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  "created": "2020-01-23T17:46:59.535Z",
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      "source_name": "Cylance Reg Persistence Sept 2013",
      "description": "Langendorf, S. (2013, September 24). Windows Registry Persistence, Part 2: The Run Keys and Search-Order. Retrieved November 17, 2024.",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20160214140250/http://blog.cylance.com/windows-registry-persistence-part-2-the-run-keys-and-search-order"
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      "source_name": "MSDN Authentication Packages",
      "description": "Microsoft. (n.d.). Authentication Packages. Retrieved March 1, 2017.",
      "url": "https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa374733.aspx"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Microsoft Run Key",
      "description": "Microsoft. (n.d.). Run and RunOnce Registry Keys. Retrieved September 12, 2024.",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/setupapi/run-and-runonce-registry-keys"
    },
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      "source_name": "Microsoft TimeProvider",
      "description": "Microsoft. (n.d.). Time Provider. Retrieved March 26, 2018.",
      "url": "https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/ms725475.aspx"
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      "source_name": "Linux Kernel Programming",
      "description": "Pomerantz, O., Salzman, P.. (2003, April 4). The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide. Retrieved April 6, 2018.",
      "url": "https://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.4/lkmpg.pdf"
    },
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      "source_name": "TechNet Autoruns",
      "description": "Russinovich, M. (2016, January 4). Autoruns for Windows v13.51. Retrieved June 6, 2016.",
      "url": "https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902"
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  "x_mitre_modified_by_ref": "identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5",
  "x_mitre_platforms": [
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    "Network Devices"
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