Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
02-02-2025 05:10
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250129-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe
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Size
379KB
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MD5
794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4
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SHA1
298073f5ad4c21dda362c34430a4c6967dd613d7
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SHA256
c08a789e68de536985578805f563a9b42b8abb768808823b4ade419d882c5e3d
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SHA512
10f14d7acf3a53bad817a5a7260a28565733047001ee313f287602a57a23654b8ed7bfd2072213dd5cc1872aa5ccbfc25479e2ebfad1e0c6bbda30ffe0eca48f
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SSDEEP
6144:ZmY9CdYBX3tseMa0lu9FEi0csrfR4t76He5yFuFoC8qPZyySaUyM+8d/EPsJmXzu:YYRBX3C+v1sl25F0qYy6yId8Ps0XvyvZ
Malware Config
Signatures
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Blackshades
Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
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Blackshades family
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Blackshades payload 13 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2644-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-64-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-67-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/2644-71-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp family_blackshades -
Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications reg.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\windows\\afl.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile reg.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List reg.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\afl.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\afl.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile reg.exe -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1412605595-2147700071-3468511006-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 4448 afl.exe 2644 afl.exe 3000 afl.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1412605595-2147700071-3468511006-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\VGA = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\windows\\afl.exe" reg.exe -
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4448 set thread context of 2644 4448 afl.exe 95 PID 4448 set thread context of 3000 4448 afl.exe 96 -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4196-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000615000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4196-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000615000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b8a-12.dat upx behavioral2/memory/4196-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000615000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4448-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000615000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4448-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000615000-memory.dmp upx -
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 14 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 reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language afl.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language afl.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language afl.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe -
Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
pid Process 1832 reg.exe 1588 reg.exe 5100 reg.exe 4816 reg.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 36 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 1 2644 afl.exe Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeLockMemoryPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeMachineAccountPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeTcbPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeCreatePermanentPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeAuditPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeSyncAgentPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeEnableDelegationPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege 2644 afl.exe Token: 31 2644 afl.exe Token: 32 2644 afl.exe Token: 33 2644 afl.exe Token: 34 2644 afl.exe Token: 35 2644 afl.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3000 afl.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
pid Process 4196 JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe 4448 afl.exe 2644 afl.exe 2644 afl.exe 3000 afl.exe 2644 afl.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 48 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4196 wrote to memory of 2096 4196 JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe 86 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 2096 4196 JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe 86 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 2096 4196 JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe 86 PID 2096 wrote to memory of 2928 2096 cmd.exe 90 PID 2096 wrote to memory of 2928 2096 cmd.exe 90 PID 2096 wrote to memory of 2928 2096 cmd.exe 90 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 4448 4196 JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe 91 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 4448 4196 JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe 91 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 4448 4196 JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe 91 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 2644 4448 afl.exe 95 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 2644 4448 afl.exe 95 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 2644 4448 afl.exe 95 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 2644 4448 afl.exe 95 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 2644 4448 afl.exe 95 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 2644 4448 afl.exe 95 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 2644 4448 afl.exe 95 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 2644 4448 afl.exe 95 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 3000 4448 afl.exe 96 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 3000 4448 afl.exe 96 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 3000 4448 afl.exe 96 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 3000 4448 afl.exe 96 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 3000 4448 afl.exe 96 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 3000 4448 afl.exe 96 PID 4448 wrote to memory of 3000 4448 afl.exe 96 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 980 2644 afl.exe 97 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 980 2644 afl.exe 97 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 980 2644 afl.exe 97 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2664 2644 afl.exe 98 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2664 2644 afl.exe 98 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2664 2644 afl.exe 98 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 5084 2644 afl.exe 99 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 5084 2644 afl.exe 99 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 5084 2644 afl.exe 99 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 4992 2644 afl.exe 100 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 4992 2644 afl.exe 100 PID 2644 wrote to memory of 4992 2644 afl.exe 100 PID 980 wrote to memory of 4816 980 cmd.exe 106 PID 980 wrote to memory of 4816 980 cmd.exe 106 PID 980 wrote to memory of 4816 980 cmd.exe 106 PID 2664 wrote to memory of 5100 2664 cmd.exe 107 PID 2664 wrote to memory of 5100 2664 cmd.exe 107 PID 2664 wrote to memory of 5100 2664 cmd.exe 107 PID 5084 wrote to memory of 1832 5084 cmd.exe 108 PID 5084 wrote to memory of 1832 5084 cmd.exe 108 PID 5084 wrote to memory of 1832 5084 cmd.exe 108 PID 4992 wrote to memory of 1588 4992 cmd.exe 109 PID 4992 wrote to memory of 1588 4992 cmd.exe 109 PID 4992 wrote to memory of 1588 4992 cmd.exe 109
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4196 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EpSnr.bat" "2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "VGA" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe" /f3⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2928
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2644 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f5⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:4816
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f5⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:5100
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5084 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f5⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:1832
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\afl.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\afl.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\afl.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\afl.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f5⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:1588
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windows\afl.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3000
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Modify Registry
3Replay Monitor
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Downloads
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Filesize
134B
MD571bc7fc4b9c9a5b85452eb165e2959eb
SHA142139badcf05e95d844932c6c78583814be2ccc0
SHA2565dd0a3adefc9d328a8c18ffc9a77d2067cf822687ac58e2953ea57275d9a8652
SHA512ccd30ed6da3198bb39ee6ac87028121dd4a8c8e9fe5e0512a96f31ffcc442d9af67829c480feb1644db8df4de1484f93dc79f2cce16c81d2b2a542389cea2f3c
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Filesize
379KB
MD5794e09496344b5a16e9e9f0c3f1c92b4
SHA1298073f5ad4c21dda362c34430a4c6967dd613d7
SHA256c08a789e68de536985578805f563a9b42b8abb768808823b4ade419d882c5e3d
SHA51210f14d7acf3a53bad817a5a7260a28565733047001ee313f287602a57a23654b8ed7bfd2072213dd5cc1872aa5ccbfc25479e2ebfad1e0c6bbda30ffe0eca48f