Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
20/07/2026, 01:29
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 977KB
- Sample260720-bwl2msbw3p
- SHA256 8decd405f0dae16515de9c3ab4083b9aac661e79cf1be246fbbe5368446ddb6e
- MD5 53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605
- SHA1 4698f67ebd47ebb9117e0a67985c9ee775414ed1
- SHA512 2cc7e22752ebacee7f1956d24efaa4e86f6f06029149e99724f7565ec8674e32844e1319939e38b2ff26b9d97feaddf8ce7ec0f4adbb92f1030a2b2e528de164
- SSDEEP 12288:V7+FgqlFBwVxv6hlgZt+lWMvXp+oUhU+e1fuPh+s8ILpnK:V7AzlF2/v6hlgZcdpFCU+CuK
- TLSH T1D5259F3139C18171DDE210B642ECFA3A42AED4B00B2A56CB52D857FEEA205D17F37997
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 5876 Logo1_.exe 4340 2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\Y: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\D: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\T: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: Logo1_.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\core\dev\nls\sv-se\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\my-computer\js\nls\sk-sk\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\my-recent-files-select\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\tracked-send\js\plugins\tracked-send\js\nls\sl-si\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Reader\DC\Linguistics\Providers\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\video_splitter\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\audio_output\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\editpdf\js\nls\root\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\lib\fonts\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\video_filter\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSReadLine\2.0.0\ja\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\aicuc\js\nls\fr-fr\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x64\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\desktop-connector-files\js\nls\fr-ma\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\tracked-send\js\viewer\nls\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\unified-share\js\nls\sl-si\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\6.0.27\es\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\app\dev\nls\ar-ae\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\add-account\js\nls\eu-es\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\pages-app\js\nls\es-es\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\search-summary\js\nls\de-de\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\Trust Protection Lists\Mu\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\plugin2\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\my-computer-select\js\nls\root\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\reviews\js\nls\hr-hr\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\scan-files\css\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\uss-search\js\nls\fi-fi\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\eo\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\signatures\js\nls\sl-si\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\uss-search\js\nls\pl-pl\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\fr-FR\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\lib\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\my-computer-select\js\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\on-boarding\js\nls\hu-hu\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\7.0.16\de\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\task-handler\js\nls\nl-nl\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\MEIPreload\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x64\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\bn\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\desktop-connector-files-select\css\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\Offline\OfflineScannerShell.exe Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\locales\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\activity-badge\js\nls\es-es\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\exportpdfupsell-app\js\nls\eu-es\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\add-account\js\nls\fr-ma\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\fss\js\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\generic-rhp-app\js\plugins\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\on-boarding\images\themeless\Localized_images\pl-pl\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\unified-share\js\nls\hr-hr\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\MEIPreload\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\intf\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSReadLine\2.0.0\it\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\app\dev\nls\sv-se\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\app\dev\nls\uk-ua\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\on-boarding\js\nls\tr-tr\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroApp\ENU\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\ob-preview\js\nls\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\rundl132.exe 2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe 2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\rundl132.exe Logo1_.exe File created C:\Windows\vDll.dll Logo1_.exe - Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 2540 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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 net1.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Logo1_.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language net.exe - Runs net.exe
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
pid Process 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe 5876 Logo1_.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4660 wrote to memory of 2540 4660 2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 89 PID 4660 wrote to memory of 5876 4660 2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 90 PID 5876 wrote to memory of 3536 5876 Logo1_.exe 91 PID 3536 wrote to memory of 1840 3536 net.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4660 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a381.bat2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2540 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4340
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C:\Windows\Logo1_.exeC:\Windows\Logo1_.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5876 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exenet stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3536 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exeC:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1840
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
- Size 124KB
- SHA256 17c6b7f8d454093bf13ca3ef927d473611fbd11233eb74dea22d6328f4291ec2
- MD5 c87518dc672d921f7886d42794f73122
- SHA1 5da76d426fe2d09b01cff2e66ab2e6340f5a466c
- SHA512 c725d00d8e1b318e29cc5905b7003fbd2a19a19d8ea2751f40f11c11a74348f79f65bf587e8a7cab9f60fda8b533b9b784232ead5cb226aeaf891cd369502dc6
- SSDEEP 3072:2NftffjmNIhUBf8Bo/mu+YDfYz8KrRVwWEhPd4zB+IPFP6n:2dVfjmN2G7/fYfLvzB+QFyn
- TLSH T1B9C38D1371D08871E9B10C3449E1EA619E3FFD620B449EA737C466BE0F317D1DE26A6A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\vcredist_x86.exe
- Size 481KB
- SHA256 d5fbaf5c0d8e313d4dad23b28cac4256c5dbed6ab3b0d797e2971f30c5e095ad
- MD5 1db5b390daa2d070657fbdb4f5d2cc55
- SHA1 77e633e49df484b827080753514cc376749b0ceb
- SHA512 68aa0152f5aae79a146c1813915fd16ec5454b285bd1781370923f97d6c147d53684192f7f4161e5c1a340959ec432ecaac127b0abe7d08f70c387e08ee4f617
- SSDEEP 12288:Pp7+ZqIOkU8AMXE9B7PElZlP41N+4PUWfo:R7ABOkUhMXcBwc04nA
- TLSH T116A46D31A6A04037D6F106B3F915D2307E7DA2187B1184AB9394AE2D3EA95D7A7F7303
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a381.bat
- Size 943B
- SHA256 2acb4601dd2050fbf11a1c46a22a33d1bed7e6c1fb64ca39235bc5f61839f782
- MD5 c5630274d233036ee0326371f289d816
- SHA1 5c0b7dfacb382dc376d3ff98cdcd4b5cdb92fba7
- SHA512 fce6d412e6f471f48c3e4d6900a02f7e987105c2d3c622e6401ede75a2b90aebb265c102172366889ac0bf7d1b4cad4483b9a229ab489c7e44167dbcaf41be2d
- TLSH T1DA11081A5E7BCF590B86A01B0276AECEC1426D072E473F00A381832D52D788FA5DA347
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_53d69bd48e212c44143d7fb07f7a0605_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe
- Size 950KB
- SHA256 cb7330e0ff6089b05daacae018a4a2574ba47e5f8059ef0ffd0f066f92cb21a1
- MD5 79d49c5ac6757c9f58b663b8a2845ac6
- SHA1 8e918f5f2051fd1f99273d2202ad77975ff7d400
- SHA512 0e4a36315e90f8b592f4bb71a99d848d8fc3e4b8466a15e3b5b6fc4afd97e035240bfe231b8811a58273ff4908fee982be68e239d43257f07cedf42407214410
- SSDEEP 12288:xgqlFBwVxv6hlgZt+lWMvXp+oUhU+e1fuPh+s8ILpnK:xzlF2/v6hlgZcdpFCU+CuK
- TLSH T12B259E3139C18171DDE210B642ECFA3A42AED0B00B2A56CB52D857FEEA605D17F37997
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
- Size 26KB
- SHA256 108dde277f951f3faaf076bf5f64514985ee414102ddcc097efa28deb80e4a25
- MD5 344f9a6ce28c4f28fa819cd088050c9f
- SHA1 8194909de242bff8b99de6cfcbf0859acbc470f3
- SHA512 2446c92ae93648c9205db408567f32b85dbd6315e5e19aff4cf7fee869632af736242cc81e33d47e0d2c84c826a6bfaa16b0bdc703f63d987b433f124a6f4c29
- SSDEEP 768:pf1ODKAaDMG8H92RwZNQSwcfymNBg+g61GoL:pNfgLdQAQfcfymN
- TLSH T1B3C2D07926C92678DC65097CDBD39781833C0E3A095F58AB26E2BE3F2170B64500FA67
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\_desktop.ini
- Size 9B
- SHA256 dffb19d438b8f053062d389b53daa5ea9c6c49729e68e68ba6a531dc153ab428
- MD5 85c0838b4818470129504568bcf31f4a
- SHA1 36ed4004f7e10afb3698fc5b5e4fe002f7c480dc
- SHA512 40e7f77c9a515e718b7782ceb3c7251f91d4e18a05335d53e3dfe24ecfafbbdb13df17fbce820783d6e28267eb196f822a41f05aaeb0af53d2b9662db06d01b6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512