ardamax | 22e46774f6aa325bbf3cf484ac39084fc2ba38811d893391cff5dccb4e478099

Analysis

max time kernel
105s
max time network
115s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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15/03/2025, 20:38

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189.exe
Size

969KB
MD5

77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189
SHA1

f4458842259a0204929280377b03d41c5fac3929
SHA256

22e46774f6aa325bbf3cf484ac39084fc2ba38811d893391cff5dccb4e478099
SHA512

6ebe238f162a46de9ae1743364e17187f0509e22ccf3cf18d8056ac179cd6c8bdbb63a5a1a5dc5f6c044ff4ce84d54c46973ba62975afaece8e667085ea50677
SSDEEP

24576:5qxUfyvlzN7gvAO4XujGCVZR+THWNIrjl3f+ZAW4HM/mKTz1:5qxhtzNVO4XujGCvsTHDfl3RW4s/mKP1

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/0x0007000000024290-44.dat	family_ardamax

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 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-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	sxe74B5.tmp
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	installkk.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	installkk.exe

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

pid	Process
5916	sxe74B5.tmp
2756	installkk.exe
4816	installkk.exe
2124	AMBV.exe
5900	AMBV.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
3864	JaffaCakes118_77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189.exe
3864	JaffaCakes118_77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189.exe
2756	installkk.exe
4816	installkk.exe
2124	AMBV.exe
2124	AMBV.exe
2124	AMBV.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\AMBV Agent = "C:\\Windows\\Sys32\\AMBV.exe"	AMBV.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 Windows directory 12 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.001	installkk.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.006	installkk.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.007	installkk.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Sys32\AKV.exe	installkk.exe
File created	C:\Windows\installkk.exe	sxe74B5.tmp
File created	C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.007	installkk.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.exe	installkk.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.exe	installkk.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sys32\AKV.exe	installkk.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Sys32	AMBV.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.001	installkk.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.006	installkk.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 6 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	installkk.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AMBV.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AMBV.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sxe74B5.tmp
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	installkk.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2124	AMBV.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2124	AMBV.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2124	AMBV.exe
2124	AMBV.exe
2124	AMBV.exe
2124	AMBV.exe
2124	AMBV.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3864 wrote to memory of 5916	3864	JaffaCakes118_77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189.exe	85
PID 3864 wrote to memory of 5916	3864	JaffaCakes118_77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189.exe	85
PID 3864 wrote to memory of 5916	3864	JaffaCakes118_77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189.exe	85
PID 5916 wrote to memory of 2756	5916	sxe74B5.tmp	88
PID 5916 wrote to memory of 2756	5916	sxe74B5.tmp	88
PID 5916 wrote to memory of 2756	5916	sxe74B5.tmp	88
PID 5916 wrote to memory of 4816	5916	sxe74B5.tmp	89
PID 5916 wrote to memory of 4816	5916	sxe74B5.tmp	89
PID 5916 wrote to memory of 4816	5916	sxe74B5.tmp	89
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 2124	4816	installkk.exe	90
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 2124	4816	installkk.exe	90
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 2124	4816	installkk.exe	90
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 5900	2756	installkk.exe	91
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 5900	2756	installkk.exe	91
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 5900	2756	installkk.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_77d740397b9113c8d0993c89a23b3189.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3864
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sxe74B5.tmp
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sxe74B5.tmp"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5916
- - C:\Windows\installkk.exe
    "C:\Windows\installkk.exe"
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2756
  - - C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.exe
      "C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5900
- - C:\Windows\installkk.exe
    "C:\Windows\installkk.exe"
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4816
  - - C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.exe
      "C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Loads dropped DLL
      Adds Run key to start application
      Drops file in Windows directory
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2124

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@7668.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
ce1db3d8d9e4b75ff749d38ca718a257

SHA1
5c7cc462e57f623c7d7a8c2a47467afc4927b4a4

SHA256
885d61204eff764496c6813967c4b4097cba7fcfb72e9571faabf1f4b5d473d9

SHA512
f6ee073336493f315b9644bf89526584a2aa9595626b51580faf1184e76f18718b696658288634737a9581d7ae27f36653243263ad35f0c9459001ba9892b160

