Analysis
- max time kernel
110s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
01/06/2026, 12:01
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 3.6MB
- Sample260601-n6w1taax21
- SHA256 674031b748178ef9d694ddbe4da7508bd2c3059e5c4255ed687ccf26d1777b81
- MD5 91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e
- SHA1 8f9ae4655acf9ef7db57d64ce106716fce4d41d0
- SHA512 e71711325f855cb46e4996fe21bcc1622e5397c58389a6b8f6f40f3709e38916a4e1399e1cc080a104a4d738f0e7163be90fd14a98348f575a909a48e0b570b7
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJOpYqOqJtb2IEeW4SkZP4sz9Mb5eW4SkZP4sz9MbL:A3k03kHR06lFfkZcNfkZcL
- TLSH T1DC061A16F6788322D0B3C0B9C5D6AA9AFE3234465B308ACB0349D76C2E277D5D636735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2332-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x002400000002b341-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3848-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a408-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2332-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3848-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a9c2-1533.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x002400000002b341-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a408-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a9c2-1533.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3848 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" 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_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 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_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\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\64BitMAPIBroker.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\xlicons.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\sscicons.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\xlicons.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider_12.50.6001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\XboxIdp.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_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\javaw.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.BingNews_1.0.6.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\NewsStub.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_4.0.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\StickyNotesStub.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe$ 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe$ 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_21.21030.25003.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Photos.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe$ 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSREC.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.6.10571.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\wt.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officeappguardwin32.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VPREVIEW.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe$ 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe$ 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pptico.exe 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_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 patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.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 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_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 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2332 2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3848 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-01_91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e_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:2332
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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:3848
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 3.6MB
- SHA256 674031b748178ef9d694ddbe4da7508bd2c3059e5c4255ed687ccf26d1777b81
- MD5 91e29e073bae56b37300d70359cb727e
- SHA1 8f9ae4655acf9ef7db57d64ce106716fce4d41d0
- SHA512 e71711325f855cb46e4996fe21bcc1622e5397c58389a6b8f6f40f3709e38916a4e1399e1cc080a104a4d738f0e7163be90fd14a98348f575a909a48e0b570b7
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJOpYqOqJtb2IEeW4SkZP4sz9Mb5eW4SkZP4sz9MbL:A3k03kHR06lFfkZcNfkZcL
- TLSH T1DC061A16F6788322D0B3C0B9C5D6AA9AFE3234465B308ACB0349D76C2E277D5D636735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe$
- Size 4.1MB
- SHA256 f7b779f716366153a194d40aab5610ed76e6d61098c524cec38221603c9bc15a
- MD5 e7e716d3b457e5ce96f9da06acb30217
- SHA1 33fa45720ce3cc0f4e639a1eaf102cfaaf6cad42
- SHA512 c7f8e8a43e6440c9161cdae3f78ab0df980ef0950f1e68d5314c9590d15af1ba272b8a1f3b79b05c6a7c7a1ec620078133ad79cf22521f5e0f69fd5730c404d3
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJOpYqOqJtb2IEeW4SkZP4sz9Mb5eW4SkZP4sz9MbrTd9CHKyao:A3k03kHR06lFfkZcNfkZcvCqo
- TLSH T143162A16F6B88362D0B3C0B9C5D6AA5AFE3234465B308ACB0345D72C2F277D5963A735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 4.2MB
- SHA256 5934ce8a973edcb06b1d29a21b7d7fdcca332927e4e9153643848a6994a166fd
- MD5 94034ab1e2baadb6ff588024bf58628f
- SHA1 c610f44d3ecbe54fab3aeb81180aa51651506d6e
- SHA512 1b0c13777c9bd5e84be31c58268f16eea6cf4afa71cb92078dee074cf3fa94b7520feb4c0eb8e59ca19b06976fb54c390a3fdf1f3bedb4399139b7d49b8a7e1a
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJOpYqOqJtb2IEeW4SkZP4sz9Mb5eW4SkZP4sz9Mb3Pji0Aj:A3k03kHR06lFfkZcNfkZc/jo
- TLSH T15E161A16F6788332D0B3C0B9C5D6AA9AFE3234465B308ACB0245D76C2E277D6D636735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH