ardamax | df960a52ca77f69ceded3d6767a7d99cfcb96678a975179ba149a935124345d4

General

Target

Install.exe
Size

623KB
MD5

a6a6d117db896ef94a55b8447f042287
SHA1

3054359e47098a2486cabd3497651e097a416fdc
SHA256

e13df26ff6cec13b9214d5913866a97f92b12993453452040239a8503c5ebd2a
SHA512

057279dada7162565d9dd72c0e1be121b9aa97f753f9eccc5e20381c599b43fc35b746b2c549c46341396449e79ed36dbee40264b977065f72ba7943fd6ec8cb
SSDEEP

12288:2EE2KG1pyiwMW8MVzoAbSvK4QL9QSnDE5R691w6MIAtaAnWkgeCb3bEn2zBPpnsc:C2VjwMqVzEC4cE5Raw6MIAEAWkNCg8gc

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax family
ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x00060000000194df-17.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1532	TJOD.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2616	Install.exe
2616	Install.exe
1532	TJOD.exe
1532	TJOD.exe
1532	TJOD.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TJOD.001	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TJOD.006	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TJOD.007	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TJOD.exe	Install.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	TJOD.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	Install.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TJOD.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1532	TJOD.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1532	TJOD.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1532	TJOD.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1532	TJOD.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1532	TJOD.exe
1532	TJOD.exe
1532	TJOD.exe
1532	TJOD.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1532	2616	Install.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1532	2616	Install.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1532	2616	Install.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1532	2616	Install.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1532	2616	Install.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1532	2616	Install.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 1532	2616	Install.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2616
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TJOD.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\TJOD.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1532

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

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

Filesize
396B

MD5
32f5a0026d1e721bde434303b0deef89

SHA1
88411f51e42d2ecaa384df6ea974013c10c7ebb0

SHA256
66aee5c905195c8431313f665827f6ae30bbf9d29d5355ae502caf77acdf92c5

SHA512
7c315e3ef8c2f247baaddd6813ebd227096ef6a3e488287fdada6d0813ddb7ab9bb71ac7d4108f7b84b415e6ee8fdcba56e52d2d346f68f3a5174c2adc06b474

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
395bbef326fa5ad1216b23f5debf167b

SHA1
aa4a7334b5a693b3f0d6f47b568e0d13a593d782

SHA256
7c1c4ba8978d3ec53bc6da4d8f9e5e1ca52edf5ccf5ec19ef06b02055ff3b3d1

SHA512
dc3f3d7501feb10623807e89f28a0e38bdbbd4a7e2ad964c8ab33c392bde61896fe40bb7773f6309cd59ad9a686decbd81c15b588ac8d311fd2a273ac9410679

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\TJOD.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
1b5e72f0ebd49cf146f9ae68d792ffe5

SHA1
1e90a69c12b9a849fbbac0670296b07331c1cf87

SHA256
8f4485675fe35b14276f5c8af8a6b42f03cf1b5de638355e4c4b28397385e87e

SHA512
6364f5581de5aaec09b5d1c4e5745193f981ff93cf91e20c6c9ff56566b5d182ccbdacf9aeed1d7a01460eb21619e14ac4ab31b083a951b45b3b7f9d93a62ffc

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@DC7A.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
a55cbc0f0125b005ef369020b4c17806

SHA1
010af3e2e84b337e91f5e0c791b01e1d527211ce

SHA256
27cfe74936e4090aafbef07ee45725923f4b1243135e1e3a51e3385dbcd7b637

SHA512
88e5f7905c86d73bc5af028f20c8bf49f700307926c5b92814c245abe08e9c35841116d428ddbd7b957b47ccc8980684c12608b6818e4b6c1c8c0d27d54a07be

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

Filesize
912KB

MD5
6768ba61744862704760b66ce8f8fdd4

SHA1
e86cbed8cf20c2a9c76219d0c434bc310ffb2392

SHA256
4cf4bf2b7d2bb4215e255e1f2b1238ad989f3c8a98ebfd5cb033bccf32fedaa0

SHA512
eadb56b633707724ef4f47f8b421b0f3b2afa5a9800fae030f81aefae483eed6b494da470278273f388c3ae346a33cbbfe742924d231dab1c9b42bbefaf95a61

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memory/1532-20-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000A33000-memory.dmp

Filesize
908KB

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memory/1532-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
908KB

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memory/1532-18-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000A33000-memory.dmp

Filesize
908KB

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memory/1532-27-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
908KB

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