darkcomet | 0cb1525118f06e87aa951e10c5a3fe7fa4bd18a8bd84697ef5d9d1d8bcf5fb21

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
127s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
12-09-2024 01:38

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General

Target

db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

844KB
MD5

db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543
SHA1

029688946507a3bc172e27e0e040c3664f954b47
SHA256

0cb1525118f06e87aa951e10c5a3fe7fa4bd18a8bd84697ef5d9d1d8bcf5fb21
SHA512

4fd3c0053ed0d2e83d72ca4059ca5ebbaa31925e7a81136a773b4dff4381205043158e00997938ce0671051a0779e9b4c478a9727c99af7ccfb9f3eccb72fdca
SSDEEP

24576:N6UQeN2QGGZgHnsDtV5dO8hd2UTlx19K:N6BeN5+utV3vK

Score

10^/10

darkcomet latentbot misa discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

misa

hackthegame.zapto.org:81

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-KJV0PP8

Attributes

InstallPath
windows\chromee.exe
gencode
llGTcNUfSuPh
install
true
offline_keylogger
true
password
ha11ch14se5as14
persistence
false
reg_key
winupdate

Extracted

Family

latentbot

hackthegame.zapto.org

Signatures

Darkcomet
DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.
trojan rat darkcomet
LatentBot
Modular trojan written in Delphi which has been in-the-wild since 2013.
trojan latentbot

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\windows\\chromee.exe"	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2908	chromee.exe
3004	chromee.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
2908	chromee.exe

UPX packed file 33 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1984-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1984-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-57-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-64-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-63-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-66-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-67-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-68-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-69-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-70-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-71-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-72-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-73-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-74-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-75-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-76-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-77-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-79-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3004-80-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx

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\USER\S-1-5-21-3290804112-2823094203-3137964600-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\winupdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\windows\\chromee.exe"	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2016 set thread context of 1984	2016	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2908 set thread context of 3004	2908	chromee.exe	34

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 5 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	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DllHost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	chromee.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	chromee.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3004	chromee.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 46 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 33	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 34	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 35	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	3004	chromee.exe
Token: 33	3004	chromee.exe
Token: 34	3004	chromee.exe
Token: 35	3004	chromee.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2680	DllHost.exe
2680	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3004	chromee.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1984	2016	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1984	2016	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1984	2016	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1984	2016	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1984	2016	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1984	2016	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1984	2016	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1984	2016	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1984 wrote to memory of 2908	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	33
PID 1984 wrote to memory of 2908	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	33
PID 1984 wrote to memory of 2908	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	33
PID 1984 wrote to memory of 2908	1984	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	33
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 3004	2908	chromee.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 3004	2908	chromee.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 3004	2908	chromee.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 3004	2908	chromee.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 3004	2908	chromee.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 3004	2908	chromee.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 3004	2908	chromee.exe	34
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 3004	2908	chromee.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2016
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
  2⤵
  - Modifies WinLogon for persistence
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1984
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\chromee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\chromee.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2908
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\chromee.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\chromee.exe
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3004

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
PID:2680

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ME.JPG

Filesize
66KB

MD5
007cc35e22f61b0b9f4fd3b75b8cf44e

SHA1
1dde8494080476bbe1aed7b9ad3757c38099292b

SHA256
1f98b1509da64bb576c71c4de73a7163fb08e74c9823c255db6a737896f84903

SHA512
ff1cffd59abd0fab2f7b5f72bf9b935bcd65a8440cfe5203de41301d651166b2173ec0aa58c4b6aadc789e04dfeb828f21c53e385e7af832cde51b9c7142bd1d

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\chromee.exe

Filesize
844KB

MD5
db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543

SHA1
029688946507a3bc172e27e0e040c3664f954b47

SHA256
0cb1525118f06e87aa951e10c5a3fe7fa4bd18a8bd84697ef5d9d1d8bcf5fb21

SHA512
4fd3c0053ed0d2e83d72ca4059ca5ebbaa31925e7a81136a773b4dff4381205043158e00997938ce0671051a0779e9b4c478a9727c99af7ccfb9f3eccb72fdca

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memory/1984-26-0x00000000021B0000-0x00000000021B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1984-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-10-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1984-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/1984-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/2016-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2016-0-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000221000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2680-28-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2680-27-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000222000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2680-65-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2908-53-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/3004-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-61-0x0000000003900000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/3004-64-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-63-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-57-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-66-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-67-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-68-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-69-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-70-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-71-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-72-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-73-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-74-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-75-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-76-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-77-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-79-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3004-80-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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