ardamax | 9e893550a28d75e9aff076df28920a2a056a9a882691aa41b77f185eca87e776

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe
Size

479KB
MD5

b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa
SHA1

773916293fa539b74a59e68dd2bb715438208190
SHA256

9e893550a28d75e9aff076df28920a2a056a9a882691aa41b77f185eca87e776
SHA512

7bf7a9541c3f571fd9afcfa1ec639795c49ca4da1431823e20d631279dc3dd2e89ebc56fca26ff875ff30d9b4e116ea936174d7f07e544f46c129678fd5e0f29
SSDEEP

12288:T9hNHq/PhHnWmpD3JV6ssuP2DynFUzMKiKHbu:3NK/PdpH6ssuP2gFU6qy

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/0x00070000000242c9-12.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-1-5-21-2645532622-3298555945-705856666-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
872	AYVH.exe
1328	AYVH.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2356	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe
872	AYVH.exe
872	AYVH.exe
872	AYVH.exe
1328	AYVH.exe
1328	AYVH.exe
1328	AYVH.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\AYVH Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\AYVH.exe"	AYVH.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 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AYVH.007	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AYVH.exe	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	AYVH.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AYVH.001	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AYVH.006	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.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_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AYVH.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AYVH.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	872	AYVH.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	872	AYVH.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
872	AYVH.exe
872	AYVH.exe
872	AYVH.exe
872	AYVH.exe
872	AYVH.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 872	2356	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe	87
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 872	2356	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe	87
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 872	2356	JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe	87
PID 5292 wrote to memory of 1328	5292	cmd.exe	90
PID 5292 wrote to memory of 1328	5292	cmd.exe	90
PID 5292 wrote to memory of 1328	5292	cmd.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b46363e42469a8f8b16639bfeec787fa.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2356
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AYVH.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\AYVH.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:872

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AYVH.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5292
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AYVH.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AYVH.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1328

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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

2

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@7FCF.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
908f7f4b0cf93759447afca95cd84aa6

SHA1
d1903a49b211bcb4a460904019ee7441420aa961

SHA256
3e6378164f9dc4148b86c9312b63c5a6b1fabcfebf9557f182d331e9cb32fc23

SHA512
958e0880565b008cdb045d6aba5103f0ba820ac037facf24b78924187a119258e3a8a97de4c3874694962114ef672d41a55feb71b92d5038e7d45bc3d91d6b0d

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

Filesize
393KB

MD5
b0b09699ea39c0107af1c0833f07c054

SHA1
b730e2fb0bda9bf4a1b1f8768a00838e3ca9dcc1

SHA256
be63e3b5a6c3fbec11a737332d4e0040a23cc2d17182b4bc5e7d5dd41d930ee1

SHA512
55430e53058964961808f37d738c31f1502c3ec4a14b0296bef7bad22e468734bcd119eedba14cc87894d4acc81c9266572aff9919b18bd584823c47fa149796

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

Filesize
546B

MD5
cf97d25d409368497139b438bb4a532d

SHA1
3d228396d38899cc1f36bd863614ba9a3486c711

SHA256
204fe45b3ef516f8cdfc811a652d7accc1fa754104aebe551f0c3214590e20de

SHA512
f7007353c49817660722936f59612542f60f242aa91b67a50b2569a2fcae62b2605800676dbf2397df5d2a9471cd4118229cf4192dbdb70cd6fa3699ebaf4340

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

Filesize
7KB

MD5
e0fcfa7cad88d1a8a462cee6b06cf668

SHA1
a7e49078517abc929a6da261df06556c8f5a8cf0

SHA256
340ff9f7f784e299030abb9982c88547e67251a6cca07d30ca8073d01a2840c4

SHA512
430fd640432769047de7bb4432f710193855a5121fe5944ef07f6b68749608312e7c22b29834967d429637fc9b285671cd10bbc9e1cfb43654695a206ba9cf82

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
ca72cd485d116033f1b776903ce7ee0a

SHA1
85b0b73a75b0498f56200dd1a5cf0de5371e42a3

SHA256
e583532d6b4d8cfc1def5e550674e9e1a4eef2a107adacddf729fddac64f49c4

SHA512
8dbf6920af64aac6a80c3da4a567473dc20c8d4e24078f7e66bb5aa1a08641e5081b0a1ee05f82fb1dd14218b62572c198ff39b1add5f19893008b3d8e54538f

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

Filesize
472KB

MD5
7ca78f42e7c88f01fb7fd88321b283ff

SHA1
8f6fb4e3f5b696cac4fd54490d5f8c1862d0bb6b

SHA256
2354f408b272232ea4bb74d17d22a4332b97f1003fb9bace174a9811f2b41729

SHA512
06e822f04a4657b492a485b5a542e5c8400060abf7e71020d17965fee11f1f7c0807e32b5f9426a4fb9b4d7dd05a68ae871e5fef0807e24204351ebe569eb4ca

Download Submit
memory/872-23-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/872-31-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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