ardamax | 91deb78fd62b66293812a416179a41c618650fddfca52e7899f8465583f9027e

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
142s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
14/04/2025, 13:06

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978
SHA1

98f891934c2dac395d1cf15cb77de7a2f0cfe8ac
SHA256

91deb78fd62b66293812a416179a41c618650fddfca52e7899f8465583f9027e
SHA512

fbd22b0ee2b79b8656c01ef3d815bcd98ea1ff1c33670c1f4bf242b68b2713b979d06d82cf7c57a1334acacc3cc5567a7cc6932667b431e205a17de6f3b6682f
SSDEEP

24576:pbPTz2O40Sf2l4Hq2/TFROq8NyaD/CQkgAht:p7Tz2OhSf2WhTF8zrD/CQkt

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer upx

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/0x00070000000242e3-7.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-1-5-21-3342763580-2723508992-2885672917-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1380	TRP.exe
2716	PerX.exe
5312	TRP.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1380	TRP.exe
2716	PerX.exe
5312	TRP.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\TRP Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\JYISOY\\TRP.exe"	TRP.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.004	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.001	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.002	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.exe	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\	TRP.exe

UPX packed file 10 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x00070000000242e4-26.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2716-27-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2716-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2716-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2716-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2716-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2716-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2716-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2716-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2716-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx

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	TRP.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PerX.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TRP.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

pid	Process
2716	PerX.exe
2716	PerX.exe
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2716	PerX.exe
2716	PerX.exe
2716	PerX.exe
2716	PerX.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1380	TRP.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1380	TRP.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1380	TRP.exe
1380	TRP.exe
1380	TRP.exe
1380	TRP.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5392 wrote to memory of 1380	5392	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe	86
PID 5392 wrote to memory of 1380	5392	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe	86
PID 5392 wrote to memory of 1380	5392	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe	86
PID 5392 wrote to memory of 2716	5392	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe	89
PID 5392 wrote to memory of 2716	5392	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe	89
PID 5392 wrote to memory of 2716	5392	JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe	89
PID 5732 wrote to memory of 5312	5732	cmd.exe	91
PID 5732 wrote to memory of 5312	5732	cmd.exe	91
PID 5732 wrote to memory of 5312	5732	cmd.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b7da29d9e27e60be22fdcf61fde8c978.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5392
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\JYISOY\TRP.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:1380
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PerX.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PerX.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:2716

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5732
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5312

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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\PerX.exe

Filesize
262KB

MD5
e974a7ed7fa0c096aa1f59ae6d8cce72

SHA1
24b215e712fa745ac94d033ee7c5a556a5df0dab

SHA256
d042a6add7b1547e5165d0c0c0f0eb21ee778b44c27e0a2bbce9f02b79156c0b

SHA512
156cfa7b252d8737a4d3fdc3f8095353051d7f15e1293d6c1213de36ea44d526fd94e75765b3a1f75ed83f9b02dd4329b9eab466e9188fea107e622d0c1d6ba4

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
29136121b1c0307a02a8826477995613

SHA1
4dffe908036a21be56a9caa739ec1bf1cf9bd0ca

SHA256
f9dd403e696d2128cafe9a4bab54a28161745934df6d3479a066083a61515402

SHA512
2c7077ff82e948b9a9b6b16214dfdd11e222f07fb0a75aec59a9dafc29906907f24e0c625cefd5032321cc7883c00fd0abc7801f185983190f353b6dff2774c7

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
d977f26d7f7ffcb0f002813b55ff032d

SHA1
7e17b642dc1286908c18caba6fedb890de8fcc86

SHA256
2ce6c66843f0d0f156ae523f25d2cf4c9886fcae7b4f69deefbde4bc5328bf29

SHA512
e291f6acf5df88c52eb9232d55eb43fc08cbd423b7ae46148f710de909db49c04fc1d64e05b8e307ddd880134c525188109b94182ca99ea5934b66b9316e9e25

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.004

Filesize
376B

MD5
cc2b209405918ab68d63c0829cdbd8c8

SHA1
3ea96ab535b9ff61f6d33746cb813dc63d564eb5

SHA256
29568bea9ade7559b2cbe6b63d63713f5587fdb995a381c9234d833d8455f0fd

SHA512
ce0a2c5b7905284779cb7acc2976e97442fb287a62c6ec0d0a03ae42a3cf8bc6758b1eb0ec1fb1d0bdc13b2c5450e5fc1301a2e8a410adc711dadc94626eb11a

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JYISOY\TRP.exe

Filesize
1.4MB

MD5
27a49221ba75a90934342bbe70f6c954

SHA1
751e322d6f7e46c132f0f97c56d60344248f1959

SHA256
946611f5091452aa46310d3ba8a885e808617b8ae9c57a468f7fe3abda4b052d

SHA512
9476f49d2e3c10f3e5cd91313e03405f944bc9887fd65e6c2236caab3a42e2c9a5392d7c34f6c5787a7dc8c3cfd43a3a90a6e052176aa60a43da0327d7ff78d6

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memory/1380-32-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1380-15-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2716-27-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2716-29-0x0000000000660000-0x0000000000661000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2716-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2716-35-0x0000000000660000-0x0000000000661000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2716-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2716-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2716-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2716-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2716-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2716-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2716-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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