ardamax | 16b810ef6a889588488072df0ec99968e0e23c941423c26aa1bb70b076345380

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_784c72bf7da2c7e94e2740c950a94976.exe
Size

1.6MB
MD5

784c72bf7da2c7e94e2740c950a94976
SHA1

7ad6f2c8d89cabd484abcc115e6a59eb2161ff41
SHA256

16b810ef6a889588488072df0ec99968e0e23c941423c26aa1bb70b076345380
SHA512

902c59438338683ea89877cedef938db25611b9d95cfb48326c62b211a4650d2df208564741ee2cebf10ffe3565f4e8b4584ea63a135ffe65b6ffab89c874378
SSDEEP

24576:tEOGsjugcGAusjSo1BnjTvN8Ki0jPGot67ZQTtAgaRzKGykITAjwrn+JXTOhQnH:tEBs66jsp19LifA6cAgaRWnj07JjOCn

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax 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-1-5-21-1062200478-553497403-3857448183-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_784c72bf7da2c7e94e2740c950a94976.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3988	TJT.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3988	TJT.exe
3988	TJT.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\TJT Start = "C:\\ProgramData\\EIVLXH\\TJT.exe"	TJT.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	JaffaCakes118_784c72bf7da2c7e94e2740c950a94976.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TJT.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3988	TJT.exe
3988	TJT.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3988	TJT.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3988	TJT.exe
3988	TJT.exe
3988	TJT.exe
3988	TJT.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 832 wrote to memory of 3988	832	JaffaCakes118_784c72bf7da2c7e94e2740c950a94976.exe	88
PID 832 wrote to memory of 3988	832	JaffaCakes118_784c72bf7da2c7e94e2740c950a94976.exe	88
PID 832 wrote to memory of 3988	832	JaffaCakes118_784c72bf7da2c7e94e2740c950a94976.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_784c72bf7da2c7e94e2740c950a94976.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_784c72bf7da2c7e94e2740c950a94976.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:832
- C:\ProgramData\EIVLXH\TJT.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\EIVLXH\TJT.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3988

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

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:\ProgramData\EIVLXH\TJT.00

Filesize
2KB

MD5
01251686df41f14f5b990ea2f739c806

SHA1
32029de6063afed321d4cc77c6761dded94c80c7

SHA256
7224f7b9c5a511bf30ba3240ee72188abde2e8a40ee241d053dd329bba321ac6

SHA512
a07ffc5bc5a251668429c54dd2aa0daf6eb1c1fbfad83c7fa8694a0659331544d79e482b91311f1ab2dbde37e139795e405b7169307e0cdef959bc5a6e835f1f

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\EIVLXH\TJT.01

Filesize
78KB

MD5
8942289fe2d65d66fb8bbbd8f5f1bd5b

SHA1
4ed44ef8ae253d99353c3d22abf8da9a2e708580

SHA256
7ce1a145642edf185fbabb5852f779a4968a21eeaebdbac11ab714561a259ff1

SHA512
7e535f5b29409bf2a4a91409dd6695c81eaa60444f50ec95717850dae3867ebd4733152f5c2a17c95ac73254e1b0d819f02a3038abc22bbe5fde35b92c8d56eb

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\EIVLXH\TJT.exe

Filesize
2.1MB

MD5
3710bdb7e3ba37a6773e2f9920bb0d94

SHA1
7a7af1fb0e4f664da2a2fa4fa797799427bdee9c

SHA256
4cad85ce83720349fa63db46c3d741cd0c250e8c57e32fdd0c31c48e241f4c4f

SHA512
a2d7b73688a3aa0e60748c6280407b4365a845d2c7f1935a737e6d8bfe3346b5d396db46a20a3c86c06f36fbb76c3b967145e24a4e5ca24ef06b60104bc32237

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memory/832-0-0x0000000000691000-0x0000000000692000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/832-1-0x0000000000690000-0x0000000000834000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

Download
memory/832-2-0x0000000000690000-0x0000000000834000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/832-14-0x0000000000690000-0x0000000000834000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/3988-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000064C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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memory/3988-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000064C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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memory/3988-16-0x0000000000402000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3988-22-0x00000000041A0000-0x00000000041B8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/3988-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000064C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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