ardamax | 39290a2eec76ea2ee3785cf3a553acb411c97443c7f135d413691b565333382a

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe
Size

1.6MB
MD5

15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088
SHA1

5d7e76cabc02a5480e11939854616cf2787a6c48
SHA256

39290a2eec76ea2ee3785cf3a553acb411c97443c7f135d413691b565333382a
SHA512

317810c0bc16077facd8583b122cfe3c7878d5aefed08f291850af79cdeed6d96a14c52040f99b72d7c2d05d856d75af004311a1f28c752392789668fd15cf7b
SSDEEP

49152:poTLfklq/tnAe9NqFw3ns0tG7UZEltvNPg/I8pC8C:LqJDbqf0tG7UZ2ZNPgQ849

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/0x0007000000016c95-10.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2864	MLD.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2664	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe
2864	MLD.exe
2244	DllHost.exe
2664	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.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\MLD Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\RJBLUN\\MLD.exe"	MLD.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 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\	MLD.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\MLD.004	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\MLD.001	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\MLD.002	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\MLD.exe	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.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_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MLD.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2864	MLD.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2864	MLD.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2244	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2864	MLD.exe
2864	MLD.exe
2864	MLD.exe
2864	MLD.exe
2244	DllHost.exe
2244	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2664 wrote to memory of 2864	2664	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe	30
PID 2664 wrote to memory of 2864	2664	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe	30
PID 2664 wrote to memory of 2864	2664	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe	30
PID 2664 wrote to memory of 2864	2664	JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_15629c77e0c0af69b10a72dae0af8088.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2664
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\MLD.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\RJBLUN\MLD.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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2864

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:2244

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\lvl 69.jpg

Filesize
476KB

MD5
4e7eb44a376c7bb79e6aba60e3bfd480

SHA1
aa6e0476254d3459367a73dd6a99db2b0bea4966

SHA256
d0eadce780069b04fc767f8db385e2bdeb13ffe1e101ddbb549186fc9df28664

SHA512
77ed3d6fdd0190348f8b65461db7b0fdf31e38d181b654bf539693132af06e7db29a0bd6998fdc53d21fc53814a140e90acab4707a0bfaca993dd02222ea28b2

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\AKV.exe

Filesize
466KB

MD5
4c5711d8a02899113661bdff195d80d5

SHA1
263592abea6d60887defb4b1bcb47dbb383edfb6

SHA256
661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195

SHA512
4b16ee6c75a169ad02c6b30d08efcd969ba8840adf49f6eeec3abbe8b9f5f288e1b1cfb4431711a74510a6973663335e43d256ae0dcd1a68f55331152a4f64ae

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\MLD.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
7a5612cc859be918c5767487f8a6815a

SHA1
a855d3a3e6336ac0508a8099e8ace14680394c36

SHA256
643419bc7e3a46ecdd7196858b3489c806c5edc486b513ce58519a109544c9d1

SHA512
31c541870dbc695c34d132c4232accc2fe511f30188a4db33d5c41758cf5af00a4906b55b0a208b5848436313fd3d8ccf6be7f1af62ecedd3a5c4c301dc5e11d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\MLD.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
b2bcd668abf17ee408d232cc636614b2

SHA1
c354f941121515536c4f0d9ae49ed1a9b28534b4

SHA256
563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99

SHA512
ba1be164de5919ae45f4bedfebe7e7799626b457f07b42fc43b8912f2932955833617b45e147e2e4d406f57f57f50c1869aa611db18a569919395e42fa53a702

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\MLD.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
c94e6c0e4762e92f3f78eb4bea8237c8

SHA1
d3f0096b1f833e6c954cd7adcdada6840723a4bc

SHA256
419ccef76a7639ea456f2f0d9718587835eeb73b63fdfc034605e9bf04966549

SHA512
6f723e74f7b05a787fe6b9e4ceb62b9f7fe4970c93143cc7bf6ee2b5da25944745da4f65f8b501969d247048608d470033d794a5ad4ab011c75e82bac9dc1e33

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RJBLUN\MLD.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
a9ea3f61a57b36cde9953afd91f18d34

SHA1
e7e931b96b6e39b64a2a38d704bbe9561a234cbc

SHA256
accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec

SHA512
0a6a42a772a3afd66233d9d3abb962b3a8cbf3d6e0e719352795b6441a148617dbe788991f0cead29d4b1540726504c9c56bebd9836ae6263b82a121fafd89fc

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memory/2244-21-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2664-20-0x0000000000530000-0x0000000000532000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2864-16-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2864-23-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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