ardamax | 5517094e4ca27bef508b07711f4227ba062834762cc132861c2fd8cbb4e67913

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350
SHA1

10319d8a96e6f57b5d85f4999b18ee9474440c59
SHA256

5517094e4ca27bef508b07711f4227ba062834762cc132861c2fd8cbb4e67913
SHA512

11dff51591340a0997b90b1c18e55abb4ad7c6323f7782c8dd77a938f608a7bbe3bf0db44f033dfbed826c9d97a52aa2eed13a093a062951b763dc0f8fe9375d
SSDEEP

24576:Xk/ATGmxyYWKDqX9A0A6GwQR1v85PMrQdukK+fKk37nl6VC7YS:0oTGmxy2iG/v85UrYukzfKk

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/0x000a0000000240aa-8.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_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1124	IRH.exe
1916	IRH.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1124	IRH.exe
1916	IRH.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\IRH Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\INIARW\\IRH.exe"	IRH.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\INIARW\IRH.002	JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.exe	JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\	IRH.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.004	JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.001	JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.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_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IRH.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IRH.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1124	IRH.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1124	IRH.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1124	IRH.exe
1124	IRH.exe
1124	IRH.exe
1124	IRH.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5996 wrote to memory of 1124	5996	JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe	87
PID 5996 wrote to memory of 1124	5996	JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe	87
PID 5996 wrote to memory of 1124	5996	JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe	87
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 1916	1608	cmd.exe	91
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 1916	1608	cmd.exe	91
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 1916	1608	cmd.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b4974fdca95fac2177e8b038bc3d3350.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5996
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\INIARW\IRH.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:1124

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1608
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1916

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\AKV.exe

Filesize
463KB

MD5
eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832

SHA1
1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa

SHA256
96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061

SHA512
d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd

SHA1
7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09

SHA256
70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24

SHA512
ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2

SHA1
a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336

SHA256
4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d

SHA512
dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
90d1d9e1df039f4381009b8252e3bacf

SHA1
438c1e9613d1146fd33e2e599993e211d138145e

SHA256
e50e650c099cf2e48bad5f651caebfe42f2165b3c28e95ea6cec03d17d3f9e05

SHA512
2d007a2c4a374377053a25c974c633c1d242fdc182b24ddf9ff5ca1b10a69397eab6ef3ee2f1c09b9404d149703b3ffc12141180f014d97caa3cc275dc0bfd75

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\INIARW\IRH.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041

SHA1
3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802

SHA256
734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4

SHA512
5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399

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memory/1124-16-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000721000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1124-20-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000721000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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