ardamax | 3028c8d90909b794c44557ea0f20a91298d802dadc1c220f5f5831773a58e807

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
max time network
128s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
16/03/2025, 06:12

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
Size

808KB
MD5

792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c
SHA1

c2a245cbd710b61c3e3b9b55cd744d31e8b0768d
SHA256

3028c8d90909b794c44557ea0f20a91298d802dadc1c220f5f5831773a58e807
SHA512

caf224e76090528c2b36507dd61757034269380d05a206fbacff2521b05884057ba246c242937116c1f7a93b9bc722bec0ff5a67c1327117c624af363be1f78d
SSDEEP

24576:sTV5nbjVY8p6omqTqWYYZoQnncYfuo68mWsD9O1JN:OXZTaN8ctAm/D9OjN

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax family
ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000700000002425c-12.dat	family_ardamax

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-1-5-21-3920955164-3782810283-1225622749-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4164	JSTT.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
5136	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
4164	JSTT.exe
4164	JSTT.exe
4164	JSTT.exe
4736	NOTEPAD.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\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\JSTT Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\JSTT.exe"	JSTT.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JSTT.007	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JSTT.exe	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	JSTT.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JSTT.001	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JSTT.006	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JSTT.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	NOTEPAD.EXE

Modifies registry class 37 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\0\	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\FLAGS\ = "0"	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\TypeLib	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\Version	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\VersionIndependentProgID\	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3920955164-3782810283-1225622749-1000_Classes\Local Settings	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\ = "Microsoft Speech Object Library"	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\0\win64	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\ = "Ozofcaj.Foqaqew Class"	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\InprocServer32\	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\InprocServer32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\pla.dll"	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\LocalServer32	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\0\win32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\Speech_OneCore\\Common\\sapi_onecore.dll"	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\0\win64\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\Speech_OneCore\\Common\\sapi_onecore.dll"	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\FLAGS	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\0	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\0\win32\	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\FLAGS\	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\Version\	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\ProgID\ = "PLA.BootTraceSession.1"	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\VersionIndependentProgID	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\InprocServer32	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\0\win64\	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\Version\ = "1.0"	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\0\win32	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\LocalServer32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\plasrv.exe"	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\ProgID\	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\TypeLib\	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\TypeLib\ = "{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}"	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "PLA.BootTraceSession"	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\LocalServer32\	JSTT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{E174AB84-A4D2-4C1C-C193-CB7D8B3E6A91}\ProgID	JSTT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{50FF06F3-237A-1F1D-A0F1-B1B547904B77}\5.4\	JSTT.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4164	JSTT.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4164	JSTT.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
4164	JSTT.exe
4164	JSTT.exe
4164	JSTT.exe
4164	JSTT.exe
4164	JSTT.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5136 wrote to memory of 4164	5136	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe	88
PID 5136 wrote to memory of 4164	5136	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe	88
PID 5136 wrote to memory of 4164	5136	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe	88
PID 5136 wrote to memory of 4736	5136	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe	89
PID 5136 wrote to memory of 4736	5136	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe	89
PID 5136 wrote to memory of 4736	5136	JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_792c609c20e9375735a596fda660c37c.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5136
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JSTT.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\JSTT.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4164
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
  "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\READ This.txt
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4736

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

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

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\@6CF2.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
f1cf9fcbddeadabb738de497ffefdced

SHA1
7385a7c87e245da89cc5ef8f9295678c1566f25d

SHA256
086083bc73b14286f9c3c29df8b8dc6f014d8b084267fbaeee0af56344d1f779

SHA512
3a3b9d279b4c131ef3f358e0163f60ec9e60160a2cc45488adb915fea6642f3df5d35da2ccb6983d790401d237fbc808829f42c42ef958e7a0eac98fc33bb3f6

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\READ This.txt

Filesize
8B

MD5
ac9a4a8bb43bc81a95ebaf8b63f691de

SHA1
097c9c9c5262cb84b666bc378b51a4ff4d15812b

SHA256
e8eea1564190c033564cba5289bfa5dedaeaa3a976fd5fdf8ab03981dcb6f120

SHA512
5393b75bc1badbaccae96f2b72faba59474e2ed8c492683dda96dde1dac265c61d60baea9a7a1847b53b274dfa81366cf517dcda30f6e6f9420dbba8410b1d7a

