ardamax | b10c09310d2c98dcffdfb2b7eb9c9c7ef2aad1795e00e19f9bbddb717dd5e132

General

Target

OsmanliBot/OsmanliBot/notepad.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

96adbbc5cc261417f9d10dcde2f9b4d1
SHA1

6c8feb0425a512458668ece1402c87873d6c4d5a
SHA256

29a003990bb109b15d5e2582dcc092cf70bec23906577b6aad6945589ca2b037
SHA512

fab822ffc21bd0f30da7855c75af552cb377a9f1b6620bfa63035bc2da4c6fd3d8b6d798b98abfad90c3f66c71f4de4c5797ab46a8a0069b50f344fdaa8e7518
SSDEEP

24576:9zwTT6p2lW0rfdULy6s+W5xLhOFVjkxwCK90DuZEUcbkbRMkR9Y9M9:9z+TfW0k85HIFVrCK9XZEzOGkR91

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral4/files/0x000700000002345f-8.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-1-5-21-945322488-2060912225-3527527000-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	notepad.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4564	HSJ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4564	HSJ.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\HSJ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\NSBXRG\\HSJ.exe"	HSJ.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\NSBXRG\HSJ.exe	notepad.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\	HSJ.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\HSJ.004	notepad.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\HSJ.001	notepad.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\HSJ.002	notepad.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\AKV.exe	notepad.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 2 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	notepad.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	HSJ.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4564	HSJ.exe
4564	HSJ.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4564	HSJ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4564	HSJ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4564	HSJ.exe
4564	HSJ.exe
4564	HSJ.exe
4564	HSJ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4280 wrote to memory of 4564	4280	notepad.exe	82
PID 4280 wrote to memory of 4564	4280	notepad.exe	82
PID 4280 wrote to memory of 4564	4280	notepad.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OsmanliBot\OsmanliBot\notepad.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OsmanliBot\OsmanliBot\notepad.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4280
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\HSJ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\NSBXRG\HSJ.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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4564

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

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\AKV.exe

Filesize
485KB

MD5
42150775d201a85ebc379d21aa253f85

SHA1
fccd7df34e16abaf8d55935016cdb15df8041e06

SHA256
00206ccef9ee8da111cc547c698b7e61736b328de48ac5c307d05f2921ef0b9c

SHA512
4ff3c587a8d88e319acb028829c75ecb3e11c16a62ba9c2090720613c51c6555af698ba8ff75672b405602f196ed1b99dbeb9395bae62aac2140fa31600b36e0

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\HSJ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
9681d3e1f2c53ad98b8467b3acca33fc

SHA1
04d5d08781f27d6e08ad0262f7325b2be4db7743

SHA256
baecddca15ea6932b9cd4e7f5bae848c3c290660a85c408b898150c6f8fd744e

SHA512
5c6191fb676ace9d1c2ddfd4e98651959ab24b718ab626c343e2bb271d31edd8ba43ed9de528c7832ddcc2137d2424c22bb19f115dc252e1400cfcd3edce2098

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\HSJ.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
e65e4bdb2c86226589b88f101153c01b

SHA1
731be43621721dba20f0bb74966ea08043ef37fd

SHA256
e8a9477bc04824357c0f0bcc1cb665e1dfb6cf5c05f68517749f6cb11821cec2

SHA512
7700ee197f109a8f2cff2e529715e371e36c1d9924af0bedef9285f76898d3448847af3bff342813b9bd8ca619b7c39b9607150596008ffc6fe68b338f6769cd

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\HSJ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
d6dfcbc8c495ff1ace7e886c39bd2dcf

SHA1
51ace7539e4fb98fa8cbdadeae25b722ba3b242c

SHA256
bec06c89afb1c6b8cdbbdda33d40a5e2fc7239c3ac29b7536abb01cae4b8085d

SHA512
53194d7ddb1c0f15ea058d6b73c9b5662204743581da532d19735a23573d53ac498f8b03e4ec13ba356474c0ea5cd1785822fa78786437cbd4a041f37dbc2e0d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NSBXRG\HSJ.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
9a6a50772539f5a61fefa29c34666223

SHA1
b2b8650d817ef7d86bfef48420e9716f0ffdccce

SHA256
93db12799d366bbb10f28b923188e3f1457b3ec931ddf33ddeb131a80e46f00b

SHA512
eb5f89e6b27981d85dc235edc477a4397d08b9e89d638b0e07301a26ca6e640f12251fdcfe1386df4167a2928bc60959289329531bc7a9e14a232ead22935fed

Download Submit
memory/4564-16-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4564-18-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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