	JaffaCakes118_0845e0f64eebfd48d5e57742118b3e08.exe	89
PID 1448 wrote to memory of 2104	1448	JaffaCakes118_0845e0f64eebfd48d5e57742118b3e08.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_0845e0f64eebfd48d5e57742118b3e08.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_0845e0f64eebfd48d5e57742118b3e08.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1448
- C:\ProgramData\UHXNRW\XRA.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\UHXNRW\XRA.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2104

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

2

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:\ProgramData\UHXNRW\XRA.00

Filesize
2KB

MD5
cdea989b1bc72bca9eb54f56ed920cb4

SHA1
d4fb2d39c7ef3bb71e80268ce71df567fa0c5c95

SHA256
26dece796b2064cb1277cb5310986f721b19b03d48976da83509b85700c9626a

SHA512
afe053efb739a3951a0f4f863ff53922916eac29eec15c255e01d26abd23408fe4c95bdace8dac5220dd6e4e201b8c6ac40dc0240eb162ff43f5a590601ae5f3

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\UHXNRW\XRA.01

Filesize
79KB

MD5
c30084dc88225791e614acb58813f352

SHA1
995e5727d7d31646f79d70442b8e259ef5e43773

SHA256
b7edd3d1d7e02dc7c02304e77144033415bd09224e7c0752323b72664db90f62

SHA512
885cb8646d47ca690964ee51b9bd082ed3822e56ed717898db771e90e3395be51dcb1372e372d7f42f51e0d382c6511184f880ef48be75368261162d10dcafc2

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\UHXNRW\XRA.exe

Filesize
2.2MB

MD5
dfbf47ddd738d6e5f3c756b642e85b8b

SHA1
67804206010d3db50492ef997b97b74382207d69

SHA256
2db963666860c66fc4926b27cb807480a291171f6e58a0e73173021de69a6b50

SHA512
3edb784e124d2065d1e246a0074e2d9cf4742fef70cd185e005ac2b5f88aa6ecf54753dbdc53c30ddedfa9acd15d67e94b5f7f45dd7b396406e3e09fe95c901c

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memory/1448-0-0x0000000000871000-0x0000000000872000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1448-1-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000A5B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/1448-2-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000A5B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/1448-14-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000A5B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/2104-15-0x0000000000402000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2104-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000670000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/2104-22-0x0000000002780000-0x0000000002799000-memory.dmp

Filesize
100KB

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memory/2104-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000670000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/2104-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000670000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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