ardamax | a5085b647960eb5463d8fceb9bd091e22ebad35cdb54f76619c61e16202cbc4b

General

Target
cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe
Size 489KB
Sample240315-3s8vsaed8s
SHA256 a5085b647960eb5463d8fceb9bd091e22ebad35cdb54f76619c61e16202cbc4b
MD5 cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07
SHA1 0ff0485b5000f445a677d198e69689c52c8016bd
SHA512 e5d4931561d05d02a61c1a7d6f15105adada24f3c33a1155028b39a05e4d810c960b7b687257f042f4e89d862a082ad83a39ef455d1b48206ccc3b163ca860ad
SSDEEP 12288:2+j8M4WkRvOgzmtqllEwG6jrK8xIgpceS+bvF60+YZ+:JCWk1OgzzlKOxIreXbtnk
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

ardamax keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023215-12.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-1-5-21-399997616-3400990511-967324271-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2040	BKVB.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4048	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.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\BKVB Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\BKVB.exe"	BKVB.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.004	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.003	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.001	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.006	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.007	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.exe	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
4680	4048	WerFault.exe	86

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4048 wrote to memory of 2040	4048	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe	87
PID 4048 wrote to memory of 2040	4048	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe	87
PID 4048 wrote to memory of 2040	4048	cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cc904c82b92d93070efeee182fda3e07.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4048
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\BKVB.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  PID:2040
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4048 -s 1104
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4680

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4048 -ip 4048
1⤵
PID:1380

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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@323B.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@323B.tmp
Size 4KB
SHA256 3fb6b438ad1530abdd068bffb303fb8a4de51430e0e18ddb6b1a0469ffab8325
MD5 25530555085337eb644b061f239aa9d4
SHA1 8d91e099aba5439d4bfa8bce464c94e3e1acf620
SHA512 b1f9de0c276533a5a7070aeb2b6415cc1c0bdd2baf5e0645c6ac5ba767cab0d76e5b4461800d89724992af2c863294ada3c1eb2e4516183fe2010c33d47d6a2a
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AKV.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe
Size 395KB
SHA256 29b3646a556879a4a48e4f2f81e09179c34ac2051ed3e4f4c28e293092470d3d
MD5 d63cc8679a63448db1c64252e14e4ab5
SHA1 10b3a9ac4bc16e8ac1cd05e50b4d540fa3ef223e
SHA512 cb1911e1a77fb9be560aa4fd8bbef65e181b6d4438d65657501dbcd8dbf488ba01738a7222f35f8d4317e8df8c6f307d9e3623d6e3e45753e138b80fb68ff768
SSDEEP 6144:RHADFzXu/aNl8l8YhhAzMb7uUSHzG6u1U4I1/GVx8aFr:RHMztNl8l82hAzM3urC6ud/
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BKVB.001

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.001
Size 370B
SHA256 e8ee833e098a49440350ad1e0ee1d31d04e7c925d3c7e834b9ff421cc699fcca
MD5 4011afc18fa0d817ceab60ae162ac529
SHA1 b6f6774599a685b88cffc0da67c06d4016509133
SHA512 174472b6fb807a00dc04ca2d85a93663887fb1fa0de24af3c2ddeb98ce786b0c42eae2eea74d0ffd14c49c63f471980209c22ccd03dc54ea32c1fe25e9caee06
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BKVB.004

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.004
Size 14KB
SHA256 fb38bfcf3c9067cf387311b10ba5a817e2016dba5e00ff4a144218e5bab78fac
MD5 1e9efc9747213f87a89eefb656d221a1
SHA1 beaa459418de39ded935109cdfc6ef1c9924cad0
SHA512 7c8d344eb920f5c494fa835b8ff49d6074caa3bed09438244c51b787cc3cb3508807160976b8087e400e29056978bb6ee3172c23120a22eabb950aaa5a2320b0
SSDEEP 384:utqih/MwxPlOXAdYhIcuhXTxqEKa0TN99EuK:utqih/FAGY5XNjTNLER
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BKVB.006

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.006
Size 8KB
SHA256 e6e8b4a29dccb3531f58c75b754caf7f26afe3e7043239305fd0ae7ab2f7571d
MD5 81e20f4361cf8f5a57812871c24d945e
SHA1 5d7877d6959ab26599b05795a71633f00c37a3da
SHA512 69b1d75ab7123054bf98cf3a0f2cc7a0749cda8d85ebdef85be7d89f1454154ce29070907b934727a6c5276ff430e94810b87a5634d25d8529df9ee36fd20818
SSDEEP 96:6Anh3GtHUW5ZTXQHL8P/YYfR+cwXofW1oEIYoWkQr8yHe1e2mIXT6pDxj9:F3GpUQAHAP/YY50tI1WkQDoeyD6pZ9
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BKVB.007

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.007
Size 5KB
SHA256 cc440cfc4ce1a1ff503cc9e8937c59aae64bfce4daa3e7dc757220a25cadc2e4
MD5 e9fbdcc2f5fb657fa519b3f5c69fc52d
SHA1 c49cca77b46a59d620711de7564d43e5dafcd2b5
SHA512 913759967e16b99d8ea66433e5dc99d5ddbf737be6784306e67c2b23a525b7a578fcae1028221d3209abc452ff30508eb750c62113c3868a7af36b544e525fb1
SSDEEP 48:6gklbtGoI0EE/KD4rJaKzx/aGJYkoyXB/AECi1cBaVM+kHTDouE:6gSSDIFayYAx4ECiRQHTDoz
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BKVB.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BKVB.exe
Size 473KB
SHA256 661df22a66b2062b233eb0bd9665de924cfe0ac9c6ba29e20ffef24f817f9331
MD5 97d8ad45f48b4b28a93aab94699b7168
SHA1 8b69b7fd7c008b95d12386f6da415097e72151de
SHA512 3351eac970bab391de410fcf1937da75d2e4722b808f10332f487ddfe469544e32e7d4ed0e5bdc19bd5f472cffcc55ca1498c95945b4e9c4ceff6ff5cc521c8a
SSDEEP 6144:Tv5xxgKfSSwokLvNzLyMRJbsvyxAbR+GEu4zDGpUO/pV2ZNYXdGAb:df5won4JZkAGEoppjb
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memory/2040-26-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000571000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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