ardamax | a1756ecbeff1b00d107acf384a4ee22136a16f3db7445ed6e71f689ecc2d446b

Analysis

max time kernel
141s
max time network
147s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
03-01-2025 07:39

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe
Size

694KB
MD5

6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a
SHA1

f0a2c82f148364f07390b339e2caa70f51e84012
SHA256

a1756ecbeff1b00d107acf384a4ee22136a16f3db7445ed6e71f689ecc2d446b
SHA512

c288169137cc2c803ad2a19168c021ff0a64b6ffcb4ee6fe6d7d0fa6e939289564ee615595f96a7bce8f339bbcba6e7a089c395d2ff2d43aaaf08a64defa422b
SSDEEP

12288:bJIJxpG1eNyped4ZHTraMd0XH7hG6V1tP09mni4U1IG/PyToOBAEJHlGhI6QI:spGI0w4ZHTraFpP09eU1LPycWPinQI

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/0x0007000000023c8d-19.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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	asdasdas-1.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4872	asdasdas-1.exe
4068	asdasdas-2.exe
2808	OROL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4872	asdasdas-1.exe
2808	OROL.exe
2808	OROL.exe
2808	OROL.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\OROL Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\OROL.exe"	OROL.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 8 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.exe	asdasdas-1.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	asdasdas-1.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.004	asdasdas-1.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.003	asdasdas-1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	OROL.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.001	asdasdas-1.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.006	asdasdas-1.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.007	asdasdas-1.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	JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	asdasdas-1.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	OROL.exe

Modifies registry class 29 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\0\win64\	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\TypeLib\ = "{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}"	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\ProgID\ = "MsRdpWebAccess.MsRdpClientShell.1"	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\ = "Tewepazo.Xahac Class"	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\InprocServer32\	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\FLAGS\ = "0"	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\0	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\0\win64	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\VersionIndependentProgID\	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\InprocServer32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\MsRdpWebAccess.dll"	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\Programmable	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\ = "Digital Media Renderer"	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\FLAGS\	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\TypeLib	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\TypeLib\	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\ProgID	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\Programmable\	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\0\win64\ = "C:\\Windows\\SysWow64\\DMRServer.dll"	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\FLAGS	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\ProgID\	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\InprocServer32	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{A96CA983-9516-3169-57B5-8F6AA6FD952A}\1.0\0\	OROL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\VersionIndependentProgID	OROL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{C1874C15-CAFB-4BF4-46AD-CCA0A23835EB}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "MsRdpWebAccess.MsRdpClientShell"	OROL.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2808	OROL.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2808	OROL.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1764	JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe
2808	OROL.exe
2808	OROL.exe
2808	OROL.exe
2808	OROL.exe
2808	OROL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1764 wrote to memory of 4872	1764	JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe	82
PID 1764 wrote to memory of 4872	1764	JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe	82
PID 1764 wrote to memory of 4872	1764	JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe	82
PID 1764 wrote to memory of 4068	1764	JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe	83
PID 1764 wrote to memory of 4068	1764	JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe	83
PID 4872 wrote to memory of 2808	4872	asdasdas-1.exe	84
PID 4872 wrote to memory of 2808	4872	asdasdas-1.exe	84
PID 4872 wrote to memory of 2808	4872	asdasdas-1.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6b2112d3c37176beed9d29319594d52a.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1764
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\asdasdas-1.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\asdasdas-1.exe
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4872
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\28463\OROL.exe"
    3⤵
    - 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:2808
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\asdasdas-2.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\asdasdas-2.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:4068

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\@AAD6.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d73d89b1ea433724795b3d2b524f596c

SHA1
213514f48ece9f074266b122ee2d06e842871c8c

SHA256
8aef975a94c800d0e3e4929999d05861868a7129b766315c02a48a122e3455d6

SHA512
8b73be757ad3e0f2b29c0b130918e8f257375f9f3bf7b9609bac24b17369de2812341651547546af238936d70f38f050d6984afd16d47b467bcbba4992e42f41

