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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+  - name: "The FLARE Team"
+title: "capa, a tool to identify capabilities in programs and sandbox traces."
+date-released: 2020-07-16
+url: "https://github.com/mandiant/capa"
+