ardamax | e2e50c459c2bf682f4aa695dfd1d531753ea9f3b25368227f9f5e954708634c2

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
03-12-2024 00:14

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General

Target

bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

789KB
MD5

bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62
SHA1

0e724b22d574f11008170a4e4c3767ca01a17922
SHA256

e2e50c459c2bf682f4aa695dfd1d531753ea9f3b25368227f9f5e954708634c2
SHA512

6c0bdc5451cdbd6476bcd52d216ab4356a24ef62d2f9c3fe83ba13dfd132973aebe5862c524a3bd5e602b8d82920ea886fdc4ba875fcebafdf737f4d1700d22e
SSDEEP

24576:du0UDwcQqxpEjIO3ddsHQXCqJTBCnQGatpxz:durccO5pJTB/Rpxz

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
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023c81-12.dat	family_ardamax

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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2772	LHTO.exe
3060	Voice Activated.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4460	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe
2772	LHTO.exe
2772	LHTO.exe
2772	LHTO.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\LHTO Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\LHTO.exe"	LHTO.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	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	LHTO.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\LHTO.001	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\LHTO.006	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\LHTO.007	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\LHTO.exe	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_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	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	LHTO.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Voice Activated.exe

Modifies registry class 36 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\HELPDIR	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\Version\ = "5.4"	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\InprocServer32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\Speech\\Common\\sapi.dll"	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\ProgID\	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\Version\	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\0\win32	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\FLAGS\	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\TypeLib\ = "{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}"	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\0\win64\	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\HELPDIR\ = "%SystemRoot%"	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\0\win64\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\BdeUISrv.exe"	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\0	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\0\win64	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\FLAGS	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\HELPDIR\	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\TypeLib	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\VersionIndependentProgID\	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\ = "Xazex Najow Class"	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\ = "BdeUISrv 1.0 Type Library"	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\0\win32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\BdeUISrv.exe"	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\Version	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "SAPI.SpObjectToken"	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\InprocServer32	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\ProgID\ = "SAPI.SpObjectToken.1"	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\FLAGS\ = "0"	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\ProgID	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\0\	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\1.0\0\win32\	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\TypeLib\	LHTO.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\VersionIndependentProgID	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A08ED93A-CA05-4CF0-ACAA-2CCB62310152}\InprocServer32\	LHTO.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6CBE1C89-198C-8C73-D917-DDC135D19F08}\	LHTO.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2772	LHTO.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2772	LHTO.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3060	Voice Activated.exe
2772	LHTO.exe
2772	LHTO.exe
2772	LHTO.exe
2772	LHTO.exe
2772	LHTO.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 2772	4460	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 2772	4460	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 2772	4460	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 3060	4460	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 3060	4460	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4460 wrote to memory of 3060	4460	bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bad745f177f89f4013b079c0178eab62_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4460
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\LHTO.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\LHTO.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:2772
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Voice Activated.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Voice Activated.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3060

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\@9A0D.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d73d89b1ea433724795b3d2b524f596c

SHA1
213514f48ece9f074266b122ee2d06e842871c8c

SHA256
8aef975a94c800d0e3e4929999d05861868a7129b766315c02a48a122e3455d6

SHA512
8b73be757ad3e0f2b29c0b130918e8f257375f9f3bf7b9609bac24b17369de2812341651547546af238936d70f38f050d6984afd16d47b467bcbba4992e42f41

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Voice Activated.exe

Filesize
20KB

MD5
4f4a924b2572d6368d5846430df22158

SHA1
c304833fc8f8f8de3ec0b77851c89eea8cf34f32

SHA256
767d211784af62386b3d00f28ccfb649c64daed5c6e7a80f6615d556e3ad1064

SHA512
69c06da1ce718c195f70262c4eaa528cb1feac0bc51fc9ad1b60b7f6e405ab9a3034fe23c908b2f5176df56b6f2a1c2d40082ff40b13d6defc594e5efe26db5d

