ardamax | 60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36

Analysis

max time kernel
58s
max time network
32s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20221111-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
27/11/2022, 19:24

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General

Target

60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe
Size

567KB
MD5

f5226ed07204928889178e001665c37b
SHA1

c3e4ccfc2f058cb7e382843f508229823988e6ff
SHA256

60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36
SHA512

0057963cc1e484db4ac047a231bfcda2b2bb1c5b91b62c0bf39b15aef5e3b8cffda64e22d69ea480aa8a1edb270b54c6af3371298d994013ffaaa7a979531d2d
SSDEEP

12288:DEssSbmlAdHXLekasZumfAeICqnmvGrAnW8geIz3NCnKzpPfnKtSTFi/:psSe67ekagAXCImOrAW89IsoMtOFG

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000800000001231e-56.dat	family_ardamax
behavioral1/files/0x000800000001231e-58.dat	family_ardamax
behavioral1/files/0x000800000001231e-67.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
948	NQYE.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1808	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe
1808	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe
948	NQYE.exe
948	NQYE.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\NQYE Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\NQYE.exe"	NQYE.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\NQYE.exe	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	NQYE.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NQYE.001	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NQYE.006	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NQYE.007	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies registry class 30 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\InprocServer32	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\0\	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\0\win32	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\HELPDIR	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\TypeLib\	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\InprocServer32\	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\ProgID\ = "VisShe.CInfoTipShellExt.1"	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\0	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\TypeLib	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "VisShe.CInfoTipShellExt"	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\ProgID	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\FLAGS	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\FLAGS\	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\HELPDIR\	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\TypeLib\ = "{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}"	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\VersionIndependentProgID	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\VISSHE.DLL"	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\ProgID\	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\0\win32\	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\FLAGS\ = "4"	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\ = "Apewiv"	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\HELPDIR\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\"	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\	NQYE.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\ = "Groove Identity Messaging Alpha 1.0 Type Library"	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{FA147D9C-9A25-D53A-5E10-6D7744FF1102}\1.0\0\win32\ = "C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\GROOVE.EXE\\157"	NQYE.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E2EAC863-C6D1-47CE-2FA1-20C96197A889}\VersionIndependentProgID\	NQYE.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	948	NQYE.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	948	NQYE.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
948	NQYE.exe
948	NQYE.exe
948	NQYE.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1808 wrote to memory of 948	1808	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe	28
PID 1808 wrote to memory of 948	1808	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe	28
PID 1808 wrote to memory of 948	1808	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe	28
PID 1808 wrote to memory of 948	1808	60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe	28

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60ad7b420749dfffac10ed5d29550b9f7b779810ce2cbe2bf5306d0038280f36.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1808
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NQYE.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\NQYE.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:948

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NQYE.001

Filesize
298B

MD5
9a211c848acadd0417a82aff3fe9dd76

SHA1
881c6d3b189391c29ee3d9455e405b5c453f86c4

SHA256
1e61420c300a46fa5cc8d0d6cdda69c2fc2023c16c651492cfe10403330f18e7

SHA512
77af82cf61eef9861c33768f07ca6f87967f1e55afd8b3d8bfec8a41687f19e67284a92d620b854a45a85833d49f8b825ca0469315ac795f96a6150bd47e4239

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
395bbef326fa5ad1216b23f5debf167b

SHA1
aa4a7334b5a693b3f0d6f47b568e0d13a593d782

SHA256
7c1c4ba8978d3ec53bc6da4d8f9e5e1ca52edf5ccf5ec19ef06b02055ff3b3d1

SHA512
dc3f3d7501feb10623807e89f28a0e38bdbbd4a7e2ad964c8ab33c392bde61896fe40bb7773f6309cd59ad9a686decbd81c15b588ac8d311fd2a273ac9410679

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
1b5e72f0ebd49cf146f9ae68d792ffe5

SHA1
1e90a69c12b9a849fbbac0670296b07331c1cf87

SHA256
8f4485675fe35b14276f5c8af8a6b42f03cf1b5de638355e4c4b28397385e87e

SHA512
6364f5581de5aaec09b5d1c4e5745193f981ff93cf91e20c6c9ff56566b5d182ccbdacf9aeed1d7a01460eb21619e14ac4ab31b083a951b45b3b7f9d93a62ffc

