modiloader | 5460254e81c38df491d627a14e3d8d046171d2e66f9f43f53b6e31350ba48834

Analysis

max time kernel
144s
max time network
120s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
04-01-2025 10:50

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe
Size

589KB
MD5

79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49
SHA1

cf9682f729b795d68ec1f7fcaa1c97a679f2ce95
SHA256

5460254e81c38df491d627a14e3d8d046171d2e66f9f43f53b6e31350ba48834
SHA512

5c1c44bd582a2a2468b0f39221371162cdb25bb4c26943f573aa1a68ef15332d02eb4186ba7f3c523986fa62008a3a9d0b7a14a518475a1ab00291d0b9983546
SSDEEP

6144:dBgh/58KGip9lmh0UwwDdxtPw13OyhFR8uHG3XV+j5eZIPnBFlRe+s2R7hSP1p75:dBMmKGnhDT+JlCTXMjQIDlR/VwYA2GsE

Score

10^/10

modiloader discovery evasion persistence trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

ModiLoader, DBatLoader
ModiLoader is a Delphi loader that misuses cloud services to download other malicious families.
trojan modiloader
Modiloader family
modiloader

UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	mstwain32.exe

ModiLoader Second Stage 20 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2244-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2244-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2244-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2244-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-68-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-71-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2220-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2136	mstwain32.exe
2220	mstwain32.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\USER\S-1-5-21-3290804112-2823094203-3137964600-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\mstwain32 = "C:\\Windows\\mstwain32.exe"	mstwain32.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	mstwain32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	mstwain32.exe

AutoIT Executable 2 IoCs

AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1980-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/2136-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1980 set thread context of 2244	1980	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	31
PID 2136 set thread context of 2220	2136	mstwain32.exe	36

UPX packed file 31 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1980-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1980-1-0x0000000003AB0000-0x0000000003BC8000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2244-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2244-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2244-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2244-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1980-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2244-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2244-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2244-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2244-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x00060000000055d7-22.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2244-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2136-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-68-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-71-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\mstwain32.exe	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\mstwain32.exe	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe
File created	C:\Windows\ntdtcstp.dll	mstwain32.exe
File created	C:\Windows\cmsetac.dll	mstwain32.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 4 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_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mstwain32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mstwain32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2244	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2764	vssvc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2764	vssvc.exe
Token: SeAuditPrivilege	2764	vssvc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2220	mstwain32.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2220	mstwain32.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2220	mstwain32.exe
2220	mstwain32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 2244	1980	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	31
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 2244	1980	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	31
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 2244	1980	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	31
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 2244	1980	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	31
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 2244	1980	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	31
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 2244	1980	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	31
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 2244	1980	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	31
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2136	2244	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	35
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2136	2244	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	35
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2136	2244	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	35
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2136	2244	JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe	35
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2220	2136	mstwain32.exe	36
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2220	2136	mstwain32.exe	36
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2220	2136	mstwain32.exe	36
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2220	2136	mstwain32.exe	36
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2220	2136	mstwain32.exe	36
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2220	2136	mstwain32.exe	36
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2220	2136	mstwain32.exe	36

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	mstwain32.exe

Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
ransomware

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1980
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks whether UAC is enabled
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2244
- - C:\Windows\mstwain32.exe
    "C:\Windows\mstwain32.exe" \melt "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2136
  - - C:\Windows\mstwain32.exe
      "C:\Windows\mstwain32.exe"
      4⤵
      UAC bypass
      Executes dropped EXE
      Adds Run key to start application
      Checks whether UAC is enabled
      Drops file in Windows directory
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      System policy modification
      PID:2220

C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2764

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

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

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\mstwain32.exe

Filesize
589KB

MD5
79456dd6b9bb37547052aa11a2383c49

SHA1
cf9682f729b795d68ec1f7fcaa1c97a679f2ce95

SHA256
5460254e81c38df491d627a14e3d8d046171d2e66f9f43f53b6e31350ba48834

SHA512
5c1c44bd582a2a2468b0f39221371162cdb25bb4c26943f573aa1a68ef15332d02eb4186ba7f3c523986fa62008a3a9d0b7a14a518475a1ab00291d0b9983546

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memory/1980-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/1980-1-0x0000000003AB0000-0x0000000003BC8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/1980-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2136-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2220-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-71-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-68-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-45-0x0000000000490000-0x000000000049E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2220-49-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2220-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2220-50-0x0000000000490000-0x000000000049E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2244-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2244-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2244-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2244-27-0x0000000003140000-0x0000000003258000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2244-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2244-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2244-47-0x0000000003140000-0x0000000003258000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2244-20-0x0000000002370000-0x0000000002380000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2244-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2244-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2244-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2244-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2244-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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