ardamax | dd8c2391e5ef6c8fd8b62ce56c391bc89d660ae9b1553b577be01fcda25f83c8

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
122s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240708-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240708-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
08-10-2024 19:23

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General

Target

242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

799KB
MD5

242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088
SHA1

3566e3114c02ac2b7627d9212a4cd518a93b3260
SHA256

dd8c2391e5ef6c8fd8b62ce56c391bc89d660ae9b1553b577be01fcda25f83c8
SHA512

c29f78504299ea409c8ab4f0898dca8a60ef335b99bfcfcd4cab00cbf41d73198747a806726bc16333e38c7e15bccaf524bfa16144cd1a51682c8bf3886d66c7
SSDEEP

24576:WQ7XYVg2xMLa6hx23JEHzK1TfGXRP/0dnl:r2g2FWx23aW8Bnyl

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000017349-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2796	BLXA.exe
2756	Aimbot.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
2796	BLXA.exe
2796	BLXA.exe
2756	Aimbot.exe
2756	Aimbot.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\BLXA Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\BLXA.exe"	BLXA.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 9 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.009	BLXA.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.007	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.exe	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	BLXA.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.009	BLXA.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.001	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.006	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.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	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	BLXA.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Aimbot.exe

Modifies registry class 37 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\FLAGS\	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\TypeLib	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\Implemented Categories	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\msvidctl.dll"	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\Programmable	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\ = "Groove Complex Cell Data 1.0 Type Library"	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\Version\ = "1.0"	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\InprocServer32	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\0\	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\TypeLib\ = "{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}"	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\Version	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\ProgID\ = "MSVidCtl.MSVidStreamBufferSource.1"	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\HELPDIR\	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\TypeLib\	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\0	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\0\win32\	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\FLAGS	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\0\win32\ = "C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\GROOVE.EXE\\34"	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\HELPDIR\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\"	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\Implemented Categories\	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\ProgID\	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\FLAGS\ = "0"	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\HELPDIR	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\VersionIndependentProgID	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "MSVidCtl.MSVidStreamBufferSource"	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\ = "Jikih.Palidjom class"	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\Programmable\	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{77826440-4003-7A41-CBE4-90EF959AA418}\1.0\0\win32	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\InprocServer32\	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\VersionIndependentProgID\	BLXA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\ProgID	BLXA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{D06590DB-451D-49E7-0DA8-89968A881886}\Version\	BLXA.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2796	BLXA.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2796	BLXA.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2796	BLXA.exe
2796	BLXA.exe
2796	BLXA.exe
2796	BLXA.exe
2796	BLXA.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2796	2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2796	2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2796	2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2796	2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2756	2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2756	2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2756	2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2756	2308	242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\242dcf90adaa437b3eabd3720a634088_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2308
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\BLXA.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
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2796
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aimbot.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aimbot.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2756

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

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

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\Aimbot.exe

Filesize
25KB

MD5
0abe851b8c000fcc083f89b4cb6270ec

SHA1
de152d5173fe3b5315d44104a2f42c194c3e29c6

SHA256
066637f5e79f4b3bebb896b3c6c028a72909d846c8f56e166a2f8a3cdefe651f

SHA512
06dc27708c7959aa623fc1ae42a003830c11adeb4d1bf23ce93fac8fcaed81970a650bb0b53c1324ba6b63fb4c8c17cf685b7c053a5b0adb81f2afff40d28cb0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
457KB

MD5
f34b87951e1a931e01df1bc9f1b98207

SHA1
f3cc94e72bf7e9bf2afa7d8dbfef0ca2087358a1

SHA256
e6cf7cdc5895da8a65f8c4a1a1d0d0583218a1c28f66d25dc56fa67f9c34ed5b

SHA512
c2438d88489b9ed7c6c875ecde07411a488eac9115358c73f72d7029874f75803ebead03a41692a900648fb2b2be63b7c8b4e3a71984261185b6d5d6d7201641