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

Filesize
649KB

MD5
2bff0c75a04401dada0adfab933e46a7

SHA1
364d97f90b137f8e359d998164fb15d474be7bbb

SHA256
2aa53bc5da3294817f95d8806effdf28e5af49661a955256c46db2b67cb6e6da

SHA512
88b82973d3c042bceb75e12297111fa7b8bd4e2a7a37d26b698c595d8d75ec670cc7aebfa2572206c1b2a4ecbbfa3103affb8bee6d7ef47428a225e2cd1bea3f

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

Filesize
649KB

MD5
2bff0c75a04401dada0adfab933e46a7

SHA1
364d97f90b137f8e359d998164fb15d474be7bbb

SHA256
2aa53bc5da3294817f95d8806effdf28e5af49661a955256c46db2b67cb6e6da

SHA512
88b82973d3c042bceb75e12297111fa7b8bd4e2a7a37d26b698c595d8d75ec670cc7aebfa2572206c1b2a4ecbbfa3103affb8bee6d7ef47428a225e2cd1bea3f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

Filesize
105B

MD5
27c90d4d9b049f4cd00f32ed1d2e5baf

SHA1
338a3ea8f1e929d8916ece9b6e91e697eb562550

SHA256
172d6f21165fb3ca925e5b000451fd8946920206f7438018c28b158b90cf5ffb

SHA512
d73dadb3cf74c647ce5bad5b87d3fb42a212defcba8afb8cf962020b61a0369c0a2b1005797583daf1f1ae88b29b7288bc544a53d643f3519cf604aa0ffd6dae

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@B1C3.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
4b8ed89120fe8ddc31ddba07bc15372b

SHA1
181e7ac3d444656f50c1cd02a6832708253428e6

SHA256
2ae6b0e14465338be0bc5ad10703f5c823d092ebb8cff7e5a05b7d79c8459b93

SHA512
49269b71270b3eda0ddcb399021de9c88f6fd2086cf54fa4898a91e64afe109d44b635d47a5ea9bae7f53a5e968af97fa13bdf699ba00ce879ecadd7bbc8af23

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NQYE.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
395bbef326fa5ad1216b23f5debf167b

SHA1
aa4a7334b5a693b3f0d6f47b568e0d13a593d782

SHA256
7c1c4ba8978d3ec53bc6da4d8f9e5e1ca52edf5ccf5ec19ef06b02055ff3b3d1

SHA512
dc3f3d7501feb10623807e89f28a0e38bdbbd4a7e2ad964c8ab33c392bde61896fe40bb7773f6309cd59ad9a686decbd81c15b588ac8d311fd2a273ac9410679

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NQYE.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
1b5e72f0ebd49cf146f9ae68d792ffe5

SHA1
1e90a69c12b9a849fbbac0670296b07331c1cf87

SHA256
8f4485675fe35b14276f5c8af8a6b42f03cf1b5de638355e4c4b28397385e87e

SHA512
6364f5581de5aaec09b5d1c4e5745193f981ff93cf91e20c6c9ff56566b5d182ccbdacf9aeed1d7a01460eb21619e14ac4ab31b083a951b45b3b7f9d93a62ffc

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\NQYE.exe

Filesize
649KB

MD5
2bff0c75a04401dada0adfab933e46a7

SHA1
364d97f90b137f8e359d998164fb15d474be7bbb

SHA256
2aa53bc5da3294817f95d8806effdf28e5af49661a955256c46db2b67cb6e6da

SHA512
88b82973d3c042bceb75e12297111fa7b8bd4e2a7a37d26b698c595d8d75ec670cc7aebfa2572206c1b2a4ecbbfa3103affb8bee6d7ef47428a225e2cd1bea3f

Download Submit
memory/948-61-0x0000000001D20000-0x0000000001D7A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/948-62-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/948-63-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/948-70-0x0000000001D20000-0x0000000001D7A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/948-71-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/1808-55-0x0000000075511000-0x0000000075513000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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