gh0strat | 5aa516dc0faeb7c7d48859107002c3891f14eb97a71d5ec82c37222c5acb4b70

General

Target

5aa516dc0faeb7c7d48859107002c3891f14eb97a71d5ec82c37222c5acb4b70.dll
Size

137KB
MD5

b1695bc2ca53be799986f6d3bf53b3ba
SHA1

cd67cd85d6a4db60ef9714c302e2c5faebea5bea
SHA256

5aa516dc0faeb7c7d48859107002c3891f14eb97a71d5ec82c37222c5acb4b70
SHA512

0904f1ed8ba8d0d559ef514dd747b38e6d921784b1da89c0817665d5c6dee6959fe9ecd83c750769ea78ce0160ec5447b434dcb21929dec5d66171ae7c43d651
SSDEEP

3072:/R02WMK8RJGInTlhnaBanONVk40rpg4yeF/TyUGSK9FrafcUksPxx6iTUuJ:C25GgFny61mraz

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3600-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3600-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3600-32-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat

Gh0strat
Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.
rat gh0strat
Gh0strat family
gh0strat

Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
2	3600	rundll32.exe

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors 1 TTPs 16 IoCs

Adversaries may use port monitors to run an adversary supplied DLL during system boot for persistence or privilege escalation.

persistence

Port Monitors

T1547.010

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\Standard TCP/IP Port	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\WSD Port\Adapters\IPP	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\WSD Port\Adapters\WSPrint	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\SCSI Port Monitor\Driver = "scsimon.dll"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\USB Monitor	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\SCSI Port Monitor	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\Appmon	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\Appmon\Ports	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\Local Port	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\Standard TCP/IP Port\Ports	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\WSD Port	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\WSD Port\Ports	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\WSD Port\Adapters\WSPrint\OfflinePorts	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\SCSI Port Monitor\Driver = "scsimon.dll"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\Microsoft Shared Fax Monitor	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\SCSI Port Monitor	rundll32.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Spooler\ImagePath = "Spoolsv.exe"	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Spooler\ImagePath = "Spoolsv.exe"	svchost.exe

ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 15 IoCs

Detects file using ACProtect software.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3600-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/3600-7-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/3600-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/3600-14-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/3600-15-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/3600-13-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/3600-12-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/3600-10-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/4372-24-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/4372-25-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/4372-29-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/4372-28-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/4372-27-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/4372-30-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/3600-32-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	acprotect

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Miscson.dll	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Miscson.dll	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\scsimon.dll	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\scsimon.dll	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\com\comb.dll	rundll32.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\com\comb.dll	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3600 set thread context of 4372	3600	rundll32.exe	87

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\AppPatch\ComBack.Dll	rundll32.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\AppPatch\AcSvcst.dll	rundll32.exe
File created	C:\Windows\AppPatch\AcSvcst.dll	rundll32.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\AppPatch\ComBack.Dll	rundll32.exe

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
3320	3600	WerFault.exe	84

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	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 12 IoCs

SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Msft&Prod_Virtual_DVD-ROM\2&1f4adffe&0&000002\Properties\{3b2ce006-5e61-4fde-bab8-9b8aac9b26df}\0002	Spoolsv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_QEMU&Prod_QEMU_DVD-ROM\4&215468a5&0&010000	Spoolsv.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Msft&Prod_Virtual_DVD-ROM\2&1f4adffe&0&000001\HardwareID	Spoolsv.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Msft&Prod_Virtual_DVD-ROM\2&1f4adffe&0&000002\HardwareID	Spoolsv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Msft&Prod_Virtual_DVD-ROM\2&1f4adffe&0&000001	Spoolsv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Msft&Prod_Virtual_DVD-ROM\2&1f4adffe&0&000001\Properties\{3b2ce006-5e61-4fde-bab8-9b8aac9b26df}\0002	Spoolsv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000	Spoolsv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\Properties\{3b2ce006-5e61-4fde-bab8-9b8aac9b26df}\0002	Spoolsv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_QEMU&Prod_QEMU_DVD-ROM\4&215468a5&0&010000\Properties\{3b2ce006-5e61-4fde-bab8-9b8aac9b26df}\0002	Spoolsv.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\HardwareID	Spoolsv.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_QEMU&Prod_QEMU_DVD-ROM\4&215468a5&0&010000\HardwareID	Spoolsv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Msft&Prod_Virtual_DVD-ROM\2&1f4adffe&0&000002	Spoolsv.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 22 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts\Fax = "winspool,Ne02:,15,45"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\Microsoft Print to PDF = "winspool,Ne01:"	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts\Send To OneNote 2016 = "winspool,nul:,15,45"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts\Microsoft XPS Document Writer = "winspool,Ne00:,15,45"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\Send To OneNote 2016 = "winspool,nul:"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts\Fax = "winspool,Ne02:,15,45"	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\Send To OneNote 2016 = "winspool,nul:"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts\Send To OneNote 2016 = "winspool,nul:,15,45"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\Fax = "winspool,Ne02:"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts\Microsoft Print to PDF = "winspool,Ne01:,15,45"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\Fax = "winspool,Ne02:"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\Microsoft XPS Document Writer = "winspool,Ne00:"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts\Microsoft XPS Document Writer = "winspool,Ne00:,15,45"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts\Microsoft Print to PDF = "winspool,Ne01:,15,45"	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\Microsoft XPS Document Writer = "winspool,Ne00:"	Spoolsv.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\Microsoft Print to PDF = "winspool,Ne01:"	Spoolsv.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3600	rundll32.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4372	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5092 wrote to memory of 3600	5092	rundll32.exe	84
PID 5092 wrote to memory of 3600	5092	rundll32.exe	84
PID 5092 wrote to memory of 3600	5092	rundll32.exe	84
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 4372	3600	rundll32.exe	87
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 4372	3600	rundll32.exe	87
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 4372	3600	rundll32.exe	87
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 4372	3600	rundll32.exe	87

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5aa516dc0faeb7c7d48859107002c3891f14eb97a71d5ec82c37222c5acb4b70.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5092
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5aa516dc0faeb7c7d48859107002c3891f14eb97a71d5ec82c37222c5acb4b70.dll,#1
  2⤵
  - Blocklisted process makes network request
  - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3600
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k rundll32
    3⤵
    - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors
    - Sets service image path in registry
    - Drops file in System32 directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4372
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3600 -s 616
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:3320

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3600 -ip 3600
1⤵
PID:388

C:\Windows\system32\Spoolsv.exe
Spoolsv.exe
1⤵
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
PID:4352

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Port Monitors

1

T1547.010

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Port Monitors

1

T1547.010

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Windows\AppPatch\ComBack.Dll

Filesize
137KB

MD5
c19951d2759e7215201b8b9dbc264a09

SHA1
d5ba7fd8cbc63c8fdbd64c443aa383ba8a842d8e

SHA256
66dc7b04303416fcf58d10a4df4cbed2866022c40e47e516eecd9624b8cd1d18

SHA512
38884608ea3a77f327aa8ca89ccda3be487dae1dc56f953418b8b91321ddf702a1c5041ae39b8cb2d3f3454219aeb31716992ef6436ee4aef86b646afb2693fe

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\com\comb.dll

Filesize
128B

MD5
a3ba621348f3cd8491c13b8a1d923b7b

SHA1
194e598b7d487ab104193bd36cf58597c7225efc

SHA256
a6108c4e6b5a2ea646877239afc41eac33357aa1dcedf0213ad9f10ac4dd69d7

SHA512
10653fd2c714cd2350781dd216875141b4a034b132f40f3752f38b8fc17693eab002c4371f604b39098ec4493d1857b6766e9287bf05489f822a23428abb2ceb

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memory/3600-10-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3600-7-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3600-15-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3600-13-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3600-34-0x0000000043E50000-0x0000000043E77000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/3600-14-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3600-32-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/3600-12-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009FD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3600-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/3600-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/4372-18-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000AA7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/4372-24-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/4372-25-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/4372-29-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/4372-28-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/4372-27-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/4372-30-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F2D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/4372-16-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000AA7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/4372-17-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004F3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4372-35-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000AA7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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