Analysis
- max time kernel
129s - max time network
116s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/07/2026, 16:26
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- Sample260709-txwxcadv5p
- SHA256 eb6a36017f137bcd2359adaa47fd174ae4c48598fbcc1557272618024393ea7e
- MD5 ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c
- SHA1 bb1cff826edbfa01bdeb04bbf8b99ef00bb3942b
- SHA512 23ec2ac2d0ae890ee5455fab58e8e31fcd90bf28e88e23ed5e0b7728456d7b734092787745b77618fa65c11e56925ccffebf52d12fb1d7d6fad77f94a2be8711
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdjQyrE+g6hAD:A3k03kB56rL
- TLSH T1B4352706E6940EA4D00F8174DB954662F6737C125FE093CB13D4EE3D3F72A806AEA697
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4592-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4c2-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4592-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4448-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00160000000187ef-1029.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4c2-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00160000000187ef-1029.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4448 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" 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_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 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Addons\OneDriveSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoadfsb.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist_1.0.3456.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\EdgeGameAssist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmid.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpconfig.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_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.exe$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification 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}\joticon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\xlicons.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\Download\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\139.0.3405.125\MicrosoftEdge_X64_139.0.3405.125.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\identity_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge_proxy.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\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe$ 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_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}\osmadminicon.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\Offline\OfflineScannerShell.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf 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 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4592 2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4448 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c_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:4592
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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 Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4448
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- SHA256 eb6a36017f137bcd2359adaa47fd174ae4c48598fbcc1557272618024393ea7e
- MD5 ce786b1deff7f1a865dea4849038eb3c
- SHA1 bb1cff826edbfa01bdeb04bbf8b99ef00bb3942b
- SHA512 23ec2ac2d0ae890ee5455fab58e8e31fcd90bf28e88e23ed5e0b7728456d7b734092787745b77618fa65c11e56925ccffebf52d12fb1d7d6fad77f94a2be8711
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdjQyrE+g6hAD:A3k03kB56rL
- TLSH T1B4352706E6940EA4D00F8174DB954662F6737C125FE093CB13D4EE3D3F72A806AEA697
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 a7927a45e4fa71e6a91565b9a0a21239e6bf9b7aedc5f0997f23262572c6ac89
- MD5 6c3a44a8167067dd83ec09a7e66ad978
- SHA1 4789537693839c463cf782cd0c8c435abacdf0cc
- SHA512 2bfc9fbf17df387eda1752bc11798864f54e1bf7972089544715e37c7e369fdd4e964e9bc441dc852af6a2ff1021a461051584fe55a57885971601ed292a4710
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdjQyrE+g6hA/0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kB56r3Pji0Aj
- TLSH T163752816E6644BA5D02FC074C7925656FA733C421FA087CB13D4EA3C3F226D19ABA763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 e57e6d963a0fce0a1f34ed6e2fc2263a27a807ffc1211c154f12d86e897742c6
- MD5 377b62a3e974d6b299c9062854245ed2
- SHA1 5f3a4dd814295cc450b5d7259ef9f0c19fbb5b51
- SHA512 e7f3c29dedf3d8b5d2123215632ef90b0f51e0e9ec4e4043814adb2e139f840872d99990c02d63ac75b33a081b2647b8b6462be509aab0032f9f94a089d92ce3
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdjQyrE+g6hACwE:A3k03kB56rQ
- TLSH T132353706E6940EA4D00F8174D7958662FA737C525FE093CB13D4EE3D3F72A806AEA257
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH