Analysis
- max time kernel
122s - max time network
115s - 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, 17:10
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- Sample260709-vpxz4set4r
- SHA256 abb47320e89faf62339cb2464bc707c797596be80cb0c8fb7b89a9a56057dd1f
- MD5 74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b
- SHA1 9d59262628c0093be139de228c3e71d0669cc283
- SHA512 e882325efd9187cfa6a7efe61f5155a8b25c561b69df860f54330d392e9ebd4cff7fc7b349da411bc75321bce7e7447aa6d48c0a2b103262f59dadcb8962818d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaohvYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5DF:A3k03kB56riqJtb2Ig
- TLSH T17E653916F6A44B65D06BC074C9D29666EA333C815F308BDB1345BF293F336D1A63A722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4332-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c437-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b301-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4332-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4632-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001a329-1022.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c437-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b301-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001a329-1022.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4632 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_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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 (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\notification_click_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE$ 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpextms.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe$ 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pj11icon.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\Offline\OfflineScannerShell.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\identity_helper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wab.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe$ 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officeappguardwin32.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE$ 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe$ 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe patcher.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_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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 4332 2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4632 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b_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:4332
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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:4632
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 abb47320e89faf62339cb2464bc707c797596be80cb0c8fb7b89a9a56057dd1f
- MD5 74fc139ace74026d894b30680f8ed63b
- SHA1 9d59262628c0093be139de228c3e71d0669cc283
- SHA512 e882325efd9187cfa6a7efe61f5155a8b25c561b69df860f54330d392e9ebd4cff7fc7b349da411bc75321bce7e7447aa6d48c0a2b103262f59dadcb8962818d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaohvYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5DF:A3k03kB56riqJtb2Ig
- TLSH T17E653916F6A44B65D06BC074C9D29666EA333C815F308BDB1345BF293F336D1A63A722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 181408e877aa714a597d83291657c77311001c5b11ed35d74569c4d046279927
- MD5 c7a0b82b34f24e4e506313155640e5e4
- SHA1 a1e6ed47491c18b8d6550334a5871713c06ff8a0
- SHA512 aedaefd9d62eba75e94380c879c1a3acda105ad68e2f8b24c7882c399037cf5a31b3706a2875eeefefa8f44ccf6bdd2d0ba80a27d3559f9ff12a1e634c9fa4c9
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaohvYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5DB0Le5ji0v:A3k03kB56riqJtb2I4Pji0Aj
- TLSH T1A8953A16F6A44B61D07BC075C9D2969AEA323C811F308BDB1345FB283F376D5963A722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE$
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 20286c8af81c245f32584ab8f625f5ecad6e9bbd9149a8707cd3bd39fbcd64e9
- MD5 240c1b8bab5f4efbe25ec3b09074d40b
- SHA1 b87a5be4b989a2d0f0ddc1bae112b733908aa94c
- SHA512 e01a9f099e5bd5581a34bb5ce4cd5a8ebfcb0af947d85bc65621524d82fcf35837ecdc01a6d200765101a9b126d107163189bc77f7d28f72d8b051e3ec151c6c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaohvYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5DcwE:A3k03kB56riqJtb2IN
- TLSH T151653A16E6A44B65D06BC074C9D29666EA333C815F308BDB1345BF293F337D1A63A722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH