Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
136s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
11/08/2026, 22:08
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 244KB
- Sample260811-12dd5adr2x
- SHA256 6fd233dfce4379608e5f54bd4aa17bc16bcefbd828dd8bb95675e61a20bd91fa
- MD5 e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4
- SHA1 f8e649084ff0c16f1746885cfffa6f9e64f38f46
- SHA512 8719629017006b89087ac1b8d333b9eacfdcab02f05b4b3ef24c5c8fd1aa68697f262a3132d17977321646514b6ceb7ebc95ae0af99e3430fb0a465023cdfbae
- SSDEEP 6144:tVfjmN9qml5a6EdkQxiUmRQColKGAOPQK2GwIgfx+qSfF0:L7+Uml5a6EdkQgUmR7G9QK3wJx+qSfF0
- TLSH T160349E12B5D180B3E9B30D3449F4AE759ABDB9310B258A7F63D84F6D1F306819216B73
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 3364 Logo1_.exe 4988 2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_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) \??\D: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\T: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: Logo1_.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: Logo1_.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\am\LC_MESSAGES\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\intf\modules\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PackageManagement\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\files\dev\nls\it-it\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\createpdfupsell-app\js\nls\hu-hu\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\my-computer-select\images\themes\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\my-files\js\nls\he-il\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\sign-services-auth\js\nls\ro-ro\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\gl\LC_MESSAGES\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\files\dev\nls\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\tracked-send\js\plugins\tracked-send\js\nls\ar-ae\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\tracked-send\js\plugins\tracked-send\js\nls\ko-kr\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\lib\applet\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\uk\LC_MESSAGES\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\sd\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\core\dev\nls\cs-cz\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\createpdfupsell-app\js\nls\nb-no\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\desktop-connector-files\js\nls\sl-si\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\pages-app\images\themes\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\task-handler\js\nls\nb-no\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\app-center\css\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\editpdf\js\nls\fi-fi\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\editpdf\js\nls\it-it\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\ResiliencyLinks\AdSelectionAttestationsPreloaded\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\ResiliencyLinks\MEIPreload\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\RedistList\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\combinepdf\js\nls\nb-no\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\my-files\js\nls\eu-es\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\ob-preview\js\nls\ru-ru\_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\zh-tw\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\es-ES\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\sl\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\search-summary\js\nls\pt-br\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\lv\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\intf\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\digsig\js\_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\en-gb\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\uss-search\js\nls\tr-tr\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\walk-through\js\nls\ja-jp\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Setup Files\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\th\LC_MESSAGES\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\fss\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\task-handler\js\nls\de-de\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge_proxy.exe Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\bn\LC_MESSAGES\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\generic-rhp-app\js\nls\da-dk\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\es-ES\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\hi\LC_MESSAGES\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\ob-preview\js\nls\fi-fi\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\sample-files\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\send-for-sign\js\nls\nb-no\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\_desktop.ini 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\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\add-account\js\nls\en-ae\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\editpdf\js\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\exportpdfupsell-app\js\nls\sv-se\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\fss\js\nls\ar-ae\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\my-computer-select\images\themes\dark\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\WebResources\Resource0\static\js\plugins\uss-search\js\nls\da-dk\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PackageManagement\1.0.0.1\DSCResources\MSFT_PackageManagementSource\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\_desktop.ini Logo1_.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\rundl132.exe Logo1_.exe File created C:\Windows\vDll.dll Logo1_.exe File created C:\Windows\rundl132.exe 2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe 2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.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 3352 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_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 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language net1.exe - Runs net.exe
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
pid Process 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe 3364 Logo1_.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4920 wrote to memory of 3352 4920 2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 89 PID 4920 wrote to memory of 3364 4920 2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 90 PID 3364 wrote to memory of 4796 3364 Logo1_.exe 91 PID 4796 wrote to memory of 4932 4796 net.exe 94 PID 3352 wrote to memory of 4988 3352 cmd.exe 95
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4920 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a46F2.bat2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3352 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4988
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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:3364 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exenet stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4796 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exeC:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4932
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- 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\$$a46F2.bat
- Size 1022B
- SHA256 d908fc51e2848822aa835ab51cfb8e4ead7ed9096ba36962c8a8c75e409559f2
- MD5 728b12b6c46e725f5f87568dbc314434
- SHA1 9a058130769799395a80a9231bc30f115ff6fc29
- SHA512 7fca943598b423e79c9369c40bd5482fa78e3322f517a2381f4522ab5af06a5306866ff41148f0637673813ebc62c676ff86f3156fa586239abc0db9ac34ac8f
- TLSH T15411871A89ABDF960F42904F8E715DCB8546FD4B374633223AA4857D90D184EE5A33CE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_e353e68d3cef249f6a0481b6880a18f4_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe
- Size 217KB
- SHA256 04adf40ba58d0ab892091c188822191f2597bc47dab8b92423e8fc546dc437ef
- MD5 021c57c74de40f7c3b4fcf58a54d3649
- SHA1 ef363ab45b6fe3dd5b768655adc4188aadf6b6fd
- SHA512 77e3bbb08c661285a49a66e8090a54f535727731c44b7253ea09ffe9548bae9d120ef38a67dfa8a5d8da170dde3e9c1928b96c64dfc07b7f67f93b478937c018
- SSDEEP 6144:Bqml5a6EdkQxiUmRQColKGAOPQK2GwIgfx+qSfF0:gml5a6EdkQgUmR7G9QK3wJx+qSfF0
- TLSH T1D9248E12B5E180B3E9B3093409F4AE759ABEB9310B258A7F63D84F6D5F30681D216773
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
- Size 26KB
- SHA256 1fb31db2e85a1b73ed17574d28c540945b988e29b3ee230eea22c6aa412b0022
- MD5 8ce16fd7b3d4d3cb7cf8501caed788e9
- SHA1 076208a427808db8055671444c318ec51b19ffc8
- SHA512 84627960b1f7402ac703b07bc5a3e63c45150e5d5ced8084bc06ab495db389116caea21dd63ec31a3d91227f4c2bc6624df7c0beb8d4e21c2e546394cda16ac9
- SSDEEP 768:P1ODKAaDMG8H92RwZNQSwcfymNBg+g61GoL:dfgLdQAQfcfymN
- TLSH T13BC2D07A23C81A34DC2A49BCDBE36741837C4F29047F247726F16A7F25A1B25100EA67
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\_desktop.ini
- Size 9B
- SHA256 5610852304254abe1dd0715a48eeb9dea33524bf979242655f8606a4faf957e5
- MD5 1f386fd4fe41875fb2541c376a584528
- SHA1 254635958c0eee0ecd12b0b9a8dfdef4f8915347
- SHA512 b0d95b293b6f17289fb1a4dc7a48e972826ba0c5281c4dff6de8ce84c3ef59137d81ebffda51c97a72d23e8c1e7b7b65af1989c387419664f1f263a655980597
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512