ardamax | f339aaa87fd5f01b6486d55c6b9acac69bf252308ced3545fa98cbb3bc15bb2e

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68
SHA1

5be9b8ac81260a8038ae3377e4b26dd4e6093c5e
SHA256

f339aaa87fd5f01b6486d55c6b9acac69bf252308ced3545fa98cbb3bc15bb2e
SHA512

74e65b995fed1871d7de485b05ccbed1360f89ef3911bbcd7f7fc776e4f0938e73be0ece5b2cb38e7ebedffa19fdd248d7200fdda28bb4762a46e728e98e6627
SSDEEP

24576:+o253NI9aNMkA0qyN69dsyhuP4bsXKwZFX37vGvRd90kC6Sh/7w2:+o8d+OAxTUP4bsX3BrKRd90kC6H2

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
behavioral1/files/0x00060000000194d0-24.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2744	LHI.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1832	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.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\LHI Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\QCBJTR\\LHI.exe"	LHI.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\LHI.004	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\LHI.001	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\LHI.002	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\LHI.exe	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1624 set thread context of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31

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_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	LHI.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1832	1624	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	31
PID 1832 wrote to memory of 2744	1832	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	32
PID 1832 wrote to memory of 2744	1832	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	32
PID 1832 wrote to memory of 2744	1832	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	32
PID 1832 wrote to memory of 2744	1832	JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1624
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_81788834393a06a26c484fe039b9cb68.exe"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1832
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\LHI.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\QCBJTR\LHI.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2744

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

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\QCBJTR\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8

SHA1
ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba

SHA256
71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b

SHA512
a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\LHI.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7

SHA1
f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce

SHA256
7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422

SHA512
e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\LHI.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69

SHA1
c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1

SHA256
e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e

SHA512
ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\LHI.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
041006873fbc4bab815e389a696d2d05

SHA1
caefd19ca6f20a4019eeaac6032c483bf2bb115b

SHA256
561c6dabdf03168e92a7ac6e32f8adbd1e214a6c0f47c5a965ab8e566a160623

SHA512
8ef17bfcc5f155dfa9d3793928843b2ffdbd8e8c2b47125296ea65f605275941213e91c6e43f5768d341ae4130c80bc1d1a8744a00b54a9ee7917728d9f74102

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QCBJTR\LHI.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb

SHA1
7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2

SHA256
5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32

SHA512
e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9

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memory/1624-32-0x0000000010400000-0x000000001053D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1624-31-0x0000000010400000-0x000000001053D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1832-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1832-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1832-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1832-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1832-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1832-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1832-11-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1832-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1832-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/2744-30-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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