ardamax | 207380fbc12ac3c9bd75ae48693ccfae68d00783dd4299152b425828ecfc98a0

General

Target
733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe
Size 417KB
Sample240125-alaeescab5
SHA256 207380fbc12ac3c9bd75ae48693ccfae68d00783dd4299152b425828ecfc98a0
MD5 733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd
SHA1 ca4a24ac49c4a51a03b24db079f8571e1e3c851b
SHA512 5d8fa520ecd2a29421e57d30559ca884ef76a8210f0112635b01991f0d74dc234e3f99ce4dc056a5f3da1a21a5f435ebe4f7296ab50616f6b5e73516cc26dc54
SSDEEP 12288:l8U9JQTWc+VXZXcTZd05Xwgr2PS5umZsEzV7x:lJQTWcmZGZd05YRmZTF
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

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ardamax discovery keylogger stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x0006000000023122-12.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-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
676	svchost.exe
4868	Auto Alcher v1.3.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2584	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe
676	svchost.exe
4868	Auto Alcher v1.3.exe
676	svchost.exe
676	svchost.exe
4868	Auto Alcher v1.3.exe
4868	Auto Alcher v1.3.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 Windows directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.006	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.007	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.exe	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Sys	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.001	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	676	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	676	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
4868	Auto Alcher v1.3.exe
676	svchost.exe
676	svchost.exe
676	svchost.exe
676	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 676	2584	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe	89
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 676	2584	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe	89
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 676	2584	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe	89
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 4868	2584	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe	90
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 4868	2584	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe	90
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 4868	2584	733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\733cc93422d62025264bc2fe1803e4bd.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2584
- C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.exe
  "C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:676
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Auto Alcher v1.3.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Auto Alcher v1.3.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4868

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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@E6F5.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@E6F5.tmp
Size 4KB
SHA256 30e084f531980a35b79dd36ac9ee0022d0aba792da99b3d71eea26d327db9ad3
MD5 a9680f653434b4766fdc2a3c592af879
SHA1 fd8e999c43fa83df3144aa5bbaae73bac3834296
SHA512 685fe7bbaf9fe5d140f07e9fe0f1eff0cecf8a3a4d050fe917ce8eddac3394ab7b8cea575e2d6f3dace309716662fbb5a9016850b120ea2099a00cfc848f57ac
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Auto Alcher v1.3.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Auto Alcher v1.3.exe
Size 816KB
SHA256 43e86f47f25c03000a1d60ebe6ea29b4329c24141813ffaa606e6e4bda2aa8ef
MD5 6943942c70c5fb2552cc6022d678016e
SHA1 c36d6fd28f68bd9f6272cc8f82e48a1ac412e828
SHA512 9451b708489ae38de12a0a1ec9e562e7249fd5a254760ba318564c0bf75307b6b0566d3048604b44a322772991e04ea5a641d71f9fc8486482b7f988572167ec
SSDEEP 24576:dN45RnFJxiwbR4xdZgP+DizQivNW/2ZLlqw/m9hc14+4:6FJxiwbR4xdZgP+DizQivNW/4Llqw/m6
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svchost.001

Path C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.001
Size 3KB
SHA256 06bbe70967cb80ca6e4868700f3224ef29063d6c40c621009e29f5e49e486487
MD5 1ea34b65a76c886b4715529accb951c1
SHA1 877f9f7b8cf9a1ea60fa03c68cccdacc6727cfcb
SHA512 c0920effaf0360b5ce22cddd1bcd93ac3c09eafe9362b396e8862731cb1389b891d2d7f43493ff22033282067651880ae6e8ac66e943617b3d7b1185733de18b
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svchost.006

Path C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.006
Size 5KB
SHA256 f212c83897599d81f4010f1ef3a43e5709e874912072d38d26a5ef5644462318
MD5 ff2bc313174a6ccfe1e0b5b1a58f0f49
SHA1 4e983cdee788faf6a13a9d5bf3f00f4a17dd6e8e
SHA512 418083066ba5505267f4de91c9e439674e02645c430360dae22dfc390c33b4e0c01857634d1dcb5dc298c296a5f4130397388bceee2ad82ba0a711ab56d1bd0f
SSDEEP 48:qwG/h3tfE2sz1NImfrRDLo/geUZ+tTNfx3/DZXvyMD:s/h3RvbmjRDLYtZfx3/Vb
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svchost.007

Path C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.007
Size 4KB
SHA256 0692f76ec589e517f0a5205e658ca44656322c0382cee2af53890324818b3e0f
MD5 50c8c542dca77df82f5925b145567611
SHA1 64bdce386146e3548d3d85cf16fdd0d34cbafe2f
SHA512 f7df5e9ac0c81f832e8dfe882eb1c4746f30131bef5a56947634146c813df079acd57b3fc954254684c6f4ef291802cd9629e6af3ced9be1f381fdd858a327c2
SSDEEP 24:eNGS0y1xxBz3cjqYEECgE480U50njyOtJLhf1H9KINFYCY/3aTmv30H0B93Tgi8J:aLJqWYEECD488HfhqIjFM3aGkHO3Tg
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svchost.exe

Path C:\Windows\Sys\svchost.exe
Size 459KB
SHA256 c3f29e3f8b9eb7c20a0046fc105d2199dc5327a570e8c76908e44be1200fb893
MD5 4db1b69341dc88b901d85be34278a634
SHA1 0d55d2852a58b597c96c1dcec25efc961d882ba1
SHA512 e11ee43c65179a562254cc63fda5c25ae228603bd88fd357faea2a5b49b4df11dfde5efe46544ac138d008cdffc419c793b35781ef201a9462a9eda30b52dee0
SSDEEP 6144:sFL9Ohse4QsGJciHtrdfpGm0d0vfOiTVeI+d/BVFNqURAE:s5SXnsGOqs9d0pTgIlE
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memory/676-33-0x0000000002560000-0x0000000002561000-memory.dmp

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memory/676-41-0x0000000002560000-0x0000000002561000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

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Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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