ardamax | bb20456bf083fcb22223e7864a80b8a9e0520c3b20b07b0a0b84406a9a638566

General

Target

COLLEC~1.exe
Size

478KB
MD5

2847e352f486964aedee974de1475558
SHA1

db30e59f1e58404563c368cbfd5c76b7f14fdf36
SHA256

2a8ce05432d7e10bad747d593548e62a2d2fe03ce97c02d302eefde6c046d43d
SHA512

e1a933d74c4e178cb3bee0a9b1601bde675ff7038d12738507074a8f2fee4bb632e90180b7b2bee55111d3f06159fadfac68e79c4f547a73f9406dbbaf143b06
SSDEEP

12288:RSvVQ53d2OFjDOtOE+1Ftbi1XB/SwXAjpuV8/bQ/:gVQ5N2OVyOEyGo5jpTa

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence 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/0x0006000000018744-11.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2588	system32YIPK.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2404	COLLEC~1.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\system32YIPK Agent = "C:\\Windows\\system32YIPK.exe"	system32YIPK.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\system32YIPK.001	COLLEC~1.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32YIPK.006	COLLEC~1.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32YIPK.007	COLLEC~1.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32YIPK.exe	COLLEC~1.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32AKV.exe	COLLEC~1.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	COLLEC~1.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	system32YIPK.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2588	system32YIPK.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2588	system32YIPK.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2588	system32YIPK.exe
2588	system32YIPK.exe
2588	system32YIPK.exe
2588	system32YIPK.exe
2588	system32YIPK.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2588	2404	COLLEC~1.exe	30
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2588	2404	COLLEC~1.exe	30
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2588	2404	COLLEC~1.exe	30
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2588	2404	COLLEC~1.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\COLLEC~1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\COLLEC~1.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2404
- C:\Windows\system32YIPK.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32YIPK.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2588

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

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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C:\Windows\system32YIPK.001

Filesize
396B

MD5
81dfcf3c499bc5877fc212275cf42e83

SHA1
a3cda856303a1eaff92eadc7aad0090ce5bb8b12

SHA256
905321c5ca30b55dff93a1cb7445c1d4caf6db20d7ecb53aac9d0ff6c9a91cc0

SHA512
3c2e5cca11224c2f68239bc559f0f9cbee90d09ad40dfb2e9e91b9e20f26534361d898510bfa4d876376ba14479ed4ca2cff6ef41ace63b63a4f7bc34d9daea6

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C:\Windows\system32YIPK.006

Filesize
7KB

MD5
2d8899d22457e384673cce3b63402670

SHA1
ab40f16fa1f0b08558c0a10ccafcbac9c06a1a8d

SHA256
11cc0d9300590b212959683958b8229d2355d7c85d2e38015eec402d874b186c

SHA512
3d0df9b26095dc6aa0cfc09facb5974e2c0e43dda7fa664f3b4dfc8c078fdfe40667e72cca4f5cbd8e6f8c7560fb6cee908ec32d7a1e8a780caa635c7e78c432

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C:\Windows\system32YIPK.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
f3f04376ece185d2013ded9f729e8223

SHA1
70414d3303011617e1072a3c603dc4b71aa947d0

SHA256
27b64907c64beddd86c9d2bb56c10ab8615099715fb1c4ca8f74c1037a18eb86

SHA512
45fa1094125b070f042210f291158004965fda6d1044f9de18ed18818a8d2ac02b61a9398daf701c864747900f8e5fcd36c0a10728a3c22994562a71fa5c22f0

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C:\Windows\system32YIPK.exe

Filesize
471KB

MD5
2f49bd1ee6d9e956ac8596992e0d187c

SHA1
1384e4dd2a5bd67aeb3783417674898426063563

SHA256
be1ce7b1c8a268570d4489557f3c73a1eef615500f4a2434e523cca2b31b4138

SHA512
163bf29766baff221fd028aedbf13238119d1a73b36d845eb422f136eaf8b695926ff13884f6b1d19d8cb6a049d00709d11b8b308b20d93d5c7baa26f3184ffc

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@C68A.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
3ac6bd370bb5704c6a35018df54dbbe1

SHA1
880f5478e1de3d844ae17e89804b8f90cdafd4a6

SHA256
aea959dc52fa9796ffab042872f72fea127da6267d75fa781f690d2c9d96a8fc

SHA512
138d0e47fbb6b1d52add61ec8c38a2ab4056e9d1ee680c2d7dc1a8a0e2a0761537a1b756efaefa13ee19a7057a7ab56918cda4d53ad348f05040585eb6ade0fb

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memory/2588-18-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2588-21-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010006000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2588-23-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2588-22-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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