ardamax | 2e1fc943616090f81107f6c66be47d071f3f4ce2a46a9bc3ee1e0bf086785796

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe
Size

166KB
MD5

b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02
SHA1

e05f0e433d82744e1ab98650c97b41fb24ba8fcc
SHA256

2e1fc943616090f81107f6c66be47d071f3f4ce2a46a9bc3ee1e0bf086785796
SHA512

4e429a7a56b5fa30c94c1b33c92919ef3d1566482f3196a853047de5d5a5ca9fb04234b8147863aaac53f610659976d2c4b746fceefc81959560668e32f2b671
SSDEEP

3072:iO0SR1+aJe1mgawzxsBub861jIHxowjhgDILLlAKziHUtBv1DBGvu89OEPGSG141:lRUTV5n0gCLlAKz0UtBvpBGjOsZtv

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger 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/0x0007000000024205-12.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-1-5-21-3027557611-1484967174-339164627-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
6108	AKL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
5424	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe
6108	AKL.exe
6108	AKL.exe
6108	AKL.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 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AKL.001	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AKL.006	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AKL.007	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AKL.exe	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64	AKL.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	AKL.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	6108	AKL.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	6108	AKL.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
6108	AKL.exe
6108	AKL.exe
6108	AKL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5424 wrote to memory of 6108	5424	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe	85
PID 5424 wrote to memory of 6108	5424	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe	85
PID 5424 wrote to memory of 6108	5424	JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b4aa94babbb6e79bc3c56aa5a7a43d02.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:5424
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AKL.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\AKL.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:6108

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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\@7BD7.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
de3f9e4f680ff22e8712fa9b32ff85ee

SHA1
0cc885ed6502b3b610af57ee2095410751d9dd78

SHA256
477f789ffe931ee11197de814231fdc770e6e6c1e94b0fec5bee0adecd32dd03

SHA512
daf04bb16fec1130dc08e72b7f28b0041b2eb78900e1464e15f1e20e1705a0de24d3df0de8111a42aed03d73db6f8eb5e30c87f34b4a745d4aa27d84e09d9f90

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AKL.001

Filesize
1KB

MD5
9eb7dacbe79bc75c60c949b16bd31e55

SHA1
5ff73761a76232667bccdf78194059ce73aa004d

SHA256
373524228b3605c5d9582578345e3eeba9bdc7dd0a30e1a1224cacd5bbeff1d3

SHA512
ab58e0620c9f52aadd9dc8a97e45bb850397225caf1552664237b0c0723c1de18782a2f7390447390cc2ee1cd21bc61dcf3d9df717e4c244bbeba85ee2ead158

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AKL.006

Filesize
4KB

MD5
1153fe5fbe61266713539cae72d87ad3

SHA1
245047d3d158f4eda34290ed22e4bb13a28f9539

SHA256
3b2700a8033916afd0e89ab5519702720f35b94a570ebe865df113f2aacda16c

SHA512
24058cdebaf8ccfc00622301927b221116b846c2a8acf8f0935ba30e0d716bfecd6ab07aaf8d93030ec2149ee98eec5f6d2395ee8a1a62ad00e07124447c107c

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AKL.007

Filesize
6KB

MD5
049989542b610261bde51aff6b71d4aa

SHA1
22de68b6548faf1ec1b52f14a1f197fa5152babd

SHA256
48cabcd5da354d4018809d12ca445c4c6324250f22450aca04222c214b9ae42d

SHA512
8cc0cb8167598e50a91230061cbe12d0d724151dc454f6cf0dcd5074efc704602796a9a136e53f609a6d54ad6c468aff2db263ad72b4b7d7febd32656eece34c

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AKL.exe

Filesize
231KB

MD5
79c6903c4794af027053331946137b26

SHA1
b688916709014fc874c5b7870553105a9961c652

SHA256
f3cbf3dd3f229f6119a8be5357959b77af1a43f9d568a7febe9a06f7593b20ed

SHA512
ac28813dcdc38ff1b0736b1673ced7e35d7da5667b0224b88952908564373ae61aff1b0f03d27e40b613559c8d4e37c402269791db2ed1311f62d069a2e5111e

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