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
457KB

MD5
d2366486acd1a1e7512b0024ea3c7bdb

SHA1
c9a4948a2902c899fbc8f51755a745b220f26265

SHA256
7142651f09fa4a93574850904e21ac8c99dd4e4aff728e2ba68188a459f53461

SHA512
50c77906a2175ab488198e2d240d6d8178a189369fc93ff5099e59e1114f8ac1b5496e639d128a60626403b2303a60c51d6f8abae886d90ec2eef03617eeabd5

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JSTT.001

Filesize
488B

MD5
56456087a5a6d0b7940a3dbcd4ba3d25

SHA1
92ed36335ac81e75d35d1f9ebbc310a74700120b

SHA256
7ff659102d2965eeaccdd4afef92510c88e105b95131d265acd88d2240f40b3f

SHA512
f58d7e138fd83f46fa0ace1b20db1aaf4c991e2a548561e68a96474256b616517591d3ffe0da8fda0d2b0c63c842c701700708456a854426fedadf9450759f64

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JSTT.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
31854a50b294dd312eb7fa9eb1c99537

SHA1
e0b1682a001e15d0e0e1c1ca732cafb5c80b3160

SHA256
2fe2d55aae2deef38a37c9679d74ecf05699d6919760794f69583b43b7fe308c

SHA512
0482a4981ba242d4e931bd8b9eb5d606492cffb7609fb69fb349ed19c7a9e36a7e240e5ebe759505d253c5e72fb771612a76419c36fb035987a166569a5111c2

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JSTT.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
603451f504bedb28c3a7bae4c89abf24

SHA1
cbfe12186b54663f60663c349739c7a49950c44e

SHA256
e4d6577ea390274308877284b6d0cd6672aeb0e76c9c9847ac59c0964f050d13

SHA512
136e28e288b3ce26b37c82b078a3440e3232c0f874d7d33e8e6fb6eadfd0024b9009448500c716523b81f142fa3bebf7d11f1dd3e8e6143867b06335eb5f9612

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\JSTT.exe

Filesize
648KB

MD5
ce568bcaf7285124f764aff92f5079d4

SHA1
886f698e2239cf615f12b503853a5fa28c53aefc

SHA256
59d7d6de8a9e2d5535703d22c36888889530fd011d7f71cf034e93e36e7527af

SHA512
9f6e3496930cb5dd9c9403acc865bc94f63f64af49a27ffeedbc9d9082d50bff4a7a772bb98d4a2719f0ecae144393de9cc273ba83ae00abe347b0be0d7c9866

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

Filesize
106B

MD5
639d75ab6799987dff4f0cf79fa70c76

SHA1
be2678476d07f78bb81e8813c9ee2bfff7cc7efb

SHA256
fc42ab050ffdfed8c8c7aac6d7e4a7cad4696218433f7ca327bcfdf9f318ac98

SHA512
4b511d0330d7204af948ce7b15615d745e8d4ea0a73bbece4e00fb23ba2635dd99e4fa54a76236d6f74bdbcdba57d32fd4c36b608d52628e72d11d5ed6f8cde2

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memory/4164-35-0x00000000033C0000-0x00000000033C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-38-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000C41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-24-0x0000000002550000-0x0000000002551000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-23-0x0000000002500000-0x0000000002501000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-32-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003353000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/4164-29-0x0000000002520000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-27-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002541000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-28-0x0000000002560000-0x0000000002561000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-30-0x00000000024E0000-0x00000000024E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-40-0x00000000033B0000-0x00000000033B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-39-0x0000000003370000-0x0000000003371000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-34-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-37-0x0000000000C20000-0x0000000000C21000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-33-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-31-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-20-0x00000000022F0000-0x000000000234A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/4164-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/4164-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/4164-50-0x00000000022F0000-0x000000000234A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/4164-51-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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