darkcomet | 0cb1525118f06e87aa951e10c5a3fe7fa4bd18a8bd84697ef5d9d1d8bcf5fb21

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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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

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-1-5-21-2412658365-3084825385-3340777666-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
116	chromee.exe
4040	chromee.exe

UPX packed file 34 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3200-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3200-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3200-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3200-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3200-7-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3200-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3200-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3200-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3200-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3200-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-51-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-52-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-53-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-54-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-57-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-60-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-61-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4040-62-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-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-1-5-21-2412658365-3084825385-3340777666-1000\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 1788 set thread context of 3200	1788	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 116 set thread context of 4040	116	chromee.exe	90

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 4 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	chromee.exe
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	chromee.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4040	chromee.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 48 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 33	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 34	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 35	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 36	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	4040	chromee.exe
Token: 33	4040	chromee.exe
Token: 34	4040	chromee.exe
Token: 35	4040	chromee.exe
Token: 36	4040	chromee.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4040	chromee.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3200	1788	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3200	1788	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3200	1788	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3200	1788	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3200	1788	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3200	1788	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3200	1788	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3200	1788	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 3200 wrote to memory of 116	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 3200 wrote to memory of 116	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 3200 wrote to memory of 116	3200	db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 116 wrote to memory of 4040	116	chromee.exe	90
PID 116 wrote to memory of 4040	116	chromee.exe	90
PID 116 wrote to memory of 4040	116	chromee.exe	90
PID 116 wrote to memory of 4040	116	chromee.exe	90
PID 116 wrote to memory of 4040	116	chromee.exe	90
PID 116 wrote to memory of 4040	116	chromee.exe	90
PID 116 wrote to memory of 4040	116	chromee.exe	90
PID 116 wrote to memory of 4040	116	chromee.exe	90

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:1788
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543_JaffaCakes118.exe
  2⤵
  - Modifies WinLogon for persistence
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3200
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\chromee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\chromee.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:116
  - - 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:4040

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

Query Registry

T1012

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

Filesize
844KB

MD5
db969d4c772dc54f99f917bdebdeb543

SHA1
029688946507a3bc172e27e0e040c3664f954b47

SHA256
0cb1525118f06e87aa951e10c5a3fe7fa4bd18a8bd84697ef5d9d1d8bcf5fb21

SHA512
4fd3c0053ed0d2e83d72ca4059ca5ebbaa31925e7a81136a773b4dff4381205043158e00997938ce0671051a0779e9b4c478a9727c99af7ccfb9f3eccb72fdca

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memory/116-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/116-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/1788-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/1788-0-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3200-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3200-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3200-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3200-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3200-7-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3200-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3200-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3200-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3200-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/3200-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-51-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-52-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-53-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-54-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-57-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-60-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-61-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/4040-62-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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