ardamax | 8d271b53cb341792d82dab407d66b5bad41640530bb6e971336987c945d9fddb

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
Size

432KB
MD5

75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95
SHA1

0f87db7af65a15d2d5ef7dbef7323e17a26d6aef
SHA256

8d271b53cb341792d82dab407d66b5bad41640530bb6e971336987c945d9fddb
SHA512

212dd2434ef74cd26deb171106b0cef3e47bd9415219b4427d74deaeb0aba7811530109c6fb8569e26539f74f149175a2487ee80e13868e908c6970a07f5814c
SSDEEP

12288:NNGWbNLAXpBoiju6TDECey/2/9u8O5urrxBi:BAXpBpu6fEC7Qku5k

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger 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/0x0008000000019f94-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
612	Zidcon3.exe
2816	Zidkon 3.0.exe

Loads dropped DLL 9 IoCs

pid	Process
1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
612	Zidcon3.exe
1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
612	Zidcon3.exe
2816	Zidkon 3.0.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\Zidcon3.001	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\Zidcon3.006	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\Zidcon3.007	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\Zidcon3.exe	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys	Zidcon3.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_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Zidcon3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Zidkon 3.0.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	612	Zidcon3.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	612	Zidcon3.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
612	Zidcon3.exe
612	Zidcon3.exe
612	Zidcon3.exe
612	Zidcon3.exe
2816	Zidkon 3.0.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 612	1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe	30
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 612	1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe	30
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 612	1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe	30
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 612	1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe	30
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 2816	1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe	31
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 2816	1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe	31
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 2816	1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe	31
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 2816	1704	JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_75ff32b8619f2e394ff40329688b7c95.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1704
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\Zidcon3.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys\Zidcon3.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:612
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zidkon 3.0.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zidkon 3.0.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2816

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\Zidcon3.001

Filesize
3KB

MD5
a2bd98027af5501cbb0ef76b2acb1758

SHA1
19824abe1c1b5d38e9b1de62662c9a4420aaa1ac

SHA256
ea27dd8b5dbb0c030b1ab29b8f2b5c5386757c0b0d5e2be2a9a3ac251c008879

SHA512
d286202c0c6333429bb21ddb91e57363ac0b288c3930e30cdde17bf3ab43fa3072b18d1602ac963105cfd656f4682b536435711b1e796ad43d31f9493b72b3c0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\Zidcon3.006

Filesize
5KB

MD5
81684ae4865ec5f66d24e892b03cdb28

SHA1
71e0129317001cbf9fc0876a6ea15886c0caa987

SHA256
b036f867ef31023198260a6610a57cc9148a547103b17de934e607aca580eb23

SHA512
adac78672fa35ad5aef8afac26c6360f06f98783fc3527c558b6fcadfd6d22b06ef4a8c0f6c076da3b270f83265eb4d20d58fc514932ad3d16554c3fd33f4fec

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\Zidcon3.007

Filesize
4KB

MD5
ac152720163090f4c0fb7f5c7e1638dc

SHA1
4fec3f24e3f9221c7c7cf918d7507586bf0cf48a

SHA256
fdc0467059610b4055818e2e499c1ed17705397383a61245917bb93ba0f8e3ef

SHA512
d62d827530d421735e95620f57230b1d7376a1055ddfb32d00db8df7764618f442a5166bdb765babf85695b7138ac7c4c71c231e5c745ed7d8113e6394acd301

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@A831.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
fec74da36beb4457716675804f74221c

SHA1
1c02ce33852f00dd896b4bb1d93fbba663dd329d

SHA256
e47ac7649f18595fbd2281a8cdff82a2b488b8dd56bc1ae88930b521f24b1c89

SHA512
64b1d6912b2d6336f2ec7abd240215c842970eece0007afb4c939cf40becb437d6d6708d840035c935d96742918de07b52a96708388cbcda438e8c56d49ede06

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zidkon 3.0.exe

Filesize
848KB

MD5
5587dd34732050cd7d6f8a35aa13c201

SHA1
4d94448ae51b2200fea25a1dbe3f243e998de22c

SHA256
c2de5a5350b99ea083dec3664dda7609de0d9241a7f123b254d79279fc4807da

SHA512
562034d033c39af596a23edd7bd77207afb94ac869bc272e624f941d7d6e6002b81c9de168d77d60763f6c814113ff6bf6b365989dec1d18b49e7972d70318df

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\Zidcon3.exe

Filesize
459KB

MD5
b7a532f4b00925d636882e80f49305a8

SHA1
ae88858ea8c3a7ba2ed373cb104ef2152fb44b54

SHA256
f417f9088e6c39c418ecf8efbf0038362945788838bd7e67efd89199ada15ccd

SHA512
551fe3425b17f29b1c8157b2fdf6c6c0ed15c655bc14e9b73ec38209c55191444762eeef61ae933047079243b9487f92b649f5852b3f22d4bac5d070f523b706

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memory/612-22-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/612-35-0x0000000077A6F000-0x0000000077A70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/612-41-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2816-37-0x0000000077A6F000-0x0000000077A70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2816-40-0x0000000077A6F000-0x0000000077A70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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