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CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 20


Intelligence 20 IOCs YARA 61 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 323c126d241461bcf53a98317cd1b2cf4f053378e190fb9090af6bebf4708d97
SHA3-384 hash: d2bf6ab1a92add80cbf783b837639e0ce3414a4a5b71620690f766872e5c25d5d0be3cfd19a631c023f7d8a998b93397
SHA1 hash: f8e01bca024761b9b8526fe37a09a820477a7822
MD5 hash: 71f394c21f359ac669599595655281f1
humanhash: nineteen-queen-bulldog-carolina
File name:关于开展网络关键设备和网络安全专用产品检查的通知.exe
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Signature CobaltStrike
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File size:1'561'088 bytes
First seen:2025-09-23 11:05:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 2dedeb001b8c0bf34f891108a9e13ab6 (1 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 24576:RlSJ3moOMV0GZR/Nfu6l/5VBOylvoDCYW7P1u7I7+jdOXjxUSGwar2Yc69KM/in/:+J3moDV0k/Nfu
TLSH T1AC75346163970FF0FA86C039921B8571ECD66087A2C2F0999FEF319998523F4BBF5581
TrID 43.3% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
27.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
13.2% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
5.2% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter kafan_shengui
Tags:CobaltStrike exe


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kafan_shengui
Targeted Attack

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
120
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
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ID:
1
File name:
76e834ad_.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-09-23 11:05:51 UTC
Tags:
cobaltstrike backdoor
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/bbcdb454-6355-4528-b750-ec1f26e0e4df

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
CobaltStrikeBeacon
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Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/28641/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
93.3%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=68d27f0fa8481b7a76abafc9
Tags:
cobaltstrike cobalt emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Running batch commands
Connection attempt
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Creating a window
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm base64 cmd lolbin masquerade microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68d27f4cb4f22678f762e621/reports/4e6b2d60-5280-4537-89d5-9df0a315e457/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_70%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/323c126d241461bcf53a98317cd1b2cf4f053378e190fb9090af6bebf4708d97
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2025-09-23T08:18:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-23T08:18:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Backdoor.Cobalt.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win64.Cobalt.sb Trojan.Win32.Cometer.sb Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.sb Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.mz Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.sb VHO:Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.leq HackTool.Cobalt.HTTP.C&C BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.leq
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/323c126d241461bcf53a98317cd1b2cf4f053378e190fb9090af6bebf4708d97/results?tab=lookup
Malware family:
Cobalt Strike
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/7d883e92-8b96-48fa-9e07-67f48b2a415a
Score:
86%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/323c126d241461bcf53a98317cd1b2cf4f053378e190fb9090af6bebf4708d97
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Corrupted Executable Office Document PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/71f394c21f359ac669599595655281f1
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/323c126d241461bcf53a98317cd1b2cf4f053378e190fb9090af6bebf4708d97/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.COBALTSTRIKE
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/323c126d241461bcf53a98317cd1b2cf4f053378e190fb9090af6bebf4708d97
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Egairtigado
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-23 11:05:52 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
47
AV detection:
26 of 38 (68.42%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=gi6be3jecrq3z5j2tayxzunsz5hqkm3y4gipxeeqv5v6x5dqrwlq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
cobaltstrike
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Similar samples:
error
CobaltStrike
Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike botnet:0 backdoor trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250923-m7cswsxse1/
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Checks computer location settings
Cobaltstrike
Cobaltstrike family
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
exploit c2
YARA:
cve_2014_6352
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/b92c6a3c-12a5-46ed-b054-c08e71a2ba24
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
323c126d241461bcf53a98317cd1b2cf4f053378e190fb9090af6bebf4708d97
MD5 hash:
71f394c21f359ac669599595655281f1
SHA1 hash:
f8e01bca024761b9b8526fe37a09a820477a7822
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/1dc278ba-e89a-403d-984d-3159030f8f6c/
Malware family:
CobaltStrike
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/323c126d2414/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/323c126d241461bcf53a98317cd1b2cf4f053378e190fb9090af6bebf4708d97

