ardamax | 14f451b48b16c362c84da734d2874f438642667ff06d1ea628de8856f91f07be

General

Target

AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

181770f32750877d12446b94011248c2
SHA1

46b757a6411033ec54fdff579e871dfd14380929
SHA256

0f1bc46d08cb9cd5cc849b7fe25c6f4c2188def95feb12d51c2f83567367e3ab
SHA512

3c64a1ab4b2818a288f9fd898fcc7383720b239d67a91442f0d6df850722336960630fa5df1429724ae1162070415184a25c56740c621d3abd3a5d59a30883d9
SSDEEP

24576:uHvZT7DXBBaqBbuZhBkOS1rc5G71hexAYUIcXCWfCim+39lclHB3B:eBT7rLaqQz7Q/XvLm+NlEh

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
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023d05-8.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-1-5-21-3296967594-3563063956-581523229-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4428	SSX.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\SSX Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\QWKWTS\\SSX.exe"	SSX.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\SSX.004	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\SSX.001	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\SSX.002	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\AKV.exe	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\SSX.exe	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.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 3 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	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SSX.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
1924	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 660 wrote to memory of 4428	660	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe	90
PID 660 wrote to memory of 4428	660	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe	90
PID 660 wrote to memory of 4428	660	AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AUTO ESTAGUE HOY 15-02-2011.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:660
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\SSX.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\QWKWTS\SSX.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4428

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSIzIiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3MzkyODIxNjkiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4Mzc1MzE4NTEwMTAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI1ODU0NzMyNzA1Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
PID:1924

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

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
461KB

MD5
eed8ebfafcd3dcb0f88b237388fba8df

SHA1
620767d6de979bf360e3a188ed03534c769f337b

SHA256
dc3c5152d69547ffb583574707025eee74af46882cdf851221f66b1e81d2ed90

SHA512
28148a2bfdbcaf61f5f664c6b4dd0377d151d775ad001818da2bba6327f02020fabb016a4c8aaa5f841ea1dc1a6d8419bca55bc74924a657476e15abbd8dabb3

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\SSX.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
34c92b717ae97bc926f56ba56a44f24a

SHA1
ccaf3c6bf0c73564d0bf19c92b8d25008ffffbfa

SHA256
6e60d85b35f5e9222375f606e4116b38364a4a943596ddb0d914cf1cf4791774

SHA512
2a9eb63837db128c9e036976d903ebd925e6952ab6bf4efa0e370e79f9fefe0ed6e44e4ab444f56ace1149f4dd14797f568e8827e7cebd1e5581dcf309f9745a

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\SSX.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
246761f047f6aa98d6eaad66a2f883b9

SHA1
42474a5b23d03e094103b62fd7e820457cf807c4

SHA256
3774021a3cdf32d23fd5921cea4de8c26b08f0d601f3097550a7e8af7b00f111

SHA512
d39d0913975ca2f8d585b72667d76de09ce7817f6de26ef21a8b62edc25d7fab39785f036992d19ca5700f5fc2ee377e696142c41529f23f503e8eefff393144

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\SSX.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
0184189d8b053b1dd8a24b81337106b9

SHA1
553ffb7e50278aca1950797cd5fd4dfbfb5ce03d

SHA256
e2cff35bf2ccdba4c7826e3822109b6bebb4040261e2722e543e875204c07100

SHA512
de972245202171097348dcc385b6fa91a6aa5c47d3046a851b9ad7b0fc2a7869a2f26d3feebe789a67ca3baf0bd9a6af609a941ab4aabe9859f88ce8b18facf8

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\QWKWTS\SSX.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9ab9b7b74790b7bb2798dd2b26f4a913

SHA1
e8ffa981a0149aa6441dcb0dd42f7baf6eb773a2

SHA256
df1c8d608ebd300889cf21c3bda6d5dd2574d68e1f530cc5a885449a22177a75

SHA512
ffffe21d8cc244aacaaba2eb13cc77ad800a196ecf6f77637a8a1f6d456cabb8331970ab358ab21dcf9832343379b4f0486da3990d45eb2f2765e55b7404739e

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memory/4428-16-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4428-17-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000611000-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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