ardamax | 72ddc37924e6a64423787b293df544a6aced14f5ea0d40e3c4a1ff4a9d290968

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291
SHA1

e3a1be53d17d67f15e95026cf00c9d58de01a863
SHA256

72ddc37924e6a64423787b293df544a6aced14f5ea0d40e3c4a1ff4a9d290968
SHA512

941a455f779e014170ffd7a6c9fa81d73d8e7ec3493bd51ee096f9e7cd8c4970a268417ded5c4863e08416e59d43b4e058a309c7b565f0fb303d7a0c51100313
SSDEEP

24576:Ek/ATYqxf6eGMFvegsX2nQNOms4w4EqR0ui60Z4rNqpqbFt97:9oTYql5BFveX9omsLf20ui6e4rNhFt9

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
behavioral2/files/0x00070000000240c2-8.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-1-5-21-869607583-2483572573-2297019986-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2280	NLI.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2280	NLI.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\NLI Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\SOKAGK\\NLI.exe"	NLI.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 created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\NLI.exe	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\	NLI.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\NLI.004	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\NLI.001	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\NLI.002	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.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	NLI.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2280	NLI.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2280	NLI.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2280	NLI.exe
2280	NLI.exe
2280	NLI.exe
2280	NLI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 388 wrote to memory of 2280	388	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe	88
PID 388 wrote to memory of 2280	388	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe	88
PID 388 wrote to memory of 2280	388	JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_75848d776e5c73e4bb117c2977971291.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:388
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\NLI.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\SOKAGK\NLI.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:2280

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\AKV.exe

Filesize
466KB

MD5
4c5711d8a02899113661bdff195d80d5

SHA1
263592abea6d60887defb4b1bcb47dbb383edfb6

SHA256
661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195

SHA512
4b16ee6c75a169ad02c6b30d08efcd969ba8840adf49f6eeec3abbe8b9f5f288e1b1cfb4431711a74510a6973663335e43d256ae0dcd1a68f55331152a4f64ae

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\NLI.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
7a5612cc859be918c5767487f8a6815a

SHA1
a855d3a3e6336ac0508a8099e8ace14680394c36

SHA256
643419bc7e3a46ecdd7196858b3489c806c5edc486b513ce58519a109544c9d1

SHA512
31c541870dbc695c34d132c4232accc2fe511f30188a4db33d5c41758cf5af00a4906b55b0a208b5848436313fd3d8ccf6be7f1af62ecedd3a5c4c301dc5e11d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\NLI.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
b2bcd668abf17ee408d232cc636614b2

SHA1
c354f941121515536c4f0d9ae49ed1a9b28534b4

SHA256
563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99

SHA512
ba1be164de5919ae45f4bedfebe7e7799626b457f07b42fc43b8912f2932955833617b45e147e2e4d406f57f57f50c1869aa611db18a569919395e42fa53a702

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\NLI.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
eb080155da24e8ca403f90cb799f86a2

SHA1
1cb85bb1695ac883d3e5065d16937299cefaf4e8

SHA256
574a39862ea053a3cc69aebe509142f0aba4c6dcc3d746af1bc67a4cdca07a8a

SHA512
b051eddd97c0df94bae9ba24f3ba4e69129fea7a6f6ea2ebb8b8ee979972364811e0ddb2fe1ac140770626dd8620364bca4881bd2ea4dbacb7c8e5335efd9161

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SOKAGK\NLI.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
a9ea3f61a57b36cde9953afd91f18d34

SHA1
e7e931b96b6e39b64a2a38d704bbe9561a234cbc

SHA256
accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec

SHA512
0a6a42a772a3afd66233d9d3abb962b3a8cbf3d6e0e719352795b6441a148617dbe788991f0cead29d4b1540726504c9c56bebd9836ae6263b82a121fafd89fc

Download Submit
memory/2280-16-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000591000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2280-18-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000591000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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