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sxe74A3.tmp

Filesize
15KB

MD5
bd815b61f9948f93aface4033fbb4423

SHA1
b5391484009b39053fc8b1bba63d444969bafcfa

SHA256
b018bf9e9f8b6d945e6a2a25984970634884afabc580af2b4e855730520d5d76

SHA512
a363abe97b5a44e5d36af859e8d484daffe1d8e321c87969a75d1bfaa4288a5e6be1922a02c6d72937c84e81a79a1c7f6c9f2a44a995cac3f993ed5608afcd71

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sxe74B5.tmp

Filesize
990KB

MD5
07c1dd4fe401e0814b238ea1d5d049bc

SHA1
29efe6906f9abf1f9fc365b3c9a7d734e07d8e51

SHA256
0a6fd2fe467293885bca2595f0e53059b0c229ce4f5d73ab1c77d0ab4b3c869f

SHA512
45252c944d98cce61118af602fb4ef1905b22120766c36b784210994b43298d9c2f1c867ac35b803e39c3b67e5368cf61c69cd3f2e1e67ae5344f66325da3cb7

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C:\Windows\Sys32\AKV.exe

Filesize
391KB

MD5
d2a65f5bcd35a551de241ff7db55ee10

SHA1
4037d2c5d08dcf5e9dbad74b577cbab419335a99

SHA256
b6de4fd78f2f9ba6ab981d4edc5a820b8a23bd8a5fd7cf9188f18168d94154db

SHA512
492b078f31dd41b46a58fdc938d391e283e7a2f50a7a514497926ad2c68f426bda91459dcba5fddc07d18e2216c632d6561fa4deb28f1d570bd656d0c3b1c4b3

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C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.001

Filesize
482B

MD5
e69a0d597eae785162c26456af08c484

SHA1
e70757b6359d974b9bacfd5cada6465fbd8a4799

SHA256
f3d5919ec1f91240d71f6847cb42049c6e10f5e2f47e8c8c7d203da37ccfc9a9

SHA512
a0610c43e3a265dc4c83a6908c52f4774068951e730a4ee92374dc12b5e835746b0f308cb90a6cacf5b080f9a70050c3a438477cbda442764a25303224fa576f

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C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
f88c78041afe02325aaed6f171ef23cf

SHA1
7a502ed670e5148a3d43d90e6b225926e3455f0c

SHA256
f80f5ec2826fbcb1b7a0b40b77e520d00ce25be52fae068b947868bbe93a406e

SHA512
1370e3cdfaedfbaa4c9d4e58520e6242316a629b671fae0664944cbe40ca6ef22230e2ec5b06698f6f1a1464ce4a57881655b5358d987f578caf766ac7e8e75e

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C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
7073fbcfe75154326946919c8f86ebc2

SHA1
ba81cf37f06826ad6617e97b5a47538251024b4c

SHA256
89e3eb1103d75072346d3b454cde5efa92d7bb6f89f2d972b18fe0becf6db4e2

SHA512
7e9fcfd14460eebd02093f560d3fca6a198fc0b5592c3905be2efadd9bfafa24277a5155a54e4eaecfdf5829068e41969b0b97f70f5969fd1efafccfa870ae7b

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C:\Windows\Sys32\AMBV.exe

Filesize
476KB

MD5
93285f6ebc9657feb0724435db46e246

SHA1
f7762091e7cc91e6007f273284a59f74c36ff104

SHA256
2d44177550adda3ae9d69e7f5bb51557a7d5b1c23902d84e5a2ce9c1fe079d15

SHA512
0992893a78a4a66eea62057207717f91154ea16ae140bc62878968703496106a953c55a35b6ece0d081d521ece62fa9607d56fcab28d33ffdea0e80f0aa76c8d

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C:\Windows\installkk.exe

Filesize
490KB

MD5
6f55b6f7280bca191ce8ab94e850186d

SHA1
6c770f96b76c8779fe91e6ba9b258e769cbbdade

SHA256
9c094f079ba90131b2c2e394c7c4b8be283cda5170ece4489eb81bbf932f688d

SHA512
07f4013041af78a685705478eafd65ed3b890a101cd40636c550e4c95d6668e423b7380dfe2784aff2219e0bac936928bee99cab93550ff197bb4a09586159f7

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memory/5916-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004FF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1020KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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