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:Beacon_K5om
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Meterpreter Beacon - file K5om.dll
Reference:https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/06/phished-at-the-request-of-counsel.html
Rule name:Beacon_K5om_RID2B14
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Meterpreter Beacon - file K5om.dll
Reference:https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/06/phished-at-the-request-of-counsel.html
Rule name:Cobaltbaltstrike_Beacon_x64
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Author:Avast Threat Intel Team
Description:Detects CobaltStrike payloads
Reference:https://github.com/avast/ioc
Rule name:Cobaltstrike1
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Author:Ahmet Payaslioglu | Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:Cobalt Strike Detection
Rule name:Cobaltstrike2
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Author:Ahmet Payaslioglu | Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:Cobalt Strike Detection
Rule name:CobaltStrikeBeacon
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Author:ditekshen, enzo & Elastic
Description:Cobalt Strike Beacon Payload
Rule name:CobaltStrike_C2_Encoded_XOR_Config_Indicator
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Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike C2 encoded profile configuration
Rule name:CobaltStrike_MZ_Launcher
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Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike MZ header ReflectiveLoader launcher
Rule name:CobaltStrike_ReflectiveLoader_RID3297
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects reflective loader (Cobalt Strike)
Reference:http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip
Rule name:CobaltStrike_Sleep_Decoder_Indicator
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Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike sleep_mask decoder
Rule name:CobaltStrike_Sleeve_BeaconLoader_VA_x64_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
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Author:gssincla@google.com
Description:Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.VA.x64.o (VirtualAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6
Reference:https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/making-cobalt-strike-harder-for-threat-actors-to-abuse
Rule name:CobaltStrike_Sleeve_Beacon_x64_v4_5_variant
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Author:gssincla@google.com
Description:Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 4.5 (variant)
Reference:https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/making-cobalt-strike-harder-for-threat-actors-to-abuse
Rule name:CobaltStrike_Unmodifed_Beacon
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Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects unmodified CobaltStrike beacon DLL
Rule name:CobaltStrike__Sleeve_BeaconLoader_VA_x64_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
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Author:gssincla@google.com
Rule name:cobalt_strike_beacon_decrypted
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Author:0x0d4y
Description:This rule detects cobalt strike decrypted beacons.
Rule name:cobalt_strike_beacon_detected
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Author:0x0d4y
Description:This rule detects cobalt strike beacons.
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:crime_win32_csbeacon_1
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Author:@VK_Intel
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike loader
Reference:https://twitter.com/VK_Intel/status/1239632822358474753
Rule name:CS_beacon
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Author:Etienne Maynier tek@randhome.io
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:detect_powershell
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
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Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
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Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:HKTL_CobaltStrike_Beacon_4_2_Decrypt
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Author:Elastic
Description:Identifies deobfuscation routine used in Cobalt Strike Beacon DLL version 4.2
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/blog/detecting-cobalt-strike-with-memory-signatures
Rule name:HKTL_CobaltStrike_Beacon_Strings
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Author:Elastic
Description:Identifies strings used in Cobalt Strike Beacon DLL
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/blog/detecting-cobalt-strike-with-memory-signatures
Rule name:HKTL_CobaltStrike_SleepMask_Jul22
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Author:CodeX
Description:Detects static bytes in Cobalt Strike 4.5 sleep mask function that are not obfuscated
Reference:https://codex-7.gitbook.io/codexs-terminal-window/blue-team/detecting-cobalt-strike/sleep-mask-kit-iocs
Rule name:HKTL_Meterpreter_inMemory
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Author:netbiosX, Florian Roth
Description:Detects Meterpreter in-memory
Reference:https://www.reddit.com/r/purpleteamsec/comments/hjux11/meterpreter_memory_indicators_detection_tooling/
Rule name:HKTL_Win_CobaltStrike
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Author:threatintel@volexity.com
Description:The CobaltStrike malware family.
Reference:https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/05/27/suspected-apt29-operation-launches-election-fraud-themed-phishing-campaigns/
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_ReflectiveLoader
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts
Rule name:Leviathan_CobaltStrike_Sample_1
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike sample from Leviathan report
Reference:https://goo.gl/MZ7dRg
Rule name:Leviathan_CobaltStrike_Sample_1_RID3324
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike sample from Leviathan report
Reference:https://goo.gl/MZ7dRg
Rule name:malware_CobaltStrike_v3v4
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Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect CobaltStrike Beacon in memory
Reference:https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2018/08/volatility-plugin-for-detecting-cobalt-strike-beacon.html
Rule name:Malware_QA_vqgk
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:VT Research QA uploaded malware - file vqgk.dll
Reference:VT Research QA
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_CobaltStrike
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:CobaltStrike payload
Rule name:MALW_cobaltrike
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Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Rule to detect CobaltStrike beacon
Reference:https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.cobalt_strike
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
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Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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Rule name:PowerShell_Susp_Parameter_Combo_RID336F
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects PowerShell invocation with suspicious parameters
Reference:https://goo.gl/uAic1X
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Rust
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Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Rust programming language
Rule name:ReflectiveLoader
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a unspecified hack tool, crack or malware using a reflective loader - no hard match - further investigation recommended
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Rustyloader_mem_loose
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Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Corroded buerloader
Reference:https://app.any.run/tasks/83064edd-c7eb-4558-85e8-621db72b2a24
Rule name:SEH__vectored
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
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Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:troj_win_cobaltstrike_memoryinject
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Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike payload typically loaded into memory via PowerShell.
Rule name:WiltedTulip_ReflectiveLoader
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects reflective loader (Cobalt Strike) used in Operation Wilted Tulip
Reference:http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_1787eef5
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:CS shellcode variants
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_3dc22d14
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_663fc95d
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies CobaltStrike via unidentified function code
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_b54b94ac
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Rule for beacon sleep obfuscation routine
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_ee756db7
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Attempts to detect Cobalt Strike based on strings found in BEACON
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_f0b627fc
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Description:Rule for beacon reflective loader
Rule name:win_cobalt_sleep_encrypt
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Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects Sleep Encryption Logic Found in Cobalt Strike Deployments
Rule name:win_cobalt_strike_auto
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Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.cobalt_strike.

File information

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Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/28641/

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