Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
31-01-2025 13:10
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe
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Size
720KB
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MD5
6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341
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SHA1
870763ecabd477689844536ddd0c65f977c47dcb
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SHA256
e882038a29875e328294b32a5568dfad01ca411026e317d3af0c3e6c4be39325
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SHA512
220c4df099dc4689640012b19a5f7f2f91f3453785b9ea6f92d3058be39b5080d0f8b4e1c21358ebe2443a2a5fa10667605868deebe942f8434c5bdf6ecf9858
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SSDEEP
12288:E3TdtLW5WIj1YSSdFxBvBSXyMzBUWb9lx/9AgHLo8OW+rB:ODsj1dEBBcJ9nPx/igrp+
Malware Config
Signatures
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Ardamax family
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Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b4f-19.dat family_ardamax -
Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "Explorer.exe " JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "Explorer.exe regsvr.exe" JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe -
Disables RegEdit via registry modification 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools = "0" JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools = "1" JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe -
Disables Task Manager via registry modification
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Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4256 svchost.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Msn Messsenger = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\regsvr.exe" JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\svchost.exe" svchost.exe -
Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
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Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\j: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\l: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\r: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\s: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\v: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\u: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\y: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\a: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\e: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\o: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\p: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\q: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\b: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\i: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\k: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\w: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\x: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\z: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\g: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\h: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\m: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\n: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened (read-only) \??\t: JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe -
AutoIT Executable 15 IoCs
AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3540-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-54-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-55-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-56-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-57-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-60-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-61-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-63-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-65-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-66-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/3540-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp autoit_exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 13 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.001 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr.exe JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost .exe JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost .exe JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setup.ini JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.exe JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.exe JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.001 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr.exe JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 svchost.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setting.ini JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setting.ini JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\regsvr.exe JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe File created C:\Windows\regsvr.exe JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language at.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language at.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 33 4256 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4256 svchost.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4256 svchost.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3540 wrote to memory of 4256 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 82 PID 3540 wrote to memory of 4256 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 82 PID 3540 wrote to memory of 4256 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 82 PID 3540 wrote to memory of 4500 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 83 PID 3540 wrote to memory of 4500 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 83 PID 3540 wrote to memory of 4500 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 83 PID 4500 wrote to memory of 2968 4500 cmd.exe 85 PID 4500 wrote to memory of 2968 4500 cmd.exe 85 PID 4500 wrote to memory of 2968 4500 cmd.exe 85 PID 3540 wrote to memory of 4840 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 86 PID 3540 wrote to memory of 4840 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 86 PID 3540 wrote to memory of 4840 3540 JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe 86 PID 4840 wrote to memory of 884 4840 cmd.exe 88 PID 4840 wrote to memory of 884 4840 cmd.exe 88 PID 4840 wrote to memory of 884 4840 cmd.exe 88
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341.exe"1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3540 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\28463\svchost.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4256
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C AT /delete /yes2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4500 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exeAT /delete /yes3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2968
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C AT 09:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\Windows\system32\svchost .exe2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4840 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exeAT 09:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\Windows\system32\svchost .exe3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:884
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
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Downloads
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Filesize
2KB
MD5c427f41a9eb12166c278da8fed8a0c4a
SHA1e0e1d1c8f6b58675a544f1461997cfc37a2e6c63
SHA256ee74d1ba7e74e916f57ac4134aa5aa6eb7f920e7dae3b4cdb75af9225da616c6
SHA512ea2e49983e04afaa0eec5b28eeed1e9c804326b49933e69962805c10a405cb7dd87061e50355f395e74107cb6ca674d4c8c0000ef13505ec58b1d7dec873aa85
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Filesize
513KB
MD50c7a714b8e1d2ead2afc90dcc43bbe18
SHA166736613f22771f5da5606ed8c80b572b3f5c103
SHA256800bdf00e09f302a17e22d26dffbea037e3c077ef9f6d1d585c114f079397a9e
SHA51235db0de86c168eb6302dcbaa1e1f9ec96b5a8814e7067e1a7bb682e9f35fc06c51148a08e6f7df1e8caeb2effde555c53966a8922e8fef6b7ce194dc81c984b4
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Filesize
2B
MD5e0aa021e21dddbd6d8cecec71e9cf564
SHA19ce3bd4224c8c1780db56b4125ecf3f24bf748b7
SHA256565339bc4d33d72817b583024112eb7f5cdf3e5eef0252d6ec1b9c9a94e12bb3
SHA512900110c951560eff857b440e89cc29f529416e0e3b3d7f0ad51651bfdbd8025b91768c5ed7db5352d1a5523354ce06ced2c42047e33a3e958a1bba5f742db874
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Filesize
96B
MD59ece103c47335f0cc777f1132b8d522f
SHA163afa171c64f86d99db81723e1335e960e85fa43
SHA25669815d4932ddde240ce6b1353305d2fab58ca402e9c478452c8e37ce8a7b2ac9
SHA512b1ac64c71c6338bf0ab33df938128822da680f20d0552edb2edb808f1c75bafb88467412fc8dc60ed8022a1f0c4f3fcbecb69a320ec871b3a766482f32d6eb05
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Filesize
720KB
MD56a85534316e402ea496e16fb691a5341
SHA1870763ecabd477689844536ddd0c65f977c47dcb
SHA256e882038a29875e328294b32a5568dfad01ca411026e317d3af0c3e6c4be39325
SHA512220c4df099dc4689640012b19a5f7f2f91f3453785b9ea6f92d3058be39b5080d0f8b4e1c21358ebe2443a2a5fa10667605868deebe942f8434c5bdf6ecf9858