orcus | cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24

General

Target

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
Size

992KB
MD5

e8096839712127e687d0df6ea0ee205f
SHA1

a8bc4c9692f9d081ebc55f35f6560b17c776cb06
SHA256

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24
SHA512

c5ee0105f17af18929f86a64297279554f756c9bc777c29b5393e8f46e2876eb6e1c087e3d4e4845c39a393f4e4660c45f59c5f0b4daeb1da0ed4ade1ec17cc2
SSDEEP

24576:nQA4MROxnFE31O3XrrcI0AilFEvxHPlfHaooM:n2Miu6XrrcI0AilFEvxHPlf

Score

10^/10

orcus novie discovery rat spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

orcus

Botnet

Novie

C2

192.168.127.128:5765

Mutex

b299e3d18fe04161815341cb7e50270b

Attributes

autostart_method
TaskScheduler
enable_keylogger
true
install_path
%programfiles%\Orcus\Orcus.exe
reconnect_delay
10000
registry_keyname
Orcus
taskscheduler_taskname
WindowsDefender
watchdog_path
AppData\MicrosoftDefender.exe

Signatures

Orcus
Orcus is a Remote Access Trojan that is being sold on underground forums.
rat spyware stealer orcus
Orcus family
orcus

Orcus main payload 1 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe	family_orcus

Orcurs Rat Executable 2 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4904-1-0x0000000000260000-0x000000000035E000-memory.dmp	orcus
C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe	orcus

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exeOrcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Orcus.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	MicrosoftDefender.exe

Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs

Processes:

WindowsInput.exeWindowsInput.exeOrcus.exeOrcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exeMicrosoftDefender.exe

pid process

1316 WindowsInput.exe
4560 WindowsInput.exe
4248 Orcus.exe
3628 Orcus.exe
1464 MicrosoftDefender.exe
3848 MicrosoftDefender.exe

pid	process
1316	WindowsInput.exe
4560	WindowsInput.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3628	Orcus.exe
1464	MicrosoftDefender.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

WindowsInput.execafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.InstallState	WindowsInput.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe.config	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe.config	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.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 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

Processes:

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exeOrcus.exeOrcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exeMicrosoftDefender.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Orcus.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Orcus.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MicrosoftDefender.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MicrosoftDefender.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

Processes:

Orcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exe

pid	process
4248	Orcus.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe
4248	Orcus.exe
3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

Processes:

Orcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exeMicrosoftDefender.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4248	Orcus.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1464	MicrosoftDefender.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3848	MicrosoftDefender.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

Orcus.exe

pid process

4248 Orcus.exe
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs

Processes:

Orcus.exe

pid process

4248 Orcus.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

Orcus.exe

pid process

4248 Orcus.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes:

cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exeOrcus.exeMicrosoftDefender.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4904 wrote to memory of 1316	4904	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	WindowsInput.exe
PID 4904 wrote to memory of 1316	4904	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	WindowsInput.exe
PID 4904 wrote to memory of 4248	4904	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 4904 wrote to memory of 4248	4904	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 4904 wrote to memory of 4248	4904	cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe	Orcus.exe
PID 4248 wrote to memory of 1464	4248	Orcus.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 4248 wrote to memory of 1464	4248	Orcus.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 4248 wrote to memory of 1464	4248	Orcus.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 1464 wrote to memory of 3848	1464	MicrosoftDefender.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 1464 wrote to memory of 3848	1464	MicrosoftDefender.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe
PID 1464 wrote to memory of 3848	1464	MicrosoftDefender.exe	MicrosoftDefender.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4904
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe" --install
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  PID:1316
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4248
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe" /launchSelfAndExit "C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe" 4248 /protectFile
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1464
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe" /watchProcess "C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe" 4248 "/protectFile"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3848

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4560

C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3628

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

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:\Program Files (x86)\Orcus\Orcus.exe

Filesize
992KB

MD5
e8096839712127e687d0df6ea0ee205f

SHA1
a8bc4c9692f9d081ebc55f35f6560b17c776cb06

SHA256
cafaf51caed0d57ee3b70beb26ca7a1ad689b7ca08066c31b70e93f740213e24

SHA512
c5ee0105f17af18929f86a64297279554f756c9bc777c29b5393e8f46e2876eb6e1c087e3d4e4845c39a393f4e4660c45f59c5f0b4daeb1da0ed4ade1ec17cc2

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\MicrosoftDefender.exe.log

Filesize
425B

MD5
4eaca4566b22b01cd3bc115b9b0b2196

SHA1
e743e0792c19f71740416e7b3c061d9f1336bf94

SHA256
34ba0ab8d1850e7825763f413142a333ccbc05fa2b5499a28a7d27b8a1c5b4bb

SHA512
bc2b1bf45203e3bb3009a7d37617b8f0f7ffa613680b32de2b963e39d2cf1650614d7035a0cf78f35a4f5cb17a2a439e2e07deaefd2a4275a62efd0a5c0184a1

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Center\err_b299e3d18fe04161815341cb7e50270b.dat

Filesize
1KB

MD5
1b5b3f3f9f588cd95e3bc2af3fc76512

SHA1
e367342cff62716319c5c6677b0643c605ae2d6c

SHA256
051fafb9f10bc99e2cb036e6d19760e019758c9c6a2f9107cbd3812e09127606

SHA512
14cff600ee5384318760ab24fcad5e76923e9642c26cbc0927a45ab851f0acc02aac3eb8bf79b6d6d619e2cf6284802675dcb598a94c48955101d893b2bc671e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftDefender.exe

Filesize
9KB

MD5
913967b216326e36a08010fb70f9dba3

SHA1
7b6f8c2eb5b443e03c212b85c2f0edb9c76ad2bf

SHA256
8d880758549220154d2ff4ee578f2b49527c5fb76a07d55237b61e30bcc09e3a

SHA512
c6fcb98d9fd509e9834fc3fba143bd36d41869cc104fbce5354951f0a6756156e34a30796baaa130dd45de3ed96e039ec14716716f6da4569915c7ef2d2b6c33

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe

Filesize
21KB

MD5
e6fcf516d8ed8d0d4427f86e08d0d435

SHA1
c7691731583ab7890086635cb7f3e4c22ca5e409

SHA256
8dbe814359391ed6b0b5b182039008cf1d00964da9fbc4747f46242a95c24337

SHA512
c496cf8e2e222fe1e19051b291e6860f31aae39f54369c1c5e8c9758c4b56e8af904e3e536e743a0a6fdbbf8478afba4baee92e13fc1b3073376ac6bf4a7948e

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe.config

Filesize
357B

MD5
a2b76cea3a59fa9af5ea21ff68139c98

SHA1
35d76475e6a54c168f536e30206578babff58274

SHA256
f99ef5bf79a7c43701877f0bb0b890591885bb0a3d605762647cc8ffbf10c839

SHA512
b52608b45153c489419228864ecbcb92be24c644d470818dfe15f8c7e661a7bcd034ea13ef401f2b84ad5c29a41c9b4c7d161cc33ae3ef71659bc2bca1a8c4ad

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memory/1316-31-0x00007FFA2E143000-0x00007FFA2E145000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1316-32-0x0000000000480000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/1316-39-0x00007FFA2E140000-0x00007FFA2EC01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1316-35-0x00007FFA2E140000-0x00007FFA2EC01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1316-34-0x0000000002570000-0x00000000025AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/1316-33-0x0000000002510000-0x0000000002522000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/1464-82-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A48000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/4248-62-0x00000000065D0000-0x000000000661E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
312KB

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memory/4248-59-0x0000000005410000-0x0000000005422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4248-68-0x0000000007170000-0x000000000717A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4248-67-0x00000000071D0000-0x0000000007392000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4248-66-0x0000000007000000-0x0000000007010000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-64-0x0000000006E50000-0x0000000006E68000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/4248-63-0x0000000006640000-0x0000000006658000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/4560-42-0x000000001A600000-0x000000001A70A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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memory/4560-41-0x00007FFA2E140000-0x00007FFA2EC01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4560-87-0x00007FFA2E140000-0x00007FFA2EC01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4904-7-0x0000000005230000-0x0000000005242000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4904-13-0x00000000059C0000-0x00000000059FC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/4904-10-0x0000000005890000-0x00000000058F6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4904-14-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005A4C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4904-3-0x0000000075140000-0x00000000758F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4904-58-0x0000000075140000-0x00000000758F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4904-0-0x000000007514E000-0x000000007514F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4904-4-0x0000000004BA0000-0x0000000004BFC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
368KB

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memory/4904-12-0x0000000005960000-0x0000000005972000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4904-8-0x0000000005240000-0x0000000005248000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/4904-5-0x0000000005260000-0x0000000005804000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/4904-6-0x0000000004D50000-0x0000000004DE2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/4904-17-0x0000000006540000-0x0000000006562000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4904-15-0x0000000005B80000-0x0000000005C8A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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memory/4904-2-0x0000000004B00000-0x0000000004B0E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4904-9-0x0000000005250000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/4904-1-0x0000000000260000-0x000000000035E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1016KB

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memory/4904-11-0x0000000005F20000-0x0000000006538000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.1MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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