ardamax | b10582f5f24f6eba780b8080b68bd364f303d970d29c42c043d246deb111636d

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe
Size

271KB
MD5

1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384
SHA1

71738c727ef7cb649ce2c2c8298d8f3fca374449
SHA256

b10582f5f24f6eba780b8080b68bd364f303d970d29c42c043d246deb111636d
SHA512

1f8310f5d4194054f2cee4921311d790e1d9fffa7e9ec7a59cc2a78ad6d3d02787e84a39323033d30483d14c313f69c4d3d02168ca35383f350f8e25ac87f04e
SSDEEP

6144:klG6mwqAu92px6h7B5xpiKlBX7i3zW1R63j8McR6f+lp:klMj92pm1d37uC1uqcf+lp

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials

Protocol: ftp
Host:
ftp.drivehq.com
Port:
21
Username:
limposhare

Signatures

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

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023bf1-12.dat	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_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4352	TCRT.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4228	JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe
4352	TCRT.exe
4352	TCRT.exe
4352	TCRT.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\TCRT Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\TCRT.exe"	TCRT.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 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.001	JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.006	JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.007	JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.exe	JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	TCRT.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.009	TCRT.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.009	TCRT.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	TCRT.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4352	TCRT.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4352	TCRT.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
4352	TCRT.exe
4352	TCRT.exe
4352	TCRT.exe
4352	TCRT.exe
4352	TCRT.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4228 wrote to memory of 4352	4228	JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe	87
PID 4228 wrote to memory of 4352	4228	JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe	87
PID 4228 wrote to memory of 4352	4228	JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_1535e874cee7e1df1d74b9fc7dc3e384.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:4228
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\TCRT.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:4352

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

2

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@5B10.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
13e10cd76f11d6cb43182dcba7370171

SHA1
e6b8ce329e49ff09f1cb529c60fc466cb9a579c8

SHA256
f1265c88f0077009eaa18db413f156cc7ad8d41dc9d797dd1032b0e0ae9c40d5

SHA512
ee32ef3f50838936417e51dfd365b166456900e327dbe51902700bb3d562dea22e6fbd9009c822ba0562687001802a2e61d38123f81ae19f7b3d05bb1fd5cda8

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.001

Filesize
412B

MD5
455ff4d4d5d89eb35b480d6c2db896f5

SHA1
7d7f13f51dde4bfa2009206deb542a15b0e7f1c0

SHA256
20b3b6dd9cb2cce1d349ce679e1ffeda9f8d7a23199bdab78f8bf5d410cb17a8

SHA512
935ab32b132818b198f774abca04ff4d7c39c1713a49f7ca967da36185ecd27cfc7da63cd8d69edf7c5d751d0204e6e4e2b79ec1b811ff5d3da41593bef4c99e

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
f5eff4f716427529b003207d5c953df5

SHA1
79696d6c8d67669ea690d240ef8978672e3d151c

SHA256
ac54ebb9eec3212f294462ce012fdc42f4b0896d785d776a5a2cc3599dc5bcde

SHA512
5a48599a5855f06c3e7d6f89c4e06bab1f4381b9d30cf3824c465b8fd6c142b316e6bd6aaad73d1f9b3e84d96113fb5e7374831bf503744013c9e1a0632a0caf

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
bc75eddaa64823014fef0fe70bd34ffc

SHA1
15cd2ace3b68257faed33c78b794b2333eab7c0a

SHA256
9eada36d17635bedb85ce96a62cb019dbfee696b9986f69de7d5b5bc1f44df5d

SHA512
20db25f32f9cfdbffa4f30c0065125052c6e20b7dcc147fa7ebff38e37b51f6a43e48e486f148d7ee11671479b9fb0bbe1c6df151101af3b50c65fd334d13baa

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.009

Filesize
181KB

MD5
ffa35c13b4d181115614b961be2171ed

SHA1
42aee4561a000535667ca5d59511783778aeaff1

SHA256
8c9b20e5affa46e52728a48df6f203757b60ebe7cfc0254cb8065a7dc913bfb1

SHA512
f629354302b9336d67890d6519a8dc24a21656e5f8f8c1a40891185bdc920fd0f0c7af2f54a9e98b4ecccbb4bce474b613640c5ba09c03f431f5eea89255f4d3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TCRT.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
3c90d45b1c004e86a7f7a7a340f1abc8

SHA1
10602c450bcbda2735dc036f2e399646f0c64f4c

SHA256
f6d9c3bba7fc4dfa681cadf68f41093e3c431501c6789e891e599719e5d2781c

SHA512
85457be4c2aa76ede288cd185131d46e5f0b37187313f3a54fe789e28929ec6e44282f4ba0981f46354705cd5da83990586c8846f52fcdb807908254c8719cc1

Download Submit
memory/4352-21-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4352-25-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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