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.001

Filesize
452B

MD5
c1110aa80ec9e4e95085c8c1b0842a71

SHA1
629ab7d3d070d097b05d4fd15a752ae128b35c13

SHA256
e1b1550b700fa4b9b7cbed07011a8290d887288cca41ada370de522fc89f8e10

SHA512
80997e7962f251fb027b36dcafc3600155ef2a7d4e5f22ac006dbf11d2910dade050608b24de68298d6928b1bb1b1616e6098df3859d86b1eaf8e29f72a7cce0

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
98d22fb2035a26a6b9b7decc0c0ff2fa

SHA1
43a75cf59fc2f8b59b1d962b4e685249eef816d5

SHA256
fd5c03fd9ea47c1e820d19bd307ad7c4e53f4b65d288cb675b05cbe76c9b5c25

SHA512
3cb7f765d6f4d1dc08a0087086f3fe243bd8ff9e699607cf1e4177892576665c0c799307751cba16fd3f1482e5abb884090024431be2ce86d4080f1d1134d91f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
15eb312db4b3e208b67082653acb8a02

SHA1
b0926b1e1733baa3d7f18d3806916f92704fccff

SHA256
72347b6d619bc7204a155486e4d09a62a4a494c35a8121349bfe2fecd5af99a8

SHA512
7e8d451bc9d1e83615db15d6cdf68230cdd333fa38362979f0408dc80bf680859a2bc3fc09c494805731317b0f136c3227226092f1bcc31c2c80cb73071aa443

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.009

Filesize
281KB

MD5
a850f4243ea5dc087eaa585232e1fd2c

SHA1
602857c73acca553fa1c063e472800648b1b9f01

SHA256
53a1f3095864a8e364797ab7031a2a9df02e0e2bc481ebf2fb1db196b34ef568

SHA512
6b8b3198b0ee5d59b0fa1cc6e0819ee1ab267d0c28ae74ddf4ecc2b41e28324c62eedddbb7b37570d743039ada752cb43ac3d2501e808d5c29bd17ab4cf44020

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

Filesize
105B

MD5
27c90d4d9b049f4cd00f32ed1d2e5baf

SHA1
338a3ea8f1e929d8916ece9b6e91e697eb562550

SHA256
172d6f21165fb3ca925e5b000451fd8946920206f7438018c28b158b90cf5ffb

SHA512
d73dadb3cf74c647ce5bad5b87d3fb42a212defcba8afb8cf962020b61a0369c0a2b1005797583daf1f1ae88b29b7288bc544a53d643f3519cf604aa0ffd6dae

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@EA7E.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
36400e746829504282eb26b364826aa9

SHA1
d39ea9da98be0c331fd71002645f4f40664288a2

SHA256
c7ab756437211f6e0e3dcd7482bc67cb910e504345902049eb8abe34a656deb0

SHA512
5fe8fae2f5fcbd42c72cc8f6dd70aeec0afd94af5cfd905441630755790dc6ed346823ee009c21537b9cdb3b7b7a39eeed933606726ffd891dae47b60465f640

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\BLXA.exe

Filesize
651KB

MD5
b181beaba4204ac3ce7bc8e6f0b74312

SHA1
4ab13763d2ecdf0968f15a39302aab2b1f0ab462

SHA256
f36bad234fd1599dd1398d20bc57499314fe96d5de20074536067b2d3c2b4f2d

SHA512
d1aaa2fd25e53986c8ea8213a8a02515927c9e9aa3e4d8077a138a29ba32c807ec81473b672a22ffb6ba26126ccd7e1d310e057ef964d3b21b1672a67af5fd7b

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memory/2308-16-0x00000000028E0000-0x00000000029C0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2756-38-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A4E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2796-31-0x0000000000680000-0x0000000000681000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-40-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-32-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-34-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-30-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-29-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-35-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2796-42-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003111000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-41-0x00000000030D0000-0x00000000030D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-33-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-39-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-36-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-37-0x0000000003120000-0x0000000003121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-28-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-19-0x00000000002B0000-0x000000000030A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2796-56-0x00000000002B0000-0x000000000030A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2796-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2796-58-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2796-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2796-79-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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