Analysis
- max time kernel
119s - max time network
122s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260630-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260630-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
06/07/2026, 15:01
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260630-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- Sample260706-sdxtvscw3n
- SHA256 f6f3d70606e0be4d57df4fa6905563a77eae13ace6fea6a5f1d6a7b58fe292b9
- MD5 9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8
- SHA1 2138e8ccfc6c97cfc0a5b185ffbaa54e53ec6f8f
- SHA512 aca84962f6a614fea354c20c2f36ab36f468e0a0f4e441b35953795df40518e4a6f70f81306ec120cb6fe2849eadcb20442cb9d54c0f9c4aa2400281ae6e1de8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bscEc+Bimse5jcAkSYqyE:A3k03kHRJLpYq
- TLSH T14F658D17F6A445B5D023C1B9CAD29A66EE713846173097CF2359C3282F63BD1AB3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3656-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c52f-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2c5-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3656-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3020-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019bbb-659.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b7fd-1631.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000c000000000144-2118.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c52f-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2c5-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019bbb-659.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b7fd-1631.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000c000000000144-2118.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3020 patcher.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- 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" 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_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 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\lyncicon.exe$ 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\Offline\OfflineScannerShell.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\AppSharingHookController.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe$ 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpDlpCmd.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe$ 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE$ 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe$ 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe$ 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_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 patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\wordicon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\filecompare.exe patcher.exe File created 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 (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jaureg.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.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 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_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 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3656 2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3020 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8_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:3656
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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:3020
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 f6f3d70606e0be4d57df4fa6905563a77eae13ace6fea6a5f1d6a7b58fe292b9
- MD5 9c383fd51cf0a91ead1906003b9be5d8
- SHA1 2138e8ccfc6c97cfc0a5b185ffbaa54e53ec6f8f
- SHA512 aca84962f6a614fea354c20c2f36ab36f468e0a0f4e441b35953795df40518e4a6f70f81306ec120cb6fe2849eadcb20442cb9d54c0f9c4aa2400281ae6e1de8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bscEc+Bimse5jcAkSYqyE:A3k03kHRJLpYq
- TLSH T14F658D17F6A445B5D023C1B9CAD29A66EE713846173097CF2359C3282F63BD1AB3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe$
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 64914383467c8acf981754ddbbe178846269a31c133f18209406bce87f3be399
- MD5 a3a24a67de8b7e2699271d7c90d1cc66
- SHA1 018535bd0f492a16f265540b6c3e5de143dfb589
- SHA512 5df5b05c4a81fceb2cf7fc1e8514fdaded11c00c6649aa19e1b26cdcc1dc920375a28bbba375d11ff7824bbc27256087048dc4384a504d49a59004d564ee90bd
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bscEc+Bimse5jcAkSYqyEJk9mR4qYbTM:A3k03kHRJLpYqSmWD
- TLSH T12D958C12F7A445B5D067C178CAD29656EA7238861B3097CF1398C3292F33BE59F3A760
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 509c5a49e9c0b3bd2fca784567183ffd364e3c0b306b4c8f4cc486bddb0a813c
- MD5 39e7a48216d9bd0f6481ec2073413065
- SHA1 721af6612d030840881ba2b239d62e2a71a6649c
- SHA512 aedd197a6cb9af0fe232c8f0f467e227eda0ce00c3739e962c5c826e695cbcc88cbe24659346e866d1dff876e98645f3e6977256490624b25946c897719d17d1
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bscEc+Bimse5jcAkSYqyED0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJLpYqjPji0Aj
- TLSH T121957C16F6744275D073C0B9C5D2A69AFE7134861B308ACB1389C7283F67BE19A3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 75157f0de5ec077da6a23ca63e285e0b339682c7ef2603da00ec87b1cf957347
- MD5 fb44b85983f6dd93198ab77d8dd7d6b3
- SHA1 54160232048a58ab1a23ac9b3ef162c41ba32d50
- SHA512 30b8f7fffcd86eedecbff3ff7273afeb0f300c36d0338363641392f052e16a24647c73a3c3357d71d2f65743ccb56a4cd2d74c61e5f722f287a0b3d0e62e075f
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bscEc+Bimse5jcAkSYqyEsQ:A3k03kHRJLpYqj
- TLSH T12E658D17F6A405B5D023C1B9CAD29A66EE713846173097CF2359C3282F63BD1AB3A375
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe$
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 a7df6e74a5a49b434f2950b59350327d7c4748cad0f2f00407da8973dd5a6b60
- MD5 6182b522abd8a709e2a9f686bee8fd60
- SHA1 df3c38dd76dbe0f87a26e344df6b71b50cc4aac0
- SHA512 4d817dd04aa319fc7a82c53f916fe02f23e461bf27cfe36fad4fc251f880bb70db9dcd6d67bc9d1a038932279164a0dbe09a69587897ada1cbd518d4201cee6b
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bscEc+Bimse5jcAkSYqyEt:A3k03kHRJLpYqN
- TLSH T1F5658C17FAA405B5D063C1B8CAD29A67EE713846173097CF1359C3282F63BD1AA3A375
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH