Analysis
- max time kernel
86s - max time network
150s - 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, 16:10
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_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_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- Sample260522-tmlzdsbw4t
- SHA256 6ff4036f4ee70f4dce04c23c9e182d877acb561f0113471d80696fb3e303531a
- MD5 427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f
- SHA1 bab497f87617f426a79f4641c5389fe5711e9dff
- SHA512 af8c18828a98c24df3a225763da84ba8459f1ce423f397b93188183b45772bed1d7f00b6d76d89658b17cdd9410c5a03f6571a625abafef664863f9d106dc085
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6ia4U2E+mRP3g9aiNagpF:A3k03kD4U2v+e
- TLSH T10E359D17EB8400B1D24741319F8DAB21F6BDBDA10B30A6EB2798B719AF716C0B735749
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2436-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b5aa-7.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4360-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2436-76-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4360-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0005000000027ad4-1449.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a84a-1632.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b5aa-7.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0005000000027ad4-1449.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a84a-1632.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4360 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_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_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_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_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 created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pptico.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist_1.0.3456.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\EdgeGameAssist.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice_installer.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_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_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_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\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmadminicon.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmclienticon.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe$ 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\bin\jstat.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_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_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_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2436 2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4360 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f_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:2436
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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:4360
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe$
- Size 1.0MB
- SHA256 6ff4036f4ee70f4dce04c23c9e182d877acb561f0113471d80696fb3e303531a
- MD5 427b92bcf4ef7bb9da386e91fe76c98f
- SHA1 bab497f87617f426a79f4641c5389fe5711e9dff
- SHA512 af8c18828a98c24df3a225763da84ba8459f1ce423f397b93188183b45772bed1d7f00b6d76d89658b17cdd9410c5a03f6571a625abafef664863f9d106dc085
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6ia4U2E+mRP3g9aiNagpF:A3k03kD4U2v+e
- TLSH T10E359D17EB8400B1D24741319F8DAB21F6BDBDA10B30A6EB2798B719AF716C0B735749
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 4b4c0e46bbd3e4c4c0fa4623fc6d496d1126acc5f6d046d775daba6e5088f589
- MD5 3b60f2f8d4961ceffadacc2163a681d9
- SHA1 d5ccd1ef615941e128e8fa20f2c3fa21c2690d79
- SHA512 96e32330a353c54a1d71c4617e46c3d2a0371c8d6c8f55f9abc5c040c2cd624b301285a8ed4c4b2bc06e7dc4961ee45a887fd5f7c9229c6647c9c36926c61fde
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6ia4U2E+mRP3g9aiNagpuqU:A3k03kD4U2v+f
- TLSH T114459C13FB8400B1D24342319F9DAA61E6F9BCB10B3066EB6358B719AF356C0B73575A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge_proxy.exe$
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 53b6538afe677ead3d9decdb24e8f73bf1cfa845a18e6d78bf3c36daf3f0f41d
- MD5 d4681ae0437e39b09f80c9e21c8e7f5d
- SHA1 4a13f54c21c7a22596185725d015c6e2429e682e
- SHA512 1ec6cc12a41e815167c8cb23b20a504317e7cf6af8c321dc2425aca462f559480872fe0d64811009e7d13ec11ed2a1bd2eae94a16b5b9ec2123497caacdf2589
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6ia4U2E+mRP3g9aiNagpXTjE:A3k03kD4U2v+Ew
- TLSH T1FF458D17E78410F5D24741318F89AA21F7B9BCB10B20ABEB2798B719AF316C0BB35755
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH