Analysis
- max time kernel
112s - 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
24/05/2026, 16:28
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.3MB
- Sample260524-tyv2faev6s
- SHA256 75ec0b0158ceaf68af22b7ce2792c877c59182901d82dfc462312eace6abbbd5
- MD5 b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456
- SHA1 e6585d00d8c6510c649216929669e6e496ea667c
- SHA512 7562c5427e3db1de6d68df2b04cadebb9dc90c4f8b08cc14cac92ee24c75090c2767f7b09d6733b22adde482ae1f4ed5c591611933e640a9092ad1855c55ed0b
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEZRe5jcAkSYqyE:A3k03kHRJVpYq
- TLSH T174558C17F6A445B5D063C1B9CAD2AA66FE713846173097CF1358C3282F63BD1AA3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1292-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x002600000002b3ad-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3536-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000002a341-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1292-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3536-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00af0000000272e6-1286.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001800000001a60a-1488.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001e00000001a60a-1531.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x002600000002b3ad-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000002a341-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00af0000000272e6-1286.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x001800000001a60a-1488.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x001e00000001a60a-1531.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3536 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" 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_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:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\wsgen.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.GetHelp_10.2008.32311.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\GetHelp.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_12104.1001.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WinStore.App.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE$ 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\AppSharingHookController.exe patcher.exe File created 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\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\OLicenseHeartbeat.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe$ 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javacpl.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pj11icon.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.0.42251.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppInstallerElevatedAppServiceClient.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe patcher.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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_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.NetFX45.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe$ 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe$ 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_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.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE$ 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$ 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_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}\grv_icons.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe$ 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pj11icon.exe$ 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_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 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_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 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 1292 2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3536 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-24_b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456_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:1292
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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:3536
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.3MB
- SHA256 75ec0b0158ceaf68af22b7ce2792c877c59182901d82dfc462312eace6abbbd5
- MD5 b0a83bd232f9eddaf8b89d59dbeee456
- SHA1 e6585d00d8c6510c649216929669e6e496ea667c
- SHA512 7562c5427e3db1de6d68df2b04cadebb9dc90c4f8b08cc14cac92ee24c75090c2767f7b09d6733b22adde482ae1f4ed5c591611933e640a9092ad1855c55ed0b
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEZRe5jcAkSYqyE:A3k03kHRJVpYq
- TLSH T174558C17F6A445B5D063C1B9CAD2AA66FE713846173097CF1358C3282F63BD1AA3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe$
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 05a59348dffd8755565676a814bc9998906cf916325b4285b0373611eac65b17
- MD5 7fe07fd6c194495c1242cd1e8d99dfa3
- SHA1 fe8de1a0c51f663c58e68c607da1ff7d216251e3
- SHA512 860312eb5384b0d5335b51a05ac73b680118519d50da0463ff17292bfe0bd9285589c180e078eb28c15664ade1ef831d0464941b971b82427c89308673b26a2c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEZRe5jcAkSYqyEzhk:A3k03kHRJVpYqTW
- TLSH T141658C17F6A441B5D063C1B9CAD29A66EB7138461B3097CF1358C3282F63BD1AE3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.exe$
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 f27d1df15cc0c76b3b993bc3b6455a50adc0460026a6f11a8834ae6587d7ca19
- MD5 3391a590bb8ba13ed14930354fb53e65
- SHA1 6667067d7f13455e8db95353493755eca7768e37
- SHA512 b08d787eda7f08f894f0d2011a9a328a621ede9a73e1c0c6547cdb17ff017f3017c70d5956deab06f796d50cf7ca764ca7c001b9e2fcb12eb7760afb96357dd2
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEZRe5jcAkSYqyEX3Td9CHKy7GZO:A3k03kHRJVpYqHTd9CHKyao
- TLSH T14A957C12F7A401B5E073C179C9E29656EA7238461B30DBCF139896292F33BD19E39B71
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 4d8c3c204fa4dc0d9835ac2cecccf85dcc1bb55ed52783325eee6d7bf51caffc
- MD5 f9ae7f6555dcfca51bc814b78f43434f
- SHA1 4f36c748a051f9877e652db3314ff17c66ade082
- SHA512 d2a185657fd40ff051898920cffc661325928657b6bc92aceb14a686ae5fc99d9c5c26b5ca2b57d3677f8b13c1341fae39ab12679eb1757037f91a68aba083a3
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEZRe5jcAkSYqyED0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJVpYqjPji0Aj
- TLSH T186957C16F6744275D073C0B9C5D2A69AFE7134861B308ACB1389C7283F67BE19A3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 dd7a3aab8f532b4900bb3e61596ed9da12c2623ff374cc21661a65fd73764e7c
- MD5 5d05ddd5c5f06d3c3016c1de40fc3026
- SHA1 bfdfe6bb844e6f669f88c333d9c0b7a51c6c137a
- SHA512 c78fd8724235d013abf019f8b20dc5341539598b70f1bacc71b581321b539a7fa74390833c3dfd4193ce909c1f6ad1b86f34aa8597d1fd2b6ef3cbcf5cd0647c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEZRe5jcAkSYqyEPF:A3k03kHRJVpYqt
- TLSH T1C9657C13F6A445B5D063C074CAD69A56FA313C861B309ADF1358F7282F33BD1AA3A761
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH