Malware analysis Contract.pptx Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	Contract.pptx
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/765fdd8e-c4c8-4430-bd06-083a74b39f60
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 14, 2025, 22:00:27
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	phishing
Indicators:
MIME:	application/octet-stream
File info:	Microsoft OOXML
MD5:	71143DBCC5B53ABD5CAD89D51D3C911B
SHA1:	F22257852BFDA65B0E0DA3253960562F9E985ACD
SHA256:	BE81589D48C1F392E033985989C4A283E234B354626C8482EA166A690D3EB01A
SSDEEP:	6144:G37HcMX7zMmzQOLexD3Q29fWYpVvZ6NIS:AHcMXPNLed3Nf5VvEIS

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- KNOWBE4 has been detected (SURICATA)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 2196)
- PHISHING has been detected (SURICATA)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 2196)
SUSPICIOUS
- The process connected to a server suspected of theft
  - svchost.exe (PID: 2196)
INFO
No info indicators.

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.pptx	\|	PowerPoint Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (87)
.zip	\|	Open Packaging Conventions container (10.5)
.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (2.4)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	20
ZipBitFlag:	-
ZipCompression:	Deflated
ZipModifyDate:	2025:04:14 12:49:50
ZipCRC:	0xdd1cce94
ZipCompressedSize:	425
ZipUncompressedSize:	3193
ZipFileName:	[Content_Types].xml

XML

TotalEditTime:	33 minutes
Words:	7
Application:	Microsoft Macintosh PowerPoint
PresentationFormat:	On-screen Show (4:3)
Paragraphs:	1
Slides:	1
Notes:	-
HiddenSlides:	-
MMClips:	-
ScaleCrop:	No
HeadingPairs:	Fonts Used 2 Theme 1 Slide Titles 1
TitlesOfParts:	Arial Calibri Office Theme PowerPoint Presentation
LinksUpToDate:	No
SharedDoc:	No
HyperlinksChanged:	No
AppVersion:	16.0014
LastModifiedBy:	KB4
RevisionNumber:	7
CreateDate:	2014:07:08 19:45:52Z
ModifyDate:	2018:06:21 08:42:27Z

XMP

Title:	YOU MUST OPEN THIS FILE IN POWERPOINT AND ENABLE EDITING TO VIEW THIS PRESENTATION
Creator:	KnowBe4

No data.

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Total processes

134

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2196

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe

services.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Host Process for Windows Services

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel.appcore.dll

7412

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Contract.pptx /ou ""

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft PowerPoint

Version:

16.0.16026.20146

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\powerpnt.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

7928

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

7960

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

11 863

Read events

11 515

Write events

330

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:	write	Name:	3
Value: 011C08000000001000B24E9A3E01000000000000000300000000000000
(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\POWERPNT\7412
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 0B0E10C54A1AA772814247A73DB27386420EC7230046E2E58BA78AB1EBED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511F439D2120C70006F0077006500720070006E0074002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	en-US
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	de-de
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	fr-fr
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	es-es
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	it-it
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ja-jp
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ko-kr
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(7412) POWERPNT.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	pt-br
Value: 2

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Executable files

Suspicious files

108

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntities.bin		text
		MD5:CC90D669144261B198DEAD45AA266572	SHA256:89C701EEFF939A44F28921FD85365ECD87041935DCD0FE0BAF04957DA12C9899
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_6372E0472AFF76BB926C97818BC773B9		binary
		MD5:F30F89FE1B1C4296F169F81879D4201C	SHA256:666EE5F3EB6E244ED30FE32F963A1C2E5E0D6EEF65FEC02A50F6AAFD2758A155
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Personalization\Governance\Anonymous\floodgatecampaigns.json		binary
		MD5:1F34250CA1E4935554880767652EB906	SHA256:E61547E4C8D9223A4EAE972863B6954344906EB7DBDECB3F8CC0E74019190AA3
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres		binary
		MD5:6BCE42C2B1A7B5161EFE5A96F4D388AB	SHA256:39D7AEF06E640D03CDC57B4550EDEDC5D653207919A98A7FF3D65FEABDA4440A
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntitiesUpdated.bin		text
		MD5:F6AB2A0F972E1CD9463524B3857D6B73	SHA256:B4FCF845D2BABC281610624BFBC029EF9913C7A3C1A0D45A7F5702DBD23FDF5E
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d00655d2aa12ff6d.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2	SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cab12C0.tmp		compressed
		MD5:486CBCB223B873132FFAF4B8AD0AD044	SHA256:B217393FD2F95A11E2C594E736067870212E3C5242A212D6F9539450E8684616
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_6372E0472AFF76BB926C97818BC773B9		binary
		MD5:B6F26018B93377B06179ABB89479DF0F	SHA256:FB5CB2C2963165DD11B1FAC4176DFE4DA53F17C755A35EF3BAF39B3BB969B8E9
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\W4I0BIF94NXU7J8FFCI5.temp		binary
		MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2	SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cab127C.tmp		compressed
		MD5:7BF88B3CA20EB71ED453A3361908E010	SHA256:E555A610A61DB4F45A29A7FB196A9726C25772594252AD534453E69F05345283

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	23.48.23.141:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	GET	200	23.48.23.147:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/microsoftrootcert.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	GET	200	23.48.23.147:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicrosoftTimeStampPCA.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	GET	200	23.48.23.147:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	GET	200	23.52.120.96:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicCodSigPCA2011_2011-07-08.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	GET	200	23.48.23.147:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicCodSigPCA_08-31-2010.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	GET	200	23.48.23.147:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7152	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.52.120.96:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
—	—	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
—	—	23.48.23.141:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	52.109.28.46:443	officeclient.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	GB	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	52.123.129.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	23.48.23.18:443	omex.cdn.office.net	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
7412	POWERPNT.EXE	52.111.236.4:443	messaging.engagement.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 51.104.136.2 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.48.23.141 23.48.23.169 23.48.23.147 23.48.23.176	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.206	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.28.46	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.129.14 52.123.128.14	whitelisted
omex.cdn.office.net	23.48.23.18 23.48.23.11	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
messaging.engagement.office.com	52.111.236.4	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.67 20.190.159.129 40.126.31.130 40.126.31.1 40.126.31.69 40.126.31.3 20.190.159.68 40.126.31.73	whitelisted
messaging.lifecycle.office.com	52.111.231.13	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
2196	svchost.exe	Successful Credential Theft Detected	ET INFO Observed DNS Query to KnowBe4 Simulated Phish Domain
2196	svchost.exe	Possible Social Engineering Attempted	PHISHING [ANY.RUN] Suspected Phishing Training domain ( .phish .farm)

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General Info

Contract.pptx

71143DBCC5B53ABD5CAD89D51D3C911B

F22257852BFDA65B0E0DA3253960562F9E985ACD

BE81589D48C1F392E033985989C4A283E234B354626C8482EA166A690D3EB01A

6144:G37HcMX7zMmzQOLexD3Q29fWYpVvZ6NIS:AHcMXPNLed3Nf5VvEIS

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MALICIOUS

KNOWBE4 has been detected (SURICATA)

PHISHING has been detected (SURICATA)

SUSPICIOUS

The process connected to a server suspected of theft

INFO

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TRiD

EXIF

ZIP

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