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\asdasdas-1.exe

Filesize
573KB

MD5
bd261ec189c8ef237a67e0ea79c37207

SHA1
ea48605f762e9aae9833f7e0f2cda788bdb80740

SHA256
822070b5ede84d13a5ba80a745ab8b5c58c2078b857ee1c6bc613ed07474c291

SHA512
465d2ed5a28626d5ad874fc419248f47d428c131e0efaa051568e3b6e9121b7aac791f1cf50bc78ec5f6b967ac4a6f3fe67fc100a67cacf4c8e6574d92d02ea7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\asdasdas-2.exe

Filesize
45KB

MD5
8798bbe2aefb599b5e23857f129a92d7

SHA1
720ff5bf8236d4f503bca1e54e7eb223577ca437

SHA256
c94c5c5d1cc18734c476bbc23066529d4fa8448c1190a318638ca25f4d39195c

SHA512
b30034167d5288c083d0d9b6b5ad585cc14a88c618b531f1ec643a91ecf0b8228dc2c6bea0a06b94ef0b90898e01bd0a9d49b9a67c29d97ed85f5e6ab01ba7eb

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.001

Filesize
422B

MD5
862236766a752ccb233216cb6d9483da

SHA1
acbbdc18cb28019758131a26c2244c605510bbc6

SHA256
6a32fab48e175fd17a38ce4e33e09b1731c808eec8ec3d0217ded8c481520b81

SHA512
38a7d8aecd65bad7f44f5d60ca1023f44fb176af592566399953c33248ad3585ad8b5e03fec49386f2f01e8756e439a4b220c66ee65aff7445b6d8e26def0d61

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.004

Filesize
14KB

MD5
858a9fa9427f90c7f838bd8cb02a3711

SHA1
754ac7e40054e24a9195d48a29b1e3e8a3df7b94

SHA256
c6b17a56363727c0f829a445ac41f10b8c6414df316e1fa55cc14af93725be5b

SHA512
05989dfadf52c24bc3c4370212bec1c7c33cc1006df22cc6d08fa0660986a54f61eb445a27f4730ad509ba72e02b96af08b8bbfbefe8135f87a3cd197b960786

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
35b24c473bdcdb4411e326c6c437e8ed

SHA1
ec1055365bc2a66e52de2d66d24d742863c1ce3d

SHA256
4530fcc91e4d0697a64f5e24d70e2b327f0acab1a9013102ff04236841c5a617

SHA512
32722f1484013bbc9c1b41b3fdaf5cd244ec67facaa2232be0e90455719d664d65cae1cd670adf5c40c67f568122d910b30e3e50f7cc06b0350a6a2d34d371de

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
a8e19de6669e831956049685225058a8

SHA1
6d2546d49d92b18591ad4fedbc92626686e7e979

SHA256
34856528d8b7e31caa83f350bc4dbc861120dc2da822a9eb896b773bc7e1f564

SHA512
5c407d4aa5731bd62c2a1756127f794382dc5e2b214298acfa68698c709fbbe3f2aa8dbdcbef02ed2a49f8f35969959946e9f727895bdca4500d16e84f4ef2e8

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\OROL.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/1764-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F001-memory.dmp

Filesize
60KB

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memory/1764-49-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F001-memory.dmp

Filesize
60KB

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memory/2808-50-0x00000000004E0000-0x00000000004E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2808-42-0x00000000023E0000-0x00000000023E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2808-47-0x0000000003200000-0x0000000003203000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2808-46-0x0000000003210000-0x0000000003211000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2808-45-0x0000000000AD0000-0x0000000000AD1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2808-44-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2808-43-0x0000000002400000-0x0000000002401000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2808-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2808-41-0x00000000023F0000-0x00000000023F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2808-40-0x00000000023A0000-0x00000000023A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2808-66-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2808-62-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000A6A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2808-51-0x0000000000500000-0x0000000000501000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2808-35-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000A6A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/2808-60-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/4068-34-0x00007FFEBCBD0000-0x00007FFEBD571000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/4068-33-0x00007FFEBCE85000-0x00007FFEBCE86000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4068-37-0x000000001B940000-0x000000001BE0E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.8MB

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memory/4068-36-0x00007FFEBCE85000-0x00007FFEBCE86000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4068-61-0x00007FFEBCBD0000-0x00007FFEBD571000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/4068-38-0x000000001BEB0000-0x000000001BF4C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/4068-48-0x000000001BF50000-0x000000001BF58000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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