ardamax | 2fd3c770bdee0f5366bea593f5215cfc10c2642278e91bd7a0eae247d32930a4

General

Target

Osmanlı Bot.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

fe010d3bbb86067e66f3233bbbe6cbdb
SHA1

2b151b91a955d32a4d68b2a90586c741e09d28fc
SHA256

c45d51e25dc9bd378e997a242c0e0b8dc3f0bac67fe8d12cd5d18f7786e8ccc4
SHA512

8bf65b5672da1c63dac4f2dd19e6001bc78536f920b529fc420cf4584665098d80c1da26b47ebd5c4e7e6010419d90d4c6a822df51d8783b98dfde76d870818b
SSDEEP

24576:CzwTT6O/SmlZ547pkSOG/hqemVh9ruez8cm8Lzw+0nXCaOQxMfN92Q6QAf:Cz+TRidOGJZm8Lc++0nSa7xG92Q6QA

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
behavioral4/files/0x000a000000023b84-8.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-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Osmanlı Bot.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1596	LKR.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1596	LKR.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\LKR Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\RHMWRT\\LKR.exe"	LKR.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 opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\	LKR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\LKR.004	Osmanlı Bot.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\LKR.001	Osmanlı Bot.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\LKR.002	Osmanlı Bot.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\AKV.exe	Osmanlı Bot.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\LKR.exe	Osmanlı Bot.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	Osmanlı Bot.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	LKR.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1596	LKR.exe
1596	LKR.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1596	LKR.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1596	LKR.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1596	LKR.exe
1596	LKR.exe
1596	LKR.exe
1596	LKR.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 1596	2180	Osmanlı Bot.exe	83
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 1596	2180	Osmanlı Bot.exe	83
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 1596	2180	Osmanlı Bot.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Osmanlı Bot.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Osmanlı Bot.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2180
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\LKR.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\RHMWRT\LKR.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:1596

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\RHMWRT\AKV.exe

Filesize
485KB

MD5
42150775d201a85ebc379d21aa253f85

SHA1
fccd7df34e16abaf8d55935016cdb15df8041e06

SHA256
00206ccef9ee8da111cc547c698b7e61736b328de48ac5c307d05f2921ef0b9c

SHA512
4ff3c587a8d88e319acb028829c75ecb3e11c16a62ba9c2090720613c51c6555af698ba8ff75672b405602f196ed1b99dbeb9395bae62aac2140fa31600b36e0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\LKR.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
9681d3e1f2c53ad98b8467b3acca33fc

SHA1
04d5d08781f27d6e08ad0262f7325b2be4db7743

SHA256
baecddca15ea6932b9cd4e7f5bae848c3c290660a85c408b898150c6f8fd744e

SHA512
5c6191fb676ace9d1c2ddfd4e98651959ab24b718ab626c343e2bb271d31edd8ba43ed9de528c7832ddcc2137d2424c22bb19f115dc252e1400cfcd3edce2098

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\LKR.002

Filesize
44KB

MD5
e65e4bdb2c86226589b88f101153c01b

SHA1
731be43621721dba20f0bb74966ea08043ef37fd

SHA256
e8a9477bc04824357c0f0bcc1cb665e1dfb6cf5c05f68517749f6cb11821cec2

SHA512
7700ee197f109a8f2cff2e529715e371e36c1d9924af0bedef9285f76898d3448847af3bff342813b9bd8ca619b7c39b9607150596008ffc6fe68b338f6769cd

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\LKR.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
f07947c86e8f045f73382d8b38ac9607

SHA1
85808ca38c0fea7af8959c7fcf5240d40165ce3b

SHA256
e3c8a4cd204f39f357b17dfb6f1423651ab6a10df0effcc7ebf17f5c2570c173

SHA512
7a5c102dea9d3f19efc43766d948d9f87482ec35f091f49fbd891ca7a4b8db1802c01b8c3be100f4ead571f38481ebc884e1bc3b43766a97d643a5bc87e5deaa

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RHMWRT\LKR.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
9a6a50772539f5a61fefa29c34666223

SHA1
b2b8650d817ef7d86bfef48420e9716f0ffdccce

SHA256
93db12799d366bbb10f28b923188e3f1457b3ec931ddf33ddeb131a80e46f00b

SHA512
eb5f89e6b27981d85dc235edc477a4397d08b9e89d638b0e07301a26ca6e640f12251fdcfe1386df4167a2928bc60959289329531bc7a9e14a232ead22935fed

Download Submit
memory/1596-16-0x0000000000770000-0x0000000000771000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/1596-18-0x0000000000770000-0x0000000000771000-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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