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      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/015",
      "external_id": "T1218.015"
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    {
      "source_name": "Electron 3",
      "description": "Alanna Titterington. (2023, September 14). Security of Electron-based desktop applications. Retrieved March 7, 2024.",
      "url": "https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/electron-framework-security-issues/49035/"
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      "source_name": "Electron Security",
      "description": "ElectronJS.org. (n.d.). Retrieved March 7, 2024.",
      "url": "https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/using-native-node-modules"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Electron 6-8",
      "description": "Kosayev, U. (2023, June 15). One Electron to Rule Them All. Retrieved March 7, 2024.",
      "url": "https://medium.com/@MalFuzzer/one-electron-to-rule-them-all-dc2e9b263daf"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Electron 1",
      "description": "TOM ABAI. (2023, August 10). There’s a New Stealer Variant in Town, and It’s Using Electron to Stay Fully Undetected. Retrieved March 7, 2024.",
      "url": "https://www.mend.io/blog/theres-a-new-stealer-variant-in-town-and-its-using-electron-to-stay-fully-undetected/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Electron 2",
      "description": "Trend Micro. (2023, June 6). Abusing Electronbased applications in targeted attacks. Retrieved March 7, 2024.",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/resources/papers/conf2023/FIRSTCON23-TLP-CLEAR-Horejsi-Abusing-Electron-Based-Applications-in-Targeted-Attacks.pdf"
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