Analysis
- max time kernel
113s - 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, 15:19
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260522-sqd8aahy2x
- SHA256 fc7cc306c8eb172fc78393956cbc3f2ab533e6dbc01ddcdac9a7f2e51bedbd10
- MD5 09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a
- SHA1 ac69d40324929a90dd9d1633c86205b76715d10a
- SHA512 2d11f062bd17396060b3688d96625536dd9581beedcfb40fe094d0c9d870371c420007bdaabac37f18ef463992221668e459300a4f1552e1865032b9d417ccf6
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJtPji0Aj
- TLSH T166658C17F6A402B5D027C1B9C5D69A6AEE7138821B3086CF1359C7283F63BD19B3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3172-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001a00000002b4d3-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1376-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000002a341-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3172-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1376-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000028ddf-1287.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0014000000027a4d-1523.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000025aba-2083.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001a00000002b4d3-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000002a341-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000028ddf-1287.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0014000000027a4d-1523.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000025aba-2083.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1376 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_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.12827.20400.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\HxAccounts.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.6.10571.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsTerminal.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Integrator.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.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\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_4.6.3102.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoadfsb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay_1.17.29001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\SpeechToTextOverlay64-Retail.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\filecompare.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javacpl.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.People_10.1909.12456.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PeopleApp.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\ShapeCollector.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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}\outicon.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe$ patcher.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_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3172 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 1376 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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:3172
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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:1376
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 fc7cc306c8eb172fc78393956cbc3f2ab533e6dbc01ddcdac9a7f2e51bedbd10
- MD5 09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a
- SHA1 ac69d40324929a90dd9d1633c86205b76715d10a
- SHA512 2d11f062bd17396060b3688d96625536dd9581beedcfb40fe094d0c9d870371c420007bdaabac37f18ef463992221668e459300a4f1552e1865032b9d417ccf6
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJtPji0Aj
- TLSH T166658C17F6A402B5D027C1B9C5D69A6AEE7138821B3086CF1359C7283F63BD19B3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe$
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 b5c7608d7bff865ef9116d598f30235e9a50cc37612bf6e18f7401b43e5ee980
- MD5 5b1c694497b1a5ec39396812c12c7aea
- SHA1 58ff928c3a93f6845e2958a631ab90ed2a739fe7
- SHA512 60e2700f6e004dfc7c76692b450903e52f13c6d4fcbff73aa12d54d778846391439b35533f677974feade07d4ebf8807d8e352dca3dd4cf695bb5e65395f5dc1
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrMX3Td9CHKy3:A3k03kHRJtPji0AjoTd9CHKyao
- TLSH T1A8958D12F7A402B5E077C175C9E69656EA7238461B30CACF1358D7292F33BD19A3AB31
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 3ae547110723a4b48a79d0554e814defb9d142e2d95054e138a07e3b0f4df9ff
- MD5 5156b6455510d7c359f2383ea0cb0117
- SHA1 763c3e20ecb54d40881aa0da1a4e51f8bf3831e5
- SHA512 c39501fc509e37e2eab1da4b550392fd8419dfd698a9ae9965a52606d87e9ea93b9993bc6c0f315ec5e80ae29076cbd5c670c7e9a4cb529bce9f51be49cda25a
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrMD0Le5ji0hJ:A3k03kHRJtPji0AjKPji0Aj
- TLSH T168A57C16F6B44375D073C0B9C5D2A69AEE71348217308ACB1399C7283F67BE59A3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 72fdae0c62f320f654074b5897f280bca81f095732cc5d1136974b1bbe5340d7
- MD5 e50e031fbc75e72ebb35b8b7cb64d0a1
- SHA1 101fc32d275fbb7d66477ee365e3ed74665dd055
- SHA512 d0e666619955694b67b1163820c5af012ab44d86798d73c6210167b18810ca303ff1b5538027adc40450946dfbc33537f7d6e544b2d907dbd8477338eff4f5a5
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrMPF:A3k03kHRJtPji0Ajq
- TLSH T15B757C17F6A402B5D067C074C9D69A56EA713D821B308ADF1358F7282F73BD1AA3A770
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\wt.exe$
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 bc26152fa311375509ef9b816f956511630614917c56ad0ae572f04f404ede6e
- MD5 189706027ca1ac7bf2df939e4f0af8ac
- SHA1 00fffe8851f1d7e3fecc5b2606f71ca385c75024
- SHA512 feef1ac653ce9d5fd8f1b7871304d22bf2cae7b207f76379f3f5d3ac38a3a334c485ebd78e8377d7f6e71b75efa2733062aad434c3e6dd2f6141990a86bdf003
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrMfV+PAk2hMX:A3k03kHRJtPji0AjYi2WH3
- TLSH T13B859D23F6A402B5D027C175C9E6966AEA7138421B3086CF5358D72D3F63BE19B3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH