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Analysis

max time kernel
144s
max time network
147s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240215-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240215-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
30/04/2024, 16:46

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General

Target
Ardamax Keylogger 4.0 by [[Plunderthesecurity.in]]/install_akl.exe
Size 1.5MB
Sample240430-t97vdaba4z
SHA256 4bc86c4f344c2e7f607e280d3e8efca5efd7f9c2066c006505278e3d75cc1229
MD5 2c89ae0ecee4942362b964cfb4d46e09
SHA1 6760f0fc9bdd9fa37d77a0bcae9d8c19608a9530
SHA512 c1d9666b5d5b432c12c96bcf5e819c4a5b8182f596f00973f5c7b08cf41e7a5c9664fcff3011c727a7fa77e4351d55142906860613d903a996720b9e849011e3
SSDEEP 24576:s6Z+1GMIDTY9sMWCb6EmJe98VqQoYV7eEX+xMhjeH53XGwU/oH9t9FrJrX/rns83:7ZYuTY9EG6zA98CYJeEZjkowU/oH9t9F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

7^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1888	install_akl.exe
1888	install_akl.exe
1888	install_akl.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 34 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{3E709211-0711-11EF-BC03-E626464F593A} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "420657479"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\DownloadRetries = "3"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\MFV = 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	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000009b106788dea7af4d98683a8983feb7c60000000002000000000010660000000100002000000043a7c921047d1d4d8611e3e2d70c1c5e5778657119790781ed674ed1708491ce000000000e8000000002000020000000c03671c457287bdba8f3f3d59c51ad16a4a72ad86601c107ac6d91dbeb673a1620000000f52337bd1c9b732adbb65df0a29b22b7471309265db88a1cdd66a69af5d612ad400000007d368a235fc3939d336111e29d2f95f42cb0fc6e7de6918a9cc5efc9dcbc0f953a01595843df5d0041a7e73932837db45f7e1710562f7ae24ff5fcf5a9b3e2e3	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = e0212d131e9bda01	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2760	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2760	iexplore.exe
2760	iexplore.exe
2548	IEXPLORE.EXE
2548	IEXPLORE.EXE
2548	IEXPLORE.EXE
2548	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1888 wrote to memory of 2760	1888	install_akl.exe	28
PID 1888 wrote to memory of 2760	1888	install_akl.exe	28
PID 1888 wrote to memory of 2760	1888	install_akl.exe	28
PID 1888 wrote to memory of 2760	1888	install_akl.exe	28
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2548	2760	iexplore.exe	30
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2548	2760	iexplore.exe	30
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2548	2760	iexplore.exe	30
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2548	2760	iexplore.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ardamax Keylogger 4.0 by [[Plunderthesecurity.in]]\install_akl.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ardamax Keylogger 4.0 by [[Plunderthesecurity.in]]\install_akl.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1888
- C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.ardamax.com/keylogger/
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2760
- - C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2760 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
    3⤵
    - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2548

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact