gh0strat | fe92c6548ab93637132bc12a469eab3d36d71974f9841f9fc6f99ebac159d610

General

Target

fe92c6548ab93637132bc12a469eab3d36d71974f9841f9fc6f99ebac159d610.dll
Size

137KB
MD5

62b5d2e99d839d618e07fb00a38b314a
SHA1

c1170c5664151ba9fa8478e937d223d94008b27f
SHA256

fe92c6548ab93637132bc12a469eab3d36d71974f9841f9fc6f99ebac159d610
SHA512

ef72256784bc835fe5c39c5bacca05b849a36957095c8b1515438a87d8b8f327f74f794e57fe12adeb8fbfab7cf7498bb34a11e01bfaab7bbf767e5fa9142993
SSDEEP

3072:kR02WMK8RJGInTlhnaBanONVk40rpg4yeF/TyUGSK9FrafcUksPxx6iTUu:B25GgFny61mra

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/512-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/512-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/512-32-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-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
5	512	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\Microsoft Shared Fax Monitor	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\IPP	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\Appmon	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	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\SCSI Port Monitor	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\USB Monitor	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\WSD Port\Adapters\WSPrint	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\WSD Port\Adapters\WSPrint\OfflinePorts	Spoolsv.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Print\Monitors\SCSI Port Monitor	svchost.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\Appmon\Ports	Spoolsv.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/512-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/512-7-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/512-10-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/512-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/512-13-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/512-15-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/512-14-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/512-12-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/2232-27-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/2232-24-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/2232-29-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/2232-30-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/2232-28-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/2232-25-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp	acprotect
behavioral2/memory/512-32-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	acprotect

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
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
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

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 512 set thread context of 2232	512	rundll32.exe	89

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

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

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
3728	512	WerFault.exe	86

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	Spoolsv.exe
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 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\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 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&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

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 22 IoCs

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

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	512	rundll32.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2232	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2344 wrote to memory of 512	2344	rundll32.exe	86
PID 2344 wrote to memory of 512	2344	rundll32.exe	86
PID 2344 wrote to memory of 512	2344	rundll32.exe	86
PID 512 wrote to memory of 2232	512	rundll32.exe	89
PID 512 wrote to memory of 2232	512	rundll32.exe	89
PID 512 wrote to memory of 2232	512	rundll32.exe	89
PID 512 wrote to memory of 2232	512	rundll32.exe	89

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fe92c6548ab93637132bc12a469eab3d36d71974f9841f9fc6f99ebac159d610.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2344
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fe92c6548ab93637132bc12a469eab3d36d71974f9841f9fc6f99ebac159d610.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:512
- - 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:2232
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 512 -s 616
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:3728

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 512 -ip 512
1⤵
PID:3656

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:3792

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
e4d1df5b0fff860459b20192c17ffc30

SHA1
643be7e81e655e15530fa4486656f2bb356157bc

SHA256
10eb1a437072c02d6a9d0d3e16778207cfd8d48d1092c8f385ba72934d8ef938

SHA512
3914349bc7fbca3e8a8a02aa81bbe1fc3b98df965beabeb905e8d871c97f71f302af3e1c70b1eaff0dc8679389a8f578f9272907ce7efbf1ac65309937b067ff

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

Filesize
127B

MD5
5b760995c2ff97c54253395cae4fb46b

SHA1
69a4bff5bc481ceaef6f753219d5727ebd8c6501

SHA256
246cadb67943a94e9b1e65fd7506ea54dfb90f3f23b032cda28cf3e2be78201b

SHA512
ee06372ab5c1f9fef469bc505a27be4ba8be253e732781aa29a9ba2de5fb4e893cae55f9f1d0fa61b8af7b580fd6edf1c70e88aa2f657ded7e91eaf46a536bcb

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memory/512-15-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/512-12-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/512-13-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/512-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/512-14-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/512-34-0x0000000043E50000-0x0000000043E77000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/512-32-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/512-10-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/512-7-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000EFD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/512-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/2232-16-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007F7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/2232-27-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2232-24-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2232-29-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2232-30-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2232-28-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2232-25-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D0D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2232-17-0x0000000000700000-0x0000000000723000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/2232-18-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007F7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/2232-35-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007F7000-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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