Analysis

  • max time kernel
    112s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/07/2026, 19:57

General

  • Target
    2026-07-02_9b7cf9383760b6b3cbd0f3cd84d646f9_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
  • Size 946KB
  • Sample260702-yprd4sdx81
  • SHA256 e298fcf9a8bad49086caef992c071a66bc9f73d4582d290eb4b05d62a6b57ca6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 44 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 41 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_9b7cf9383760b6b3cbd0f3cd84d646f9_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_9b7cf9383760b6b3cbd0f3cd84d646f9_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:5992
  • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    1⤵
    • 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:4452
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3000
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2820
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5224
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2188
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:3696

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          patcher.exe

          • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
          • Size 946KB
          • SHA256 e298fcf9a8bad49086caef992c071a66bc9f73d4582d290eb4b05d62a6b57ca6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          7z.exe$

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 7ea23e9ce0589bd14fd3e68313c78013a2c6eeaefba0f377815706511babb86d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jar.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 e64089eb07c444171ceb1f09d3b5aa0a0d58aa4acd4b93f1f614edf995a744ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jarsigner.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 3c523f9e139c84c3f897d35cd843329cc2e5f4120fcbf624c0fc4d101c3ab5f6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          java-rmi.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 994bba5eee9c36bb4ce1e078adcbc3a1cad076f471cd41ea6423f22ee77e821a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javac.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 cd9faaff8761f035eac43fba22110f346fc8e1a230e1badc074ea52726b121b7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javadoc.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 2c6f95ec3b562309e0c70a66c330c555c571319c8325529e0fbac3ff36b618d1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javah.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 f59768dd92ce59ada6c22a2d6423afc6c5be3416daef2a97531de98682f48af7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javap.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 7b533fcbd34aac83eb59215f86516d83f9792635c8e68660e6291f785ea2169b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jcmd.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 6ac18e760d68a3199632f9d9c1f6fc806e71deacb70f0fa2a75f62f38e8200b1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jconsole.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 09b2a74797f7e5b8049bbe167f9714269995ae5808e3047dceac884d21b6c463
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jdb.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 4b1fc52bdbe0577fdd5df370b673ac5c2e1e2ecf01a4e5e6dc6635e727e3d03d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jdeps.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 b6cb45e2f30adb767064349594729b32a230ef6e5f2c6f2a5318a77a586cba31
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jhat.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 94b8851409fcc499bc985715ba99ffec72c3248fb0febbdd9c99b14e3ede8b15
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jinfo.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 c374124cab383c94ff16b0607764f09ee4311ff3f0d76ca23ab2f4ca447aff3f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jjs.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 53db10145648da0a3a7d2eef9149e2f0d529ec135b5b6d0d2ff0040e611af199
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jmap.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 70658aec06402bdcef8dae1dd402ae91ab871d5eef0e0f73f4d658c20f7bc2bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jps.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 5f30632628fb94ad5affdf335d612a9fb552323d6a8e1fd5263c74a5a57cabe2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jrunscript.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 b0c37086b2181885d2e328e6f6214a634c06f72bacceb5ea186e6a018a79edc3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jsadebugd.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 ffdada519b07a573b93a3c21512232b9d3e6ad2c539badf9ab7543350debd7a8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jstack.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 865abb004a3d7daae76d002a66c227a7062ea73e6978ceecb076af4488f46867
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jstat.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 53ae5c677d7bd28cbda03d042ef7ccb8dd7b52ec7ddd805c3c19ed2e333fe608
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jstatd.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 316d1ec8fc572593260c52753b22ae68adcce9063837ab1e4f88c1b0893a5e1a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          keytool.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 0783d40e3b3a2e6ecfc725e764c63346c41b17782eadd8d0397910cad3eaeee4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          kinit.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 119aa466ace9fd9ee2c418e683ba77ee0e88ecad51fbf326b42b9a02f63013e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          klist.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 0ef8454fdc04f0fcd7cef26df1a87ab974935cc488e77ba153640e2034155c9d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ktab.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 34d4954abbeeaedac9fe3f7f010a137fa507741d42b2af84d739676547a8998f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          native2ascii.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 5580a70788de2dc7d5fc308b11ba94a076d317b8965b980c7877d647edd00302
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          orbd.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 4eeaee4bb9965b0f7dc86f6333aa703495a1258d34403b37ddf96831e979bd47
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pack200.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 6dfaeccc060ff7a45a2d06b78a3bbc370278951387bd8822dfe7d6eff16a9f9f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          policytool.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 0d26aea2953495540183f635521a5a6cb8357e1a6fd05296c1d041982f9e2630
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          rmic.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 a935f1425fa2502e57502fec97d6cf90b9c08be918e58159dbce393870973efa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          rmid.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 e72180d53846afcae472644ae4a3cf72c0bcd3d5920f50829562bd0babb1bee1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          rmiregistry.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 96ea530c695fea36bf5f647d35cc7e1a2327bfbc92956fa4ca4413e9ccb0c3ed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          schemagen.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 c5232156ab70047a0b13abdedfa578ca38a3f571c09677286ab02e1059532051
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          serialver.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 441ae385c7653d8bf58c79b9752be8ab4ec4ae70ff451984b60b4f180f300046
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          servertool.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 2156c27f1fc2c7aac7b4440effae0d5b285b8f322a3540f3363aac7986a9e358
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tnameserv.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 7ebff90875801f9530a3bb0f712f77a41beed3f984af0227b5a94c41a1030ae6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wsgen.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 1f3be291aec733fdd5dc3986db69e32e8cb630fd7e640c3218d7d041caf26dea
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wsimport.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 2495e8f4adc16a090dc5cca60439d896ed97425764580a76bc00d839ba904c2e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          xjc.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
          • Size 970KB
          • SHA256 1084055470c79068cd178db6808bb4b668c2bf64121d21a1df573393ec14a1e7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/4452-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-932-0x000002B580040000-0x000002B580140000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-960-0x000002B594070000-0x000002B594090000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-945-0x000002B583B10000-0x000002B583B30000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-940-0x000002B593B70000-0x000002B593C70000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-939-0x000002B583770000-0x000002B583790000-memory.dmp

          memory/5992-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

          memory/5992-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp