Analysis
- max time kernel
107s - 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
04/06/2026, 15:38
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 981KB
- Sample260604-s3f8eahz3s
- SHA256 aa70d8ffd9293ae118619a14be868ded87bdf7be384a85ea2899234d986cab0c
- MD5 9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223
- SHA1 c7309fdcb8c2e0c10b2d1630ad361d5f244776be
- SHA512 335488002dc622f127dcaebb5335d80290a27b79759f6a04f82e6711739faecd813f13004230a56e7c5d3cfe1b4a119858e16d0455a324ac1a93461e6a91f08e
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrmdol/MD5TvinrmC:A3k03kB56r456rX
- TLSH T1B0256A07A6880FA8C11FC1748A968672E6737C125F2097DF1354BE253F72AD0AA3E757
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2108-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b430-7.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4936-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2108-76-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4936-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000028d77-1292.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00150000000279e5-1535.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000002a86e-1886.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b430-7.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000028d77-1292.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00150000000279e5-1535.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000002a86e-1886.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4936 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" 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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\pingsender.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe$ 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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\jsadebugd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\joticon.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.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\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe$ 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification 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\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_12104.1001.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WinStore.App.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\outicon.exe$ 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions_1.0.40831.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe$ 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\misc.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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.NetFX40.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp_12008.1001.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\StoreExperienceHost.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.BingWeather_1.0.6.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WeatherStub.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe$ 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe$ 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2108 2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4936 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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:2108
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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:4936
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe$
- Size 981KB
- SHA256 aa70d8ffd9293ae118619a14be868ded87bdf7be384a85ea2899234d986cab0c
- MD5 9617e1385a7d3efe17a627114901d223
- SHA1 c7309fdcb8c2e0c10b2d1630ad361d5f244776be
- SHA512 335488002dc622f127dcaebb5335d80290a27b79759f6a04f82e6711739faecd813f13004230a56e7c5d3cfe1b4a119858e16d0455a324ac1a93461e6a91f08e
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrmdol/MD5TvinrmC:A3k03kB56r456rX
- TLSH T1B0256A07A6880FA8C11FC1748A968672E6737C125F2097DF1354BE253F72AD0AA3E757
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.exe$
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 b00b5e05c8254dedcb20ed978287a64942fe5daa97af7e22beb235e22a84fd67
- MD5 eee6ba405342df4ac3116a3afe27bada
- SHA1 fcca2921d83b6fbc1133b0273f07acee3abbb892
- SHA512 d5e0ad75a8a44322ea7fc18e8de93cc1692dbece95abf60e0fc89d5fb003d7663a4bb5ffb07b50a56cb8ebb1b2dbed5cd152d625ac4688aa9e6743f608a2c79c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrmdol/MD5TvinrmO3Td9CHKy7GZO:A3k03kB56r456rXTd9CHKyao
- TLSH T16C655B12A3980FE4E16FC17489A64562E6737C555F209BCF1394BE293F32BD09A39B13
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\Install\{98BD060E-1D1C-40BF-8DA9-CB787874DFC8}\MicrosoftEdge_X64_139.0.3405.125.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 85e96b2fd952dff8087154ed059ada7f38b9492ec6b52fd7201091f88f5f6cb1
- MD5 af5d34fa7f59958f9be48b82cd036311
- SHA1 26d74ee81508bc212d02f9d9a951a9247aab905a
- SHA512 8480363728d46119e6d6b05a9f94b27ea1a2d8123beb20f313b4920111ce3a99de5986862a6a254f91509f2c67eca84dd087893a5292af14f1af8df64699ea82
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrmdol/MD5TvinrmcbBPzBAU:A3k03kB56r456r9BPVAU
- TLSH T19B357B07A6880FA4D11FC1748A928A72E6777C125F2097DF1354BE253F32BD0AA3A757
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 1.0MB
- SHA256 cf6e6420428af94e6d5f9c923ca2ab5037f5c6b3816bcae51f4128c1a37fe7e9
- MD5 04598e2e7a88ad81edd4bc3c2cc101c7
- SHA1 f583ed5c7364dfad9e5d2611502f5e5cb346de7b
- SHA512 770a88297d8371cda4fc2282802b2e3e1dec9e934e433d1053aefbe317cba421f30533ff355d8aeb3681c6638e4fa91508976ee4486c70398fc52119f2f8ba5f
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrmdol/MD5TvinrmgF:A3k03kB56r456r9
- TLSH T197355A02E6890FA4C65F8174CE968662F6737C514F2097EF1354BF253F32AD0AA3A653
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH