ardamax | 3236d12ac9a08b94df87725a31077f1e8869976e6bf0dd11014bf01ca756a302

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe
Size

168KB
MD5

bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b
SHA1

b4a8e80f70fa38aed22abbca9b4e323b1d3a47ea
SHA256

3236d12ac9a08b94df87725a31077f1e8869976e6bf0dd11014bf01ca756a302
SHA512

d619fa428b6a09287148b0d8d935ec436ebbf6a5036d82e2deacc01b6f52279225c0dcabf4c9581c07eadb9a72dae23dfa0bdb75ff4cd4c85fdc55e7fbb8df64
SSDEEP

3072:yCNmpyGNG6o2EeT9jA6c6CtNih5prtMhHLw0Zu7Phlm7wYNe:/mpyGYJFeTtcUh51OrZUQ7wj

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/0x0007000000024241-12.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-1-5-21-83325578-304917428-1200496059-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3364	Tibia.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3108	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe
3364	Tibia.exe
3364	Tibia.exe
3364	Tibia.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\Tibia.001	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tibia.006	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tibia.007	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tibia.exe	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64	Tibia.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	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Tibia.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3364	Tibia.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3364	Tibia.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3364	Tibia.exe
3364	Tibia.exe
3364	Tibia.exe
3364	Tibia.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3108 wrote to memory of 3364	3108	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe	85
PID 3108 wrote to memory of 3364	3108	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe	85
PID 3108 wrote to memory of 3364	3108	JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_bd911e9b9a4e16206b0c46384b80867b.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:3108
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tibia.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Tibia.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:3364

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\@8DA9.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
e5fb7457989a4bce5e8b24219b516c6f

SHA1
580ba07dc5c71115cad40fcda27a03f6605464d2

SHA256
5c34a7520cace89cc3b6a1c800e36817462e92ee628c9c1dd2ee34cbd379859b

SHA512
3ddfda190aae244a6a84ae7468b5946db4464e30d48f3db0de67e9bf5c3dadbff05cfb539577083c51bf8efd2098a95bf430278f5430f66691bc785329a0eca2

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tibia.001

Filesize
2KB

MD5
c1a45ed0721da2d60757f9ca976e8a59

SHA1
fac7e51d5d863aa8520ef2f099695e27e2445a61

SHA256
8424acd036fe7796edd469f6cde7e858eabf2e6c59f17f544ef8aaa703926217

SHA512
0fbd2596856caa8d620ac9aced5a212db6252926853c977b6c021fc7a75466727aaaa9ffcdc787f0730415efd7f43bc7e8cdc3ba647a2acda1b1a06032543a4e

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tibia.006

Filesize
5KB

MD5
db98486706de28b2f52ef5b74feacb47

SHA1
c3298decb5d15adb02016a7c14f39fcf179e33db

SHA256
d74d932e2e6833928a42c8ffa69132758b832f8d3eafef727e3690b441d972cb

SHA512
1d722b668d35b12637c8c427aca422dba828f17b9eb297fef63c3f7d03a4ba2d164fee825dee450208e1fbe2ce830b62060cc8be1b1dd7c41551efcdeb53f1b3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tibia.007

Filesize
4KB

MD5
7204d2265d5122969600bef372f1d436

SHA1
1e341404855a878f00c7f54d867ae7f587f627b5

SHA256
aaa51161654a83fd74d25fc56d568eff773f78efc4223e2eaded0afc94f5dcec

SHA512
c74c0a4cbb044820094382941f4c967e1a12e22fcb81c77a5497e68f2ec42ba0f6696c78db2db73bab74a148a232ae7c61b6ccb47ded4182df0420d761279cc7

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tibia.exe

Filesize
286KB

MD5
47d45da7bc718cef809ecec470987248

SHA1
9137c8c0e84516bc08daf6b7e08192c7b9e17959

SHA256
d47237c917f006acc443546e338c68bad94c5cfa54eaabaffde0ad2dfbcdaa4e

SHA512
c8f39999ea258021318821a3336125fe1e41993572ec8264885437c689d080b2c606fbeecb72f0c6702e562f9598820d0105fee539cde51d8cf1b17119f4ffe9

Download Submit
memory/3364-19-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3364-25-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

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