ardamax | 8814daf32d1bca83badb0d39b77ad935240e0868e9eb428b43e63d658b691ceb

Analysis

max time kernel
102s
max time network
149s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
24/03/2025, 06:18

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_886b97bd10b10131dccfb904fe4da412.exe
Size

1.6MB
MD5

886b97bd10b10131dccfb904fe4da412
SHA1

b3cf47b9fb7b9f8799912c23525aebbfca5b7a22
SHA256

8814daf32d1bca83badb0d39b77ad935240e0868e9eb428b43e63d658b691ceb
SHA512

c86d769ae0e3a722df766da28889d06dd622570a31da345528d39b58c3740f386c01c807018174c9cdc8eb5916ca64767d7b9e705991329c55f28b80a9d6edda
SSDEEP

49152:uHwLbljH0vp0vPWICyCj5LRHF+n6u2T6DE3Porta6G:uHwvWvp0veI4j/W6uRlG

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/0x00070000000242ea-20.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-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	X28.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1200	X28.exe
5108	RAWU.exe
2124	WTF-ly_Utilitário_v1.2_INSTALL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1200	X28.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\RAWU Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\RAWU.exe"	RAWU.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.003	X28.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.001	X28.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.006	X28.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.007	X28.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.exe	X28.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	X28.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.chm	X28.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.004	X28.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 4 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_886b97bd10b10131dccfb904fe4da412.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	X28.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RAWU.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	WTF-ly_Utilitário_v1.2_INSTALL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5932 wrote to memory of 1200	5932	JaffaCakes118_886b97bd10b10131dccfb904fe4da412.exe	86
PID 5932 wrote to memory of 1200	5932	JaffaCakes118_886b97bd10b10131dccfb904fe4da412.exe	86
PID 5932 wrote to memory of 1200	5932	JaffaCakes118_886b97bd10b10131dccfb904fe4da412.exe	86
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 5108	1200	X28.exe	88
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 5108	1200	X28.exe	88
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 5108	1200	X28.exe	88
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 2124	1200	X28.exe	90
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 2124	1200	X28.exe	90
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 2124	1200	X28.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_886b97bd10b10131dccfb904fe4da412.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_886b97bd10b10131dccfb904fe4da412.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5932
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X28.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X28.exe
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1200
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\28463\RAWU.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5108
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WTF-ly_Utilitário_v1.2_INSTALL.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WTF-ly_Utilitário_v1.2_INSTALL.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@6F25.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WTF-ly_Utilitário_v1.2_INSTALL.exe

Filesize
1.1MB

MD5
c498543e8374beb47e5850d04e68e069

SHA1
9d4de77d82eeb2b17fb931d3911e430403311ae1

SHA256
553c9e0a28e319ac47918594806e9e4c5082d8d6ff5cf3e473cbbf26c40f99e8

SHA512
0895b2fd31841771174f78a567b4329ceb3d8fd400f21ab38e0ba3e284a11aca1c3f9b94a060382f8735e5a95ee7b24c3998becacf81839b8ffda5311b6a6b3e

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X28.exe

Filesize
1.6MB

MD5
53711b0b11bbcfdfc31bd3708a18d054

SHA1
b1b138dcaced9a138052400606bf3a2a7488fa49

SHA256
ad038b927f872ac2764c2bb57d8c85a0413b1577c7bc0e8efdfea1493c6163ae

SHA512
4950746d5a3b10b5245b76e7be71aa31a055a4550d0ad40b891b46def1f3944e887d995a033c740ad72432d4faa08d0e71976f1ac59b4d20dc9299a8152caffe

Download Submit
C:\WTF-ly Utilitário v1.2®.exe

Filesize
2.3MB

MD5
c21d0c0839ce156d4faf49ed9065d740

SHA1
97861ecd33ebf574a5b9ae4c079fc47435a5d852

SHA256
758c5eb5362bc1145d7307e6be403772fc2af347a14d70cb43029aa8da213341

SHA512
3e4a26fae6a01f6d34d0a44f2de742285dc6acde8da44f8d0f5e45c38fc31ec93fe248f2f78e443be56caca053ef2526e3b8eab240acf147bd502b94198ba31c

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
395KB

MD5
b8fa30233794772b8b76b4b1d91c7321

SHA1
0cf9561be2528944285e536f41d502be24c3aa87

SHA256
14116fa79ccc105fabd312b4dff74933f8684c6b27db37e5e3a79d159092d29a

SHA512
10ce8b18e7afb8c7e30bb90b0a1f199ef0b77873fa7a9efc596606e151be6b516c0ec6222a9032bdcc527e80964f53d20a28fa1881a08b4df303b2e28204549d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.001

Filesize
480B

MD5
b187c859096bb976e237fbf446e53ee2

SHA1
f88d0a06f36d8c856ea312b97f7adc486365c1df

SHA256
8ea1747b59c8cfb35f952874ddc06467a3655cd669efa5bc3ab6cbf5873c3d7c

SHA512
a308b59d7a1ceb88374df71d4f44385ad748818df687769f34f22d4c109cf380569cdd2fa93fad79aa17345f2f945c7b804b79109b702f7377bfa2167409e997

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.004

Filesize
14KB

MD5
bda4860df26a5882b42b6b861376199d

SHA1
8437ec07c9bc3001756ae0cb214b99e1e8a53fdb

SHA256
9ed69f6ee86a7fca1f3ef7801d08b38d9e82ab649e6169e894e48ce85b43dc30

SHA512
484f45aaacdb4be03752df49c337c7596d539ee0442412083fcfeea78e1c485caf1fbb25cf8a749611358e3a895232f8d0c61c91545d98a3f2a3e1aa504859c6

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.chm

Filesize
33KB

MD5
0195038e7af8da97742eb0188204c3bf

SHA1
b8c089c701ab283fa5aa921270b317c07cbee2c7

SHA256
fc14326e0719e0a59ba8fbb6763f2cc41b47d59ef177c90dc3535cd3a38720b9

SHA512
938c3a59895d861eb67a56f365fd387b122d42ff7bb52e5014faa738150d1eed2cd4a52b231ff70f1184fd7e3f0eb991096813b9933e574a7b4383f768384b04

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\RAWU.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

Download Submit
memory/5108-48-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000591000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/5932-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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