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

Filesize
457KB

MD5
97eee85d1aebf93d5d9400cb4e9c771b

SHA1
26fa2bf5fce2d86b891ac0741a6999bff31397de

SHA256
30df6c8cbd255011d80fa6e959179d47c458bc4c4d9e78c4cf571aa611cd7d24

SHA512
8cecc533c07c91c67b93a7ae46102a0aae7f4d3d88d04c250231f0bcd8e1f173daf06e94b5253a66db3f2a052c51e62154554368929294178d2b3597c1cca7e6

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

Filesize
440B

MD5
53cc9a3780e82e0ca818108c241d5380

SHA1
cba1bcb8bca0f593eb1f3686611fdc542dc945ec

SHA256
60b2094ef7627c8bc09e131ef03bfcc8f250b7b3bfb8035106dbd3fd174ba29b

SHA512
7fcd304776f82f905650d2e17bacc1f5b27cfeacc6c38827a64617a25715d761ca602a54ce9bf80def0f455420caf0beb45f82da003ea798ee9d2ae63e228bf6

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
35b24c473bdcdb4411e326c6c437e8ed

SHA1
ec1055365bc2a66e52de2d66d24d742863c1ce3d

SHA256
4530fcc91e4d0697a64f5e24d70e2b327f0acab1a9013102ff04236841c5a617

SHA512
32722f1484013bbc9c1b41b3fdaf5cd244ec67facaa2232be0e90455719d664d65cae1cd670adf5c40c67f568122d910b30e3e50f7cc06b0350a6a2d34d371de

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
a8e19de6669e831956049685225058a8

SHA1
6d2546d49d92b18591ad4fedbc92626686e7e979

SHA256
34856528d8b7e31caa83f350bc4dbc861120dc2da822a9eb896b773bc7e1f564

SHA512
5c407d4aa5731bd62c2a1756127f794382dc5e2b214298acfa68698c709fbbe3f2aa8dbdcbef02ed2a49f8f35969959946e9f727895bdca4500d16e84f4ef2e8

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

Filesize
646KB

MD5
b863a9ac3bcdcde2fd7408944d5bf976

SHA1
4bd106cd9aefdf2b51f91079760855e04f73f3b0

SHA256
0fe8e3cd44a89c15dec75ff2949bac1a96e1ea7e0040f74df3230569ac9e37b0

SHA512
4b30c3b119c1e7b2747d2745b2b79c61669a33b84520b88ab54257793e3ed6e76378dea2b8ff048cb1822187ffdc20e921d658bb5b0482c23cfa7d70f4e7aa1a

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

Filesize
105B

MD5
27c90d4d9b049f4cd00f32ed1d2e5baf

SHA1
338a3ea8f1e929d8916ece9b6e91e697eb562550

SHA256
172d6f21165fb3ca925e5b000451fd8946920206f7438018c28b158b90cf5ffb

SHA512
d73dadb3cf74c647ce5bad5b87d3fb42a212defcba8afb8cf962020b61a0369c0a2b1005797583daf1f1ae88b29b7288bc544a53d643f3519cf604aa0ffd6dae

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memory/2772-36-0x0000000003210000-0x0000000003213000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2772-49-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-33-0x00000000023E0000-0x00000000023E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-32-0x0000000002420000-0x0000000002421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-31-0x0000000002400000-0x0000000002401000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-30-0x0000000002410000-0x0000000002411000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-29-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-35-0x0000000003220000-0x0000000003221000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-20-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000A3A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2772-48-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000651000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-50-0x0000000003270000-0x0000000003271000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-34-0x00000000023A0000-0x00000000023A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-47-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000004F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-37-0x0000000003260000-0x0000000003261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-38-0x0000000003260000-0x0000000003261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-39-0x0000000003260000-0x0000000003261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2772-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2772-59-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000A3A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2772-60-0x0000000003260000-0x0000000003261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2772-64-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-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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