ardamax | de5350dcbf479c545ee5b6a67958f035614fe4e006d71892889a3fbb21a3da13

Analysis

max time kernel
120s
max time network
121s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
09-12-2024 22:24

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General

Target

dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

566KB
MD5

dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137
SHA1

6d73dd47393729129bcfaa233076b7dc2284c79b
SHA256

de5350dcbf479c545ee5b6a67958f035614fe4e006d71892889a3fbb21a3da13
SHA512

cd222067f452c9d52ae61239b50984127c02bb98a12a108ee32d56ee11d3f68cff23e306b97354369b138a7c9b815f09ae61cce2009f3001705781d9118ea3a2
SSDEEP

12288:JE4PSjVYyB7GTFgcomLEX2bm9diDEHPZD2PmeYjlTI4bC7O4COY2FrH:jPSjVYy92omwXvdioHFghYJBf2d

Score

10^/10

ardamax defense_evasion 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/0x0007000000016c89-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2348	XPGI.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3048	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe
3048	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe
2348	XPGI.exe
2348	XPGI.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\XPGI Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\XPGI.exe"	XPGI.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
Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
defense_evasion

File Deletion
T1070.004

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XPGI.007	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XPGI.exe	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	XPGI.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XPGI.001	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XPGI.006	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_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	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	XPGI.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Modifies registry class 33 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\InprocServer32	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\0\	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\Version	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\VersionIndependentProgID\	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\ProgID\	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\0	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\TypeLib\	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\TypeLib\ = "{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}"	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\0\win32\ = "C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\GROOVE.EXE\\122"	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "Psisdecd.CDvb"	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\psisdecd.dll"	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\ProgID\ = "Psisdecd.CDvb.1"	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\ = "GrooveDiscussionToolDelegates"	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\0\win32	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\FLAGS\ = "0"	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\ = "Giteraq Biximev Avozi"	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\InprocServer32\	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\0\win32\	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\FLAGS\	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\HELPDIR	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\HELPDIR\	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\Version\	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\ProgID	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\FLAGS	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{68BD0201-0CCF-28C0-436B-B40A0EDF71C1}\1.0\HELPDIR\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\"	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\TypeLib	XPGI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\Version\ = "1.0"	XPGI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{46596B51-9F8B-43A7-45AA-36337456137A}\VersionIndependentProgID	XPGI.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2348	XPGI.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2348	XPGI.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2348	XPGI.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2348	XPGI.exe
2348	XPGI.exe
2348	XPGI.exe
2348	XPGI.exe
2348	XPGI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3048 wrote to memory of 2348	3048	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3048 wrote to memory of 2348	3048	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3048 wrote to memory of 2348	3048	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 3048 wrote to memory of 2348	3048	dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 784	2348	XPGI.exe	32
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 784	2348	XPGI.exe	32
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 784	2348	XPGI.exe	32
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 784	2348	XPGI.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dbd3e65a2ddb615c74b9228ec7a6c137_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3048
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XPGI.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\XPGI.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
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2348
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XPGI.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:784

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

Indicator Removal

T1070

File Deletion

T1070.004

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\XPGI.001

Filesize
298B

MD5
184b4040fafd89c8383f054011c8c004

SHA1
69fe0d06690b6336d0d1b200b1d32babc7bef11f

SHA256
fadf0703c644a56df927770b4adb4b13a427f49bf6566e26786d2e22bedb3f5d

SHA512
8f576d447d4de825c4042f0f352ab165a56bc30afb8ada26186f5dd7245defb953b7a3eb3c81f6f772a59278efec918f4f3adda9ffeb358e08d70f0323df3bc2

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
31854a50b294dd312eb7fa9eb1c99537

SHA1
e0b1682a001e15d0e0e1c1ca732cafb5c80b3160

SHA256
2fe2d55aae2deef38a37c9679d74ecf05699d6919760794f69583b43b7fe308c

SHA512
0482a4981ba242d4e931bd8b9eb5d606492cffb7609fb69fb349ed19c7a9e36a7e240e5ebe759505d253c5e72fb771612a76419c36fb035987a166569a5111c2

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
603451f504bedb28c3a7bae4c89abf24

SHA1
cbfe12186b54663f60663c349739c7a49950c44e

SHA256
e4d6577ea390274308877284b6d0cd6672aeb0e76c9c9847ac59c0964f050d13

SHA512
136e28e288b3ce26b37c82b078a3440e3232c0f874d7d33e8e6fb6eadfd0024b9009448500c716523b81f142fa3bebf7d11f1dd3e8e6143867b06335eb5f9612

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\@9BF1.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
f1cf9fcbddeadabb738de497ffefdced

SHA1
7385a7c87e245da89cc5ef8f9295678c1566f25d

SHA256
086083bc73b14286f9c3c29df8b8dc6f014d8b084267fbaeee0af56344d1f779

SHA512
3a3b9d279b4c131ef3f358e0163f60ec9e60160a2cc45488adb915fea6642f3df5d35da2ccb6983d790401d237fbc808829f42c42ef958e7a0eac98fc33bb3f6

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

Filesize
648KB

MD5
ce568bcaf7285124f764aff92f5079d4

SHA1
886f698e2239cf615f12b503853a5fa28c53aefc

SHA256
59d7d6de8a9e2d5535703d22c36888889530fd011d7f71cf034e93e36e7527af

SHA512
9f6e3496930cb5dd9c9403acc865bc94f63f64af49a27ffeedbc9d9082d50bff4a7a772bb98d4a2719f0ecae144393de9cc273ba83ae00abe347b0be0d7c9866

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memory/2348-26-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2348-23-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000521000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-40-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-39-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-38-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-37-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-36-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-35-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-34-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-33-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-32-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-31-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-30-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-29-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-28-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-27-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-42-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-25-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-24-0x00000000004E0000-0x00000000004E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-41-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-22-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-21-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000541000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-20-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000551000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-19-0x0000000000500000-0x0000000000501000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-43-0x0000000003120000-0x0000000003121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-46-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-48-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003111000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-47-0x00000000030D0000-0x00000000030D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-45-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-44-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2348-17-0x0000000000370000-0x00000000003CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2348-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2348-56-0x0000000000370000-0x00000000003CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2348-57-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2348-61-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2348-65-0x0000000000370000-0x00000000003CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2348-64-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-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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