modiloader | e85a49a291742a8499f3a6da4457cc8741edd0a5974e90d64c22d541b7618c6f

General

Target

86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

812KB
MD5

86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0
SHA1

a503cd4ce51b3b25c4f7a482983a7d33d57a91bc
SHA256

e85a49a291742a8499f3a6da4457cc8741edd0a5974e90d64c22d541b7618c6f
SHA512

6d327e55f021628c703694151ff707b75b0ad74ded473771f0e176bd7b28e4032b1927f9ea7543c064accb2e63ff06bdfd867154ce33b4fa68d8488160a8372f
SSDEEP

24576:ZRwQg6icoECnjxoMHVnn496HNBLdzIggCWtK:ZRlHoEn6VnSyFdzFWc

Score

10^/10

modiloader discovery evasion persistence trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

ModiLoader, DBatLoader
ModiLoader is a Delphi loader that misuses cloud services to download other malicious families.
trojan modiloader
Modiloader family
modiloader

UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

svchost.EXE

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	svchost.EXE

ModiLoader Second Stage 20 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4160-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/4160-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/4160-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-35-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-48-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-51-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-55-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-61-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-73-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-76-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-79-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-82-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral2/memory/1696-88-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2

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

Processes:

86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exesvchost.EXE

pid	Process
2100	svchost.exe
1696	svchost.EXE

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.EXE

pid	Process
1696	svchost.EXE
1696	svchost.EXE
1696	svchost.EXE
1696	svchost.EXE

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

svchost.EXE

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.EXE"	svchost.EXE

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

svchost.EXE86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	svchost.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	svchost.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

Processes:

86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3640 set thread context of 4160	3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 2100 set thread context of 1696	2100	svchost.exe	94

UPX packed file 23 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4160-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4160-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4160-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4160-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4160-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-35-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-48-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-51-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-55-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-61-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-73-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-76-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-79-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-82-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1696-88-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs

Processes:

86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXEsvchost.exesvchost.EXE

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\svchost.exe	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\svchost.exe	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\svchost.EXE	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\ntdtcstp.dll	svchost.EXE
File created	C:\Windows\cmsetac.dll	svchost.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 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

Processes:

86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXEsvchost.exesvchost.EXE86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

Processes:

86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXEvssvc.exesvchost.EXE

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4160	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1720	vssvc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1720	vssvc.exe
Token: SeAuditPrivilege	1720	vssvc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1696	svchost.EXE
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1696	svchost.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

Processes:

86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exesvchost.EXE

pid	Process
3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe
3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe
2100	svchost.exe
2100	svchost.exe
1696	svchost.EXE
1696	svchost.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 IoCs

Processes:

86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXEsvchost.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3640 wrote to memory of 4160	3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3640 wrote to memory of 4160	3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3640 wrote to memory of 4160	3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3640 wrote to memory of 4160	3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3640 wrote to memory of 4160	3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3640 wrote to memory of 4160	3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3640 wrote to memory of 4160	3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 3640 wrote to memory of 4160	3640	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 2100	4160	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE	91
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 2100	4160	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE	91
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 2100	4160	86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE	91
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1696	2100	svchost.exe	94
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1696	2100	svchost.exe	94
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1696	2100	svchost.exe	94
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1696	2100	svchost.exe	94
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1696	2100	svchost.exe	94
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1696	2100	svchost.exe	94
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1696	2100	svchost.exe	94
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1696	2100	svchost.exe	94

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

svchost.EXE

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	svchost.EXE

Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
ransomware

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3640
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE
  86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Checks whether UAC is enabled
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4160
- - C:\Windows\svchost.exe
    "C:\Windows\svchost.exe" \melt "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0_JaffaCakes118.EXE"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2100
  - - C:\Windows\svchost.EXE
      svchost.EXE
      4⤵
      UAC bypass
      Executes dropped EXE
      Loads dropped DLL
      Adds Run key to start application
      Checks whether UAC is enabled
      Drops file in Windows directory
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      System policy modification
      PID:1696

C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1720

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

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

1

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

1

T1548.002

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

1

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

1

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

1

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Windows\cmsetac.dll

Filesize
33KB

MD5
13b307c26ca68d21c996616ccdb658a7

SHA1
30e0617278e47a4d6b185835e1fa689ba563956a

SHA256
0d079cdf2433d1b4af77a3e9edd7ea39dc0affd23b88b66ae656289a40139f9b

SHA512
b98dfa71a166b9a03367c7f97146229a411ddeac1bf918c1dd43d45a9ac5fa193265fabd73cba2b373aeea6d3c24e80c6b55677b497aff49cc15e122d16ce004

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C:\Windows\ntdtcstp.dll

Filesize
7KB

MD5
67587e25a971a141628d7f07bd40ffa0

SHA1
76fcd014539a3bb247cc0b761225f68bd6055f6b

SHA256
e6829866322d68d5c5b78e3d48dcec70a41cdc42c6f357a44fd329f74a8b4378

SHA512
6e6de7aa02c48f8b96b06e5f1160fbc5c95312320636e138cc997ef3362a61bc50ec03db1f06292eb964cd71915ddb2ec2eb741432c7da44215a4acbb576a350

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C:\Windows\svchost.exe

Filesize
812KB

MD5
86db08cb0910d12494dae3550c53d7f0

SHA1
a503cd4ce51b3b25c4f7a482983a7d33d57a91bc

SHA256
e85a49a291742a8499f3a6da4457cc8741edd0a5974e90d64c22d541b7618c6f

SHA512
6d327e55f021628c703694151ff707b75b0ad74ded473771f0e176bd7b28e4032b1927f9ea7543c064accb2e63ff06bdfd867154ce33b4fa68d8488160a8372f

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\??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\3C072FC8

Filesize
14B

MD5
ac8f95e8ed6d96a371da651c035c922b

SHA1
fb93ef06c0fa02eb6ecb8537f744270007e4bbc3

SHA256
9299bf95cef1f3c9f31363518aa9aabc67a5d182ac530f015b618c03770fd111

SHA512
41735e475fe513a9584728afecead64d6eac3de9901d655ddab56921012f8442138d955b63bf48150a220f360b705a3eabe6cb995cd4279640a1221a1f4c18b2

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memory/1696-48-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-88-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-82-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-79-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-76-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-35-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-46-0x0000000003490000-0x000000000349E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1696-73-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-49-0x0000000002760000-0x0000000002768000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1696-50-0x0000000003490000-0x000000000349E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1696-51-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-55-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-61-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/1696-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/2100-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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memory/3640-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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memory/3640-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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memory/4160-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/4160-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/4160-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/4160-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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memory/4160-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
444KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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