Analysis
- max time kernel
110s - max time network
95s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
02/06/2026, 18:43
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 2.9MB
- Sample260602-xdbzlses2j
- SHA256 32ed1b33c6ca80ffa72a8c3d0dfd63221536c27682396b1276a3d89473e006c6
- MD5 b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553
- SHA1 0a8c37f319ace71dfa51a6aaabb550dec4d530d5
- SHA512 9f4152e00f97f435b03af5c2e0d66c84e80e852be457d74e02f6ec9d5b52dc55b852c3856260afe5bc2fcb20f7f209d57df7c759ad5c4d44ca98c5143bb3eecc
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJ356rLVO88hXl+reW4SkZP4sz9Mbz56rX:A3k03kHRKrI/h1+rfkZckrX
- TLSH T1C3E52916F5A84B62D0BBC075C9D69A56FA333C414F308BCB0345BB283E376D59A36726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2464-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b3af-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4112-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a3f9-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2464-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4112-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0005000000028ea0-1253.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0012000000000673-2060.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b3af-6.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a3f9-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0005000000028ea0-1253.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0012000000000673-2060.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4112 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" 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_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 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.12827.20400.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\HxTsr.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_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 created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe$ 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\lyncicon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmprph.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\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\eqnedt32.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE$ 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_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}\dbcicons.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.6.10571.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\TerminalAzBridge.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_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\javac.exe$ 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_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}\msouc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSREC.EXE 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp_12008.1001.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\StoreExperienceHost.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.6.10571.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsTerminal.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe$ 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE patcher.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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\dbcicons.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created 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\jre\bin\javaws.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javacpl.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.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 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_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 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2464 2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4112 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-02_b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553_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:2464
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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:4112
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 2.9MB
- SHA256 32ed1b33c6ca80ffa72a8c3d0dfd63221536c27682396b1276a3d89473e006c6
- MD5 b9e4be51fe816cb741fa57d2b52ac553
- SHA1 0a8c37f319ace71dfa51a6aaabb550dec4d530d5
- SHA512 9f4152e00f97f435b03af5c2e0d66c84e80e852be457d74e02f6ec9d5b52dc55b852c3856260afe5bc2fcb20f7f209d57df7c759ad5c4d44ca98c5143bb3eecc
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJ356rLVO88hXl+reW4SkZP4sz9Mbz56rX:A3k03kHRKrI/h1+rfkZckrX
- TLSH T1C3E52916F5A84B62D0BBC075C9D69A56FA333C414F308BCB0345BB283E376D59A36726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 3.5MB
- SHA256 14bc1470d0ec6ab2086fc1de7072c7fe48cdac5533d96aef3fa4f1537b1e951d
- MD5 2c852ae2bcb3742e8bc126bd392c6a5d
- SHA1 946b95ec45c4641c9d7daf80135286af75a32b8f
- SHA512 484a4b5d0407df84b283345b073dc65873e17afccdbfced150dc661b7f375237ebad833670e89a542f96051e646377f131b851659651cd86edb4df8ad3b57b1b
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJ356rLVO88hXl+reW4SkZP4sz9Mbz56rTPji0Aj:A3k03kHRKrI/h1+rfkZckrLjo
- TLSH T139F51916F5B88B62D07BC075C9D69A5AFA333C415F308BCB0245BB283E376D59636722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe
- Size 3.0MB
- SHA256 c8b681076c5fa4eb3f1b530c3a999189c3ba1bfd6eb972e2dd9b96cdbad6ee77
- MD5 e1b26a79683e1ced617f20dab58526c0
- SHA1 b14091599230b10ac56257827c342977e24783ef
- SHA512 250886f55420194cac72f1df5a6d307570f5df5ae3efea69af8a84f5427e70f54d24cbe996738b12391bf6f2a5460d4d44eda296b68d770138709b7223c017c3
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJ356rLVO88hXl+reW4SkZP4sz9Mbz56r9:A3k03kHRKrI/h1+rfkZckr9
- TLSH T10CE51816F5A84B62D0BBC075C9D69A56FA333C410F308BDB0345BB283E376D59A36726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\python.exe$
- Size 3.2MB
- SHA256 cb50c09091889809ea58050834dd950e578cd90e4c57f0a4b5117ec1ee814ba4
- MD5 e1984898a5081b5b94b523b1dfdd1a78
- SHA1 b3761f41737437afe0c0e5f39df768bfca43db7d
- SHA512 36afa605f64c7fb2ca0abf4b3d49a0cf8df16161744922a45fc7bffa66c53832b5ebaaebd9e03032250093a4b32682f28227065febb7a9ae9bc679c2a1823473
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJ356rLVO88hXl+reW4SkZP4sz9Mbz56rPi2WH3:A3k03kHRKrI/h1+rfkZckrPuX
- TLSH T189F52916F5A84B62D07BC075C9D69A5AFA333C414F308BCB0345BB293E376D19A36726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH