Analysis

  • max time kernel
    92s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/07/2026, 14:07

General

  • Target
    2026-07-03_81cf1525e2a7c76531fdc84b81430afb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
  • Size 951KB
  • Sample260703-reybcaaw4z
  • SHA256 37d329eb904230c7bd4eeb57662855d52d9c470dddd1a515c2a0851aa77bce33
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 45 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 42 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 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 41 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_81cf1525e2a7c76531fdc84b81430afb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_81cf1525e2a7c76531fdc84b81430afb_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:3256
  • 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:3224
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5828
    • 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:4272
  • 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:3692
  • 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:3492

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 951KB
        • SHA256 37d329eb904230c7bd4eeb57662855d52d9c470dddd1a515c2a0851aa77bce33
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 4fdf203d9e4b6c6f7a4533fe18ec3003a6696252fe00ed798e151358746d5c5d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 965KB
        • SHA256 be0cf74864f7aa842b60e54fc88459f6515cab909e5d08ff911c52c1c87eaa29
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 a64f86c11169df66c3578345d9d2ee84955735b8ba65ff9a58ae8411ca9d9f35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 1dd04c7ed641df54e2e83f2e849a552f3f4513fccaa0e5971ac18175f25a3b0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 3b81a54d3091c8fa5c3f7bda64e6a9c42338fddd74815b473376c420c9b63b12
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 4adc9093aa295b73bfb51c0b3294ad62d9221d56975164c479bf00e954b0e4a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 afa2590e48a05638a0ffa5ce3ff0e3aa4e685870d81f0ddf7afd5debc22309c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 27c49e82e7e45cce8ddc1318f3eebaf37c23b389b52bede7f65c7e3cd0929698
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 9a73a195dc8aa90fcfab9eecf433168c41540c140885ae24871d37068629201b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 2a4b2d4c68266820be920200e46157c480d811b73016fe233f54f6021aedddf8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 1593384df1d37a92f66d303466aec7df1e3a214c1d51c5dd9a50217a060c19ea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 ca2b7e1c364711ba403617fe8391125b4c8fd59c8da3ddc40c2902324e97bfc3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 4811932952dc9a8e1b9a44480366accbf0e55d12dbe67381c37876c6d7aac1f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 10de542e7d5f8de76c1c95782361e287cf98904c0a725d75bb8efd450b4b8654
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 7f7a79b3d33acc9ae86c675dd96a77d0003d0d72acd8713db75b23825fcf1f59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 b638bb8dbce7cdeb819eb10a26f1bd946cdaccc9f177a6e5ad4e3236b0cc9b57
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 fcabc2ff25781cb7d99bb6f11eea4bc9031ee3ee282f6d6f466cf8299427f529
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 651e6c58c58d5d40855910f49b08f9c1fbb3151b7394fdbfe3bf438535bf578e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 a12d77e55f6dcb8e03badd445912585a87fa6cec53124e6d27209a84904acb41
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 c34893abacdcfb845eb622f55af6853fdd3f24a12c4e0840ad36543c73da5a6b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 2019e496d970d17f5086ee47afa84762dc7cd537345561a4998b756a19c92b00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 b18195a1614985df1b74d5cd8302e0a56b2c04ca68e0fbd97c6cb43fde70bd82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 812732d007f4102f26789e9e51859f47736e5f46c87ea8d21bc10851f3fee82b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 507abfca499e769284975d0561a42d15b89e5c6a82e7088f7acdc7c286b1a223
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 93ac691fd9afc85ceb11346b9fe14e97422bb11394899d03189135a5543eaaef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 a49419bfb2426e302b0f390cfafc8272914c3b9ca3d7889a0c7680630dda3c18
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 e250296bd4f680d6d68812a66a92e8798d5daf525f035fd182cd35c07c66c840
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 3439704928b9ec9c46089ad3bebbfdfcc2dee94a0b4de818618114e04076cd29
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 308ce5251a22976d59977d1faf330016d8e820719ee92c6cdb5fe067cb571db3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 fe9bad40cbed44960111adaec1b984e30d925e6465c2d13ca6601da9fff3ddc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 cb158a667bbf0c691229ed13fec6a2d5eee768b959b34db74ee13ef176562100
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 199c8df2f0aa88441aeddab54dbcd9b69ca8543201205505df81114fe75b12f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 931ae8b4b269fc2ae3291c0dbd2ddd5dd4ba834ff8f03c4f4e40f49a3cd4dd1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 0c6f20329fb8a6fade2da5498eba87aba245d2352257a2ff08f82f048a368921
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 a489c70a92c823b2cfa71034c0ab75408b6bbb83334623b35510949f9422b183
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 c1d67332f00a3495325f05ea798c34afac759f37986e48ad25a18c9372b1b631
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 4a1cbef2dacdf41ae4219445718eda444554c9bca428832068df8763f6c832b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 576ba9f96e0143b1de022e8f611c9e1520f2eae6245a0c1075a7d33f8e00413b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 1786c2bedca1f25c13fd7a5fc3f51526cdea3e224360cde657307b57a0f4a948
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 cdee055af00f9a8b00eeb00173582c58f1538079e4b0c61cc01665bd7ac64ab9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 e8d0e62ea5097ce71110b26ddc49bea820b91f96b5d39fa9f54134358ef642ad
        • 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/3224-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3256-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3256-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3692-947-0x000001C493EE0000-0x000001C493FE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3692-932-0x000001C4801E0000-0x000001C4802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3692-931-0x000001C4801E0000-0x000001C4802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3692-930-0x000001C4801E0000-0x000001C4802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3692-962-0x000001C483DD0000-0x000001C483DF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3692-976-0x000001C494270000-0x000001C494290000-memory.dmp

        memory/3692-945-0x000001C483A30000-0x000001C483A50000-memory.dmp