Analysis
- max time kernel
110s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/05/2026, 01:51
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260522-b96yzae14x
- SHA256 df874804c165e4ee794abf5eaf5ee20125f7f44cc6322bcf5e82f07f193b4ad8
- MD5 bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850
- SHA1 afdda847e94f273166eda0c79851dbd15e9485cc
- SHA512 6083d07883a9a4f04edd5c699fe3ca8e91e9b1bf1ad04efe5df0107d12e0fca8daeda965c9c778fa6ff2e2dd5ee042b451139ff95d41bc0b6fe6d4a72b002665
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6ia4U2E+mRP3gNv2J0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kD4U2v+ZPji0Aj
- TLSH T145758C17F7A44271D023C079CBD6A66AFAB534920B3096CB1388C72C6F67BD1973A761
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3024-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001a00000002b493-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/544-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a3f9-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3024-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/544-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0002000000028d78-1275.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b4b4-1779.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001a00000002b493-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a3f9-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0002000000028d78-1275.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b4b4-1779.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 544 patcher.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Getstarted_10.2.41172.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WhatsNew.Store.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebpImageExtension_1.0.32731.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\codecpacks.webp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmid.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions_1.0.40831.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOUC.EXE$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.Loader.exe$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe$$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI_1.23.28002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\TCUI-App.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub_1.2103.1172.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PilotshubApp.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\visicon.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOUC.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\accicons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX45.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\grv_icons.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe$ 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3024 2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 544 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3024
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C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exeC:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:544
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 df874804c165e4ee794abf5eaf5ee20125f7f44cc6322bcf5e82f07f193b4ad8
- MD5 bca392e07daa901a5853dc11d832f850
- SHA1 afdda847e94f273166eda0c79851dbd15e9485cc
- SHA512 6083d07883a9a4f04edd5c699fe3ca8e91e9b1bf1ad04efe5df0107d12e0fca8daeda965c9c778fa6ff2e2dd5ee042b451139ff95d41bc0b6fe6d4a72b002665
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6ia4U2E+mRP3gNv2J0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kD4U2v+ZPji0Aj
- TLSH T145758C17F7A44271D023C079CBD6A66AFAB534920B3096CB1388C72C6F67BD1973A761
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 e0b7761d493d8b6b5aedb1a76f03454c3256986fea0e6b567a9a286ac17dd0fa
- MD5 589d691821b7d8f3b208068d4806d72d
- SHA1 9228d24113d5d8804d4737a24619a2192cce297c
- SHA512 ae66851275852c3cdefca3ca1075b77701fd2b51251923fa4573f549d2b930d8b472be5d9db429c272622d45ac95680af29bfda8e69ad6f084cdab749a33c400
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6ia4U2E+mRP3gNv2J0Le5ji0hmxNrMdTjE:A3k03kD4U2v+ZPji0Ajow
- TLSH T1A1758D17F7A442B1D023C175CAD6A666FBB674910B3096CB1388C72C6F27BD19B3A721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 5af24a8f519363f8467e6bd2496e4a539b79dc9368d9a153095ad58394f5c26e
- MD5 bcc8b81f086c06289e92a73b0ae263b2
- SHA1 d82cfac85bdfb437ce1e24fed71299264774ab2f
- SHA512 6c65b63b121c51ccfe9f6e734f95780d4168587c52f3728a71edb3f19176ba6a65fd80ff07ce2c74dd382eca8e5648c87132225cab2285e1da8fb28fd58413c7
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6ia4U2E+mRP3gNv2J0Le5ji0hmxNrMD0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kD4U2v+ZPji0AjKPji0Aj
- TLSH T125A56C16F6644371D073C079CAD6A69AFAB130920B3086CB5389D72C7F67BD2963A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe$
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 8fffa1a6c77f99e9ef186ff605d5233f30feed67c4d5896f3f060cb51ff37f09
- MD5 f401d588a1d0ed3651e62d76a46ba3ca
- SHA1 93b1e3bad78fb0f96679218d075d43ecf9eb35aa
- SHA512 b5989b8ae4254171f82af318e2a8c0ea281908e67a9a3984e0469f7922b62854bfeac368b7a7cc906edd7b91c17e8acaaa50f71906dc36336e80ef974ccc3637
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6ia4U2E+mRP3gNv2J0Le5ji0hmxNrMPF:A3k03kD4U2v+ZPji0Ajq
- TLSH T1B4757C16F7A44271D063C075CECAA766FAB57C910B309ADB1388F7286F336D1A636721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH