banload | 694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
146s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
02-01-2025 00:09

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General

Target

694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Size

2.7MB
MD5

42f061bafdb03901e4936f82634d89a9
SHA1

571a8dc91115d9d18329e9d7650107a157ffdc79
SHA256

694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414
SHA512

254e73edd8467f3797f915bd0c1186281c314dbb3ec6005ae6af99cabd9115b0bc06f63fbf77c53d6d87fa548fc924d3be3ea28a9de028195dea97cd631b7415
SSDEEP

49152:RVvn8Q5CHCtE4jPTTm4uBLq9gtMyMpy7nEvVCMu7hp4:RF8QUitE4iLqaPWGnEvgMJ

Score

10^/10

banload discovery downloader dropper evasion ransomware trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Banload
Banload variants download malicious files, then install and execute the files.
trojan dropper downloader banload
Banload family
banload

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe

Renames multiple (862) files with added filename extension
This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.
ransomware

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\ipsita.xml.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.ObjectModel.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.2\System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\C2RINTL.th-th.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\fsdefinitions\main\zh-dayi.xml.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\en-US\micaut.dll.mui.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\C2RINTL.pt-br.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.IO.Pipes.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\sqloledb.rll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.2\System.Security.Cryptography.Cng.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\System.IO.Compression.Brotli.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.Numerics.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\mr.txt.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\ja-JP\sqloledb.rll.mui.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\mscorrc.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.IO.FileSystem.DriveInfo.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\yo.txt.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\mshwjpnr.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.2\System.Drawing.Primitives.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\hwrfralm.dat.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\uk-UA\TipRes.dll.mui.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.2\System.Data.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\msadc\en-US\msdaremr.dll.mui.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.Reflection.Metadata.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.2\System.Reflection.Primitives.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\ba.txt.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\C2RINTL.fi-fi.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\mshwgst.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado\msado20.tlb.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.Memory.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\nb.txt.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\fsdefinitions\insert\insertbase.xml.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\lv.txt.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVIsvVirtualization.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.Collections.Specialized.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\bn.txt.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\id.txt.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\8.0.2\hostfxr.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\System.Core.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\nl.txt.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\it-IT\msinfo32.exe.mui.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\it-IT\oledb32r.dll.mui.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\System.Linq.Parallel.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\ipsrus.xml.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.Private.Xml.Linq.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\tr-TR\tipresx.dll.mui.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.Diagnostics.Tracing.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVScripting.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\fr-FR\tipresx.dll.mui.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.amd64.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\System.Net.Security.dll.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zCon.sfx.tmp	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe

Modifies registry class 9 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{5ADD62E2-4A23-86F4-8704-0C62BF6886E2}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\System\\ado\\msadox.dll"	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{5ADD62E2-4A23-86F4-8704-0C62BF6886E2}\ProgID\ = "ADOX.Catalog.6.0"	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{5ADD62E2-4A23-86F4-8704-0C62BF6886E2}\VersionIndependentProgID	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{5ADD62E2-4A23-86F4-8704-0C62BF6886E2}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "ADOX.Catalog.6.0"	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{5ADD62E2-4A23-86F4-8704-0C62BF6886E2}\InprocServer32	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{5ADD62E2-4A23-86F4-8704-0C62BF6886E2}\ = "ADOX.Catalog.6.0"	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{5ADD62E2-4A23-86F4-8704-0C62BF6886E2}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment"	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{5ADD62E2-4A23-86F4-8704-0C62BF6886E2}\ProgID	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{5ADD62E2-4A23-86F4-8704-0C62BF6886E2}	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	524	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	524	694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\694f0b5f02a40b7678ada6f1fbc223e4b0f6d7255146089973506c2fec7df414.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:524

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-940901362-3608833189-1915618603-1000\desktop.ini.tmp

Filesize
2.8MB

MD5
ab2a849a67fb3a97e61cf040d61d2f0d

SHA1
94ae9dcfe097291d5c88e77d108250b0cf795c0d

SHA256
2b3cef05ea1098e040456d1ab2dd5cb9623d215dbf98c8b3f437938d14c9a2d1

SHA512
33a8a672653cc960155b8782e2b9b8a6b121aa8da4adfafc701e7ae4a19a727d14ee3d46010b4975445280086e54f624a50953b72697c9628746cd10ecad671d

Download Submit
C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7-zip.dll.tmp

Filesize
2.9MB

MD5
b49856851455ce1cac8f4424e01af5d4

SHA1
43ae094222f54c19aff136af7737d051dbd2b20f

SHA256
86e0d55381d6aef300096a2ac30f862627dd6646bc3d6bb856439d2abb51a9ed

SHA512
8abcfc2b74b8dde2bfbb37985631328692e6e2348416c7efea90db8ac7a8c28ad918dafdda1f59372da5034eb0a7425c3ddfb0d2a2086b0b94a3fedde4830a96

Download Submit
memory/524-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000616000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

Download
memory/524-2-0x00000000043A0000-0x00000000045AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/524-9-0x00000000043A0000-0x00000000045AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/524-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000616000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/524-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000616000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/524-14-0x00000000043A0000-0x00000000045AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/524-52-0x00000000043A0000-0x00000000045AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/524-53-0x00000000043A0000-0x00000000045AC000-memory.dmp

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memory/524-150-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000616000-memory.dmp

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memory/524-170-0x00000000043A0000-0x00000000045AC000-memory.dmp

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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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