Analysis
- max time kernel
97s - max time network
149s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
31/05/2026, 11:25
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample260531-njgbvahw3q
- SHA256 e27391c2162cd75fdf79d3afa473a93b1e918d5164be9763f1356f45ccd31628
- MD5 008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee
- SHA1 1870073112cc7e69ce4e6b6f98d907b5b844d073
- SHA512 3a511d7fa76dd40c32627b4998247bad024ca515a35d7bf32d0932844c30959d65d90eed9a0d0148537ce980dc51570cc7c8176c9aafdc39edeb761ea252f335
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l9TRzy0JxwG65kD:A3k03kHRJz
- TLSH T1C9355907E69400A9D10E8174D7954A22FA777C5657E092CB23D8D23D2F62BC06FFA3A7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3456-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b4b4-7.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4368-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3456-76-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4368-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0002000000029d49-1293.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e0000000279b1-1487.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000002a06a-2056.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b4b4-7.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0002000000029d49-1293.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000e0000000279b1-1487.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000002a06a-2056.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4368 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" patcher.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_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\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_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}\wordicon.exe$ 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.143.57\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.143.57\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe$ 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSREC.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe patcher.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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsNotepad_10.2102.13.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Notepad\Notepad.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\eqnedt32.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\ohub32.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_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\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedge_proxy.exe$ 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe$ 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\AppSharingHookController.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe$ 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\Installer\setup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_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}\joticon.exe$ 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe$$ 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_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 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_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 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3456 2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4368 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-31_008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee_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:3456
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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:4368
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe$
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 e27391c2162cd75fdf79d3afa473a93b1e918d5164be9763f1356f45ccd31628
- MD5 008b0f216a6a2a4d7ae45a0301681dee
- SHA1 1870073112cc7e69ce4e6b6f98d907b5b844d073
- SHA512 3a511d7fa76dd40c32627b4998247bad024ca515a35d7bf32d0932844c30959d65d90eed9a0d0148537ce980dc51570cc7c8176c9aafdc39edeb761ea252f335
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l9TRzy0JxwG65kD:A3k03kHRJz
- TLSH T1C9355907E69400A9D10E8174D7954A22FA777C5657E092CB23D8D23D2F62BC06FFA3A7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe$
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 c143bf64bf55f17a29c4a966ed09ba857587e158ab62b8d149b4dd491d2ef191
- MD5 0196788f28011792de99668e7bcbc678
- SHA1 b1b8baa2d454cb983b41e2d8fd766fd688e6fd3a
- SHA512 f3bfca42feec73b33bdd045f8d81fb69fc22423df97bd35cca18a5c18f94b7aa047d74cd9661dcfcb87257b0b7164390750884940a53ccbc52b0419aee9b7eb4
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l9TRzy0JxwG65kvhk:A3k03kHRJfW
- TLSH T1D0454817E69400E8D10E8174DB954A22FB77785617E092CB23D8D23D2F627C06EFA7A7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe$
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 c6bc6f5c00d2d1505bc1fb21753f6e128fe431df886ff08d548b298138e2db19
- MD5 8f331dfb81eb82cd8ca804f06073bc5c
- SHA1 08bb579253c6988df79eb6e78e2be6224d9c5a07
- SHA512 4a72d86d0d1f95c430f6826152706610f75378ee9219516ffd640654cbcec9701428ea8adb1f033a9fc1a54cbc6de10d64b2f1eb81f72da6dd885957dd23e995
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l9TRzy0JxwG65kbF:A3k03kHRJR
- TLSH T10F455A03D69500A5D54E8130DB998622FA377D9217E092EB23D8F63D2F327C06AF9797
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exe$
- Size 1.3MB
- SHA256 5925b2533284f5d54f4557b4ee433747e1e51d4ffcba5525df5df4ddff1893bf
- MD5 48efdf3d87e359843018d20d1ad76741
- SHA1 2b1980133011af04fbeb2ed2cee0e1d05c3588ec
- SHA512 95dfa310c15656f6442ba06ce5f11257c86ad011b6f547f54d461f7045a1d1f9b98e32bd99b5bdff2819aea24d0c1b416e528225c22a2c1b0b91d80e591ee2f2
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l9TRzy0JxwG65kbV+PAk2hMH3:A3k03kHRJri2WH3
- TLSH T1F1557B23E69400B5D01E8130DB998626FA377C5257E192CB63D8D23D2F627D06EFA397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH