darkcomet | 5f5b8534ff9c41325d7fc379152a22080285e9de5f369224db74c69809954d2c

Analysis

max time kernel
144s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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01/03/2025, 18:35

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Size

423KB
MD5

3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862
SHA1

39bc0e236546e988f7be772af48788a138f7f2f8
SHA256

5f5b8534ff9c41325d7fc379152a22080285e9de5f369224db74c69809954d2c
SHA512

65acdf8f3465189a677defcc57c91fca556cf86c5a05460bf1e6fffa5766d488aae1850713fd36ea4331c038fad477335b106ccfd44be07b60ea88481b25a5fc
SSDEEP

12288:b8rO0n6VAJ7FMjCc7haEz9NX68U4CftbG:bl0nOGOjCc4Ez9NX6JbG

Score

10^/10

darkcomet kurvichki defense_evasion discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

kurvichki

37.221.162.36:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-DRZDKPB

Attributes

InstallPath
MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
gencode
Qt23HyB8TzSs
install
true
offline_keylogger
true
persistence
false
reg_key
MicroUpdate

rc4.plain

Signatures

Darkcomet
DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.
trojan rat darkcomet
Darkcomet family
darkcomet

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MSDCSC\\msdcsc.exe"	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe

Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

defense_evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile	msdcsc.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	msdcsc.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "0"	msdcsc.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	msdcsc.exe

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-1-5-21-1294999112-580688058-1763548717-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2532	msdcsc.exe

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	msdcsc.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-1-5-21-1294999112-580688058-1763548717-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroUpdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MSDCSC\\msdcsc.exe"	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 17 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
3080	4080	WerFault.exe	84
4740	4080	WerFault.exe	84
448	4080	WerFault.exe	84
2088	4080	WerFault.exe	84
2476	4080	WerFault.exe	84
3688	4080	WerFault.exe	84
4436	4080	WerFault.exe	84
1360	2532	WerFault.exe	106
1632	4080	WerFault.exe	84
1516	2532	WerFault.exe	106
2128	2532	WerFault.exe	106
4776	2532	WerFault.exe	106
4868	2532	WerFault.exe	106
3648	2532	WerFault.exe	106
3396	2532	WerFault.exe	106
5008	2532	WerFault.exe	106
1424	2532	WerFault.exe	106

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	msdcsc.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 48 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: 33	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: 34	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: 35	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: 36	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: 33	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: 34	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: 35	2532	msdcsc.exe
Token: 36	2532	msdcsc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2532	msdcsc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4080 wrote to memory of 2532	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe	106
PID 4080 wrote to memory of 2532	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe	106
PID 4080 wrote to memory of 2532	4080	JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe	106

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4080
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4080 -s 664
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:3080
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4080 -s 1100
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4080 -s 1164
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:448
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4080 -s 1144
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:2088
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4080 -s 1248
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:2476
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4080 -s 1244
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:3688
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4080 -s 1120
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4436
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe"
  2⤵
  - Modifies firewall policy service
  - Windows security bypass
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Windows security modification
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2532
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 756
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:1360
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 764
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:1516
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 828
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:2128
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 764
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:4776
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 960
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:4868
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 1016
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:3648
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 960
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:3396
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 976
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:5008
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 1000
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:1424
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4080 -s 152
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:1632

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4080 -ip 4080
1⤵
PID:2500

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 404 -p 4080 -ip 4080
1⤵
PID:4600

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 4080 -ip 4080
1⤵
PID:3720

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 528 -p 4080 -ip 4080
1⤵
PID:3280

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 540 -p 4080 -ip 4080
1⤵
PID:1996

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 532 -p 4080 -ip 4080
1⤵
PID:4532

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 4080 -ip 4080
1⤵
PID:972

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 404 -p 2532 -ip 2532
1⤵
PID:1172

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 508 -p 4080 -ip 4080
1⤵
PID:4148

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 544 -p 2532 -ip 2532
1⤵
PID:2432

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 2532 -ip 2532
1⤵
PID:2244

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 460 -p 2532 -ip 2532
1⤵
PID:2124

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 524 -p 2532 -ip 2532
1⤵
PID:4240

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 532 -p 2532 -ip 2532
1⤵
PID:3388

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 548 -p 2532 -ip 2532
1⤵
PID:1464

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 508 -p 2532 -ip 2532
1⤵
PID:924

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 536 -p 2532 -ip 2532
1⤵
PID:2424

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

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

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\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe

Filesize
423KB

MD5
3acce3031f682ba195b00be299647862

SHA1
39bc0e236546e988f7be772af48788a138f7f2f8

SHA256
5f5b8534ff9c41325d7fc379152a22080285e9de5f369224db74c69809954d2c

SHA512
65acdf8f3465189a677defcc57c91fca556cf86c5a05460bf1e6fffa5766d488aae1850713fd36ea4331c038fad477335b106ccfd44be07b60ea88481b25a5fc

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memory/2532-24-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
728KB

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memory/2532-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/2532-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/2532-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/2532-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/2532-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/2532-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/2532-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/2532-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/2532-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/2532-27-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/4080-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/4080-19-0x0000000000404000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

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24KB

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memory/4080-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/4080-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/4080-4-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

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728KB

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memory/4080-2-0x0000000000404000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/4080-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
728KB

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memory/4080-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
728KB

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General

Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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