ardamax | 36b925207812a238731743a2aaf6fffc7c4519d9037325a5b4d0bdaf96672bf4

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe
Size

504KB
MD5

becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a
SHA1

5b4ef5f9919a2bfe9b39ef28c0bc05a8fbf938f4
SHA256

36b925207812a238731743a2aaf6fffc7c4519d9037325a5b4d0bdaf96672bf4
SHA512

1cfedd376400a4fd5f6b5e21740439d619b18d56eba98f0211d386d95510babee741bcf4a515153de224c459fe6fafeb3f6f199150aa0a7d23df21efd197839f
SSDEEP

12288:ZAVFHwN/7PokOn62///jC4wdjX3dwUiYqCd2XbRU6y1NHZ9uQ:qHQQkOVfjC4ApwUiYqCdclU6e5n

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
behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b0e8-12.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
856	AXLC.exe
916	AXLC.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
1976	JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe
856	AXLC.exe
856	AXLC.exe
856	AXLC.exe
916	AXLC.exe
916	AXLC.exe
916	AXLC.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\AXLC Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\AXLC.exe"	AXLC.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\AXLC.006	JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AXLC.007	JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AXLC.exe	JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	AXLC.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AXLC.001	JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.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_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AXLC.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AXLC.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	856	AXLC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	856	AXLC.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
856	AXLC.exe
856	AXLC.exe
856	AXLC.exe
856	AXLC.exe
856	AXLC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 856	1976	JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe	78
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 856	1976	JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe	78
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 856	1976	JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe	78
PID 580 wrote to memory of 916	580	cmd.exe	81
PID 580 wrote to memory of 916	580	cmd.exe	81
PID 580 wrote to memory of 916	580	cmd.exe	81

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_becdb2be32c4ef11724d95cb6f15f38a.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1976
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AXLC.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\AXLC.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:856

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AXLC.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:580
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AXLC.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AXLC.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:916

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

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

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\@43A0.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

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

Filesize
395KB

MD5
b8fa30233794772b8b76b4b1d91c7321

SHA1
0cf9561be2528944285e536f41d502be24c3aa87

SHA256
14116fa79ccc105fabd312b4dff74933f8684c6b27db37e5e3a79d159092d29a

SHA512
10ce8b18e7afb8c7e30bb90b0a1f199ef0b77873fa7a9efc596606e151be6b516c0ec6222a9032bdcc527e80964f53d20a28fa1881a08b4df303b2e28204549d

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

Filesize
400B

MD5
c3f5dc7323c237694aa607f74050eab6

SHA1
de92d2d68fb8da377a7d0d48b8a8ce667b138d18

SHA256
2ebc9dad5bae81f8a98b1dc8c7948d04c320c91923aa07bf746160234f7c89a3

SHA512
1e598ca50af5340686ab5f3e13a5adee827896b809105e3e0642784b1e9ba6c55b469dff5767444ca3c5c0c8a45e7ea4cb541eca85524a563760b5f12d26f197

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

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

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

Download Submit
memory/856-22-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000A11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/856-32-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000A11000-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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