Analysis
- max time kernel
82s - max time network
145s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/05/2026, 16:25
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 2.7MB
- Sample260522-txb7yahy3n
- SHA256 8679dce72bbb7f15df451ef016cf630d00000dec014073f676e2d67eab3f3e1c
- MD5 94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53
- SHA1 a63e89d64bdccee73225342552316959b0a855de
- SHA512 604a842deb22eb4b13ff7b325235f1c0daa79cd5cf170a179fe26122d0c55f365eb3380841caa96cd23bf04388b60d6086cf4a6ec447bda41051ae35d99c8696
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kD4U2v++pYq4eW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYq:A3k03kc/vh6FfkZc86
- TLSH T19DD53B16F6788332D073C0B9CAD6AA9AFA7230451B308ACB1349D76C2F277D59636735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/3300-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024544-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b65-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3300-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3312-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0002000000021673-1261.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0002000000023115-1768.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x001100000002023c-1950.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000200000001e4f5-2074.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024544-6.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b65-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0002000000021673-1261.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0002000000023115-1768.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x001100000002023c-1950.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000200000001e4f5-2074.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3312 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_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_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_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_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\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice_installer.exe$ 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Office.OneNote_16001.12026.20112.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\onenoteshare.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_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 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_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}\accicons.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created 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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\visicon.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe$ 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions_1.0.20875.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE$ 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.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\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe$ 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_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}\sscicons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.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 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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VPREVIEW.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe$ 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_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 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11910.1002.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WinStore.App.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11910.1002.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WinStore.App.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe$ 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wab.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_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}\pptico.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\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_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 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3300 2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3312 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53_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:3300
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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:3312
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 2.7MB
- SHA256 8679dce72bbb7f15df451ef016cf630d00000dec014073f676e2d67eab3f3e1c
- MD5 94e262b331ec005dc778d746dba2bc53
- SHA1 a63e89d64bdccee73225342552316959b0a855de
- SHA512 604a842deb22eb4b13ff7b325235f1c0daa79cd5cf170a179fe26122d0c55f365eb3380841caa96cd23bf04388b60d6086cf4a6ec447bda41051ae35d99c8696
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kD4U2v++pYq4eW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYq:A3k03kc/vh6FfkZc86
- TLSH T19DD53B16F6788332D073C0B9CAD6AA9AFA7230451B308ACB1349D76C2F277D59636735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe$
- Size 2.8MB
- SHA256 ac6e448f2dc83514dc6e2b10667dab9c84bc64120947ce1cf768f4b0411eae89
- MD5 5d389606a885bacdb9be12c59967f264
- SHA1 71a508229245ec05f1f3a33202986477d6d7f225
- SHA512 9e63ed2a3f7be1db24e4f98d845ace1c7e493191569a51b2df2fb4b263c0d9f9dea54e99d7e912cdc61860ab75156e5cdc5d87a0f92131d56412c1b7f4c3da6c
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kD4U2v++pYq4eW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYqdw:A3k03kc/vh6FfkZc86L
- TLSH T11BD54B16F6788372D073C079CAD6AA9AFA7230450B308ACB1349D76C2F277D59A35735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\pwahelper.exe
- Size 2.8MB
- SHA256 3009273590065fac824f3dd4b1abbe4ca3db57f64c40cb8c2fc0240d99ca1354
- MD5 a0e816c52b8f2c32eeea4d7b1945cfd6
- SHA1 e85403975f076bd55b18ff24632b3ecfe9d6d80a
- SHA512 54fadd5bc45f8dc624495ff5bf7f65827074b921dd6a3ed63853b18ed49db4931bd61ab6a896ab49f7f6298146b6cb17ba080f8b12340f75002252bf52fdc29c
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kD4U2v++pYq4eW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYqZI:A3k03kc/vh6FfkZc86KI
- TLSH T17AD54B16F6788372D073C079CAD6AA9AFA7230450B308ACB1349D76C2F277D59A36735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 3.2MB
- SHA256 549a834559c7346a53dab2b93f28e5f058b3562a32945d9bfb11270b377b45ea
- MD5 051f2ed35fd25c0277d1797e04756d89
- SHA1 0e2e763f70cd97fb4776906c3f89109f84878ae9
- SHA512 ba886087dee8543baf0992eeccfb7e02fd4cf58b7125049a7685e49c7173773531da041b5bb317fff25e6149d54cd57d8a5ebef15a4defc92146a96292c002a8
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kD4U2v++pYq4eW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYqjPji0Aj:A3k03kc/vh6FfkZc86Gjo
- TLSH T1EAF53B16F6788332D073C0B9CAD6AA9AFA7230451B308ACB1345D76C2F277D69636735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$
- Size 2.7MB
- SHA256 8e88e8cc908336f3e96fc1e9351aa2b6918d72d2ac8f043494c4ab3a42c1292c
- MD5 6c40e63a529ae06b90b34da8a348356e
- SHA1 011a2e9b0681106968ae68f1d2d731ff3173596b
- SHA512 bdcf6d4f07b576606bb483b932f1c115fa158b1c2e73b0dd73e6ec766ca0f08ff23f4905333fd747f01fd3dea1f8468a47c0ff5f92511261843e1f6cc1e0455d
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kD4U2v++pYq4eW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYqt:A3k03kc/vh6FfkZc86Y
- TLSH T11ED53A16F6788332D073C079CAD6AA9AFA7138850B308ACB1349E76C2F376D59635735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\MicrosoftEdge.exe$
- Size 2.9MB
- SHA256 de1e4c4880cc2e807d29fe45b7ad75a7cc0cba419617a614b060f4fa0a675e06
- MD5 537a07c8ff830c2e6400cd7ab29f2077
- SHA1 8fd14163dbe552cbb12c2b756b458d7f11311f29
- SHA512 cf306ea45d6abd5c72c4e78d6f15ee0a740ec4544ce37522db31a20b2116f835203c7187ac4c7d1a9c2a33fd3ac15645f4f44d9e91d54d622328087a3d4a8871
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kD4U2v++pYq4eW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYq/i2WH3:A3k03kc/vh6FfkZc86CuX
- TLSH T10AE54B26F6788332D073C079CAD6AA9AFA7134454B308ACB1349D72C2F277D69636735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH