ardamax | 19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f

General

Target

19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f.exe
Size

2.0MB
MD5

7316ff29df450097b933e376a63641ef
SHA1

e5b5d24aa3447a33160967256d8f46e90b827b12
SHA256

19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f
SHA512

2c1cc8a1671114ea6c5087b2cc260b272e3cdadc51377c3aec306b34d14d27d9ce7962c4f743c42b6efefa0c9c6d1f559b0b0ba70a2985b24a2a6ef7e09c680a
SSDEEP

49152:UDD9nDJj95rciYipTNrgjk9rVPI/ML5bYMqptqv:UDDzHrciYirRDg/MLK9ptA

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax 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-1-5-21-1279544337-3716153908-718418795-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2460	JNO.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2460	JNO.exe
2460	JNO.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\JNO Start = "C:\\ProgramData\\XPGSFC\\JNO.exe"	JNO.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	19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JNO.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2460	JNO.exe
2460	JNO.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2460	JNO.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2460	JNO.exe
2460	JNO.exe
2460	JNO.exe
2460	JNO.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2460	548	19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f.exe	88
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2460	548	19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f.exe	88
PID 548 wrote to memory of 2460	548	19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\19042bf693d3b24f519fd00721e8c6e3706d17e4b42f2566da12dc42b58cdf4f.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:548
- C:\ProgramData\XPGSFC\JNO.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\XPGSFC\JNO.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2460

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

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\XPGSFC\JNO.00

Filesize
2KB

MD5
efb969afde2ec0cd6cf0a8ae22ccc137

SHA1
ada194202fbc64190a87dd845db0eb2d03b3be2c

SHA256
5488789b099584e4f1a9efc8a0ab77613fb06705fc562dbd168fb59d97d96662

SHA512
7255cb7594aaea4918d4ecd01dfec63572b47e6b632631e589afc65457d8a30d2d0cb2dc1df5f03b7a232666d1cd6696e4777956d917ddec8d54f4b99c19e94a

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\XPGSFC\JNO.01

Filesize
80KB

MD5
c5b79d794cfea3adfd1307e882668885

SHA1
b86e92f61616251ed70b0319225ec9b1d29050c4

SHA256
514c161c625713fb800e7920f7efc4d55a1167a16885fa3aa3ae2e4ae25a20c6

SHA512
ed12e55c1e26cd44e5273e00c739df9ffc5f378f048809796e2e4a3fd144dd033e4f5ab4317b5066db582dddf5da9d27d036749a738fcc5cf4873535055427a6

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\XPGSFC\JNO.exe

Filesize
2.3MB

MD5
29ca8cd6b4da6f0c729cf0a0edb52c9f

SHA1
0a509edd7a68eee2f32fbf62708731edf4c6d551

SHA256
fa7d72437dbf948ae462b7126747f52144c6613d889a930b180362b009470393

SHA512
521aad2ef65a52b002bd4a855a6c696e070549b0f450775b99647f7f681b669080e5e321bfde530bc7ca6a0f95452b6585fa0ba5161bf9a0b07a40336660a582

Download Submit
memory/548-0-0x0000000000BC1000-0x0000000000BC2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/548-1-0x0000000000BC0000-0x0000000000DCA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/548-2-0x0000000000BC0000-0x0000000000DCA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/548-14-0x0000000000BC0000-0x0000000000DCA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2460-16-0x0000000000402000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2460-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000684000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.5MB

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memory/2460-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000684000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.5MB

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memory/2460-22-0x0000000002A90000-0x0000000002AA9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
100KB

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memory/2460-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000684000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.5MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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