ardamax | df7d9c821e7286e3fabecffdd380e925d04255bb1a9dbdbe63968d3a544eb5b9

Analysis

max time kernel
141s
max time network
121s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
31-10-2024 01:47

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General

Target

8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

798KB
MD5

8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3
SHA1

3386b2fa374064e0049aa2f4514c89212437a402
SHA256

df7d9c821e7286e3fabecffdd380e925d04255bb1a9dbdbe63968d3a544eb5b9
SHA512

82b0d1129706c53f009c077a0384855c86f251a82fec294c439b650c1c13bcb7b1fad5553e1d1d2c59593b220d84783a5b81ad74cd7bbd30cac0d58bd02ddb11
SSDEEP

24576:CbuVT8Op/5+wF5O6nS8AtQjzMyGm+dCKC:Kqn/JTnFH39qdCKC

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
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000015f2a-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2608	PXWC.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2728	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe
2728	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe
2608	PXWC.exe
2608	PXWC.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\PXWC Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\PXWC.exe"	PXWC.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 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	PXWC.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PXWC.001	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PXWC.006	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PXWC.007	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PXWC.exe	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_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 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	PXWC.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe

Modifies registry class 29 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\ = "Etazeppes.Lakadi.Ojaglif Class"	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "AcroAccess.AcrobatAccess"	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\ProgID\ = "AcroAccess.AcrobatAccess.1"	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\Programmable	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\TypeLib	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\VersionIndependentProgID\	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\InprocServer32\	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\TypeLib\ = "{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}"	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\ = "HHCtrl 4.0 Type Library"	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\0	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\0\win32	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\TypeLib\	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\0\	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\ProgID	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\FLAGS\	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\0\win32\	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\VersionIndependentProgID	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\InprocServer32	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\ProgID\	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\Programmable\	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\FLAGS\ = "0"	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{575E554D-C39C-42D1-6FBC-4DFBC43E0BE2}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Adobe\\Reader 9.0\\Reader\\plug_ins\\Accessibility.api"	PXWC.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\0\win32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\hhctrl.ocx"	PXWC.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8E6DF40B-C38E-E0DD-7612-8E74BB7F1BDD}\4.0\FLAGS	PXWC.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2608	PXWC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2608	PXWC.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2608	PXWC.exe
2608	PXWC.exe
2608	PXWC.exe
2608	PXWC.exe
2608	PXWC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2608	2728	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2608	2728	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2608	2728	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2608	2728	8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8115d635e5ef8e2c48bf177682d244d3_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2728
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PXWC.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\PXWC.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:2608

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
457KB

MD5
19794a23edc7494063603d316165c04f

SHA1
6b5050be2ffa32cc3dd0d1e53fa2cfe355c59b4e

SHA256
20aa8a967c2982acf1afce320284de9b4749fd3326b63c08fad8921720764b3e

SHA512
8f782e06cd32844a336548083eeb50d818ba8acbbba042719da7505dd2d239dc133eedcf244c19901bba7424d2eef60a977b6d6795de9baa6d56ad13c3828774

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

Filesize
492B

MD5
0240f818be25384027c6b26006a9ab25

SHA1
c7219e9990869997944142f8d964224f2b027c40

SHA256
ef2398e6cada1535a5e005d40c59331ccb765eacfbab380b3b90d4c24248201d

SHA512
41d9181441e9e33d5336204de02918f3ce58c5e7fe4ef02b60031903e320dff1fdac2acb11111c78af7ec07d3a6fd933b953e5c7df2a07d89f1b6310ec8ab9f8

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PXWC.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
bc5fd352bfe50a09ffd84c95f697f9b4

SHA1
847a869a2b789c2f5c9845340f133b8845976aaa

SHA256
1c1bd72088d746302e15ed63f343bdbabae5ff39f1633e8f60ccd8e20dc0863f

SHA512
b52e8a1507b037ec2c5704c495bb53f3275a60ea35f02928117cb9dfe4718a78f77077571cd75bbe70c2b8f993251350db832834c509d1af9a20d00cedb5a197

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
110bdf91b758328b3f33b4ab7d9fd480

SHA1
29d9ea9f08248307ef20c63cd1f02e8a5256d90b

SHA256
9cd15a69297174a062f839ee86f2f583f09952475891683a042f56d04bd581b3

SHA512
53efa1f722045a4f446e38bd780af1e5212de6052677596a7628eac2aa4a562c9752ae9859ee92530f5b3ac9ab2717777edbabdcb09f3f9ede2ba6063fe4bec7

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

Filesize
106B

MD5
639d75ab6799987dff4f0cf79fa70c76

SHA1
be2678476d07f78bb81e8813c9ee2bfff7cc7efb

SHA256
fc42ab050ffdfed8c8c7aac6d7e4a7cad4696218433f7ca327bcfdf9f318ac98

SHA512
4b511d0330d7204af948ce7b15615d745e8d4ea0a73bbece4e00fb23ba2635dd99e4fa54a76236d6f74bdbcdba57d32fd4c36b608d52628e72d11d5ed6f8cde2

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@627A.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
70c6ae41897fd3fbc90821be9f6dcafd

SHA1
212294333e175cd4e647bd1738cf1e48de41fae2

SHA256
6e8e43f1ef95d0dce19434dbeb9576fdbafcfcd8ff2a1d0ada36516b1c11d634

SHA512
8822bc940cf1b64e2ec6b318a7f9702c056fcd45da025091609d9e1c455f6d00e2d9413433f827aad63c29212125d100027e43f4adcb235001b269ba0b6f54b3

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

Filesize
648KB

MD5
ee07ce6e1da01ee9aa4a9cf523878dd7

SHA1
5d964e5919146fd2cd410909c03f3aab456cf062

SHA256
4ab1e4414b3659a21a5a39b0edd80e967e73140a809f6a8407e46df963ed8f7b

SHA512
487eade2e555e270536c1eeaf82ade3436cb8baef5476959a7de0b74df1082ce1b3917a66bc71965e1d4ba95e043706a543b29cfa485d65edc3102a98174e6b3

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memory/2608-38-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-45-0x0000000003120000-0x0000000003121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-31-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-30-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-29-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-28-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-27-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-26-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-25-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-24-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000004F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-23-0x0000000000530000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-22-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000571000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-21-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000551000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-20-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000511000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-39-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-33-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-37-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-36-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-46-0x0000000000340000-0x000000000039A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2608-32-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-44-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-43-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2608-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2608-34-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000561000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-40-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-51-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003111000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-50-0x00000000030D0000-0x00000000030D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-49-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-48-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-47-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-35-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-19-0x0000000000340000-0x000000000039A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2608-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2608-64-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2608-59-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-60-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-61-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2728-13-0x0000000002A50000-0x0000000002B2F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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