Analysis
- max time kernel
120s - max time network
135s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
14/07/2026, 16:21
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260714-tt6mdaa13w
- SHA256 7724d6e14b36c52488e0c8f07299bd62344b9c4af803543a4732ca15ff7e06b4
- MD5 c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d
- SHA1 c207add02459e0d4e71e0489d8790daeee17d92b
- SHA512 fd97959e9679d9719ce300a0f75e34a7a30b4794505f78284f951d456045aac682b335cd21a6bb02d9cd87d8cd982ed9768f29425677666d1a96cfba3ce28a25
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaRasm3uomYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5:A3k03kHRJARJFqJtb2I
- TLSH T179756B17F6A842B5D067C179C5E29A56FA3238425B308BCF1349D7292F23BD1DE3A361
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4844-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4e7-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4844-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2352-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019919-359.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000b000000019cf4-1022.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4e7-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019919-359.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000b000000019cf4-1022.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2352 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" 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_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 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_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\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.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\idlj.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe$ 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_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\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe$ 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\grv_icons.exe$ 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\TabTip32.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe$ 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE$ 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmid.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.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\rmiregistry.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.Loader.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VPREVIEW.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\joticon.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_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\OLCFG.EXE 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wab.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe$ 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe$ 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\Offline\OfflineScannerShell.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\DlpUserAgent.exe 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created 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\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe$ 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_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.NetFX40.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 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_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 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_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 4844 2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2352 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-14_c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d_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:4844
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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:2352
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 7724d6e14b36c52488e0c8f07299bd62344b9c4af803543a4732ca15ff7e06b4
- MD5 c5e42b81dfa11cff1932bf93a06de95d
- SHA1 c207add02459e0d4e71e0489d8790daeee17d92b
- SHA512 fd97959e9679d9719ce300a0f75e34a7a30b4794505f78284f951d456045aac682b335cd21a6bb02d9cd87d8cd982ed9768f29425677666d1a96cfba3ce28a25
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaRasm3uomYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5:A3k03kHRJARJFqJtb2I
- TLSH T179756B17F6A842B5D067C179C5E29A56FA3238425B308BCF1349D7292F23BD1DE3A361
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.1MB
- SHA256 a58deecc3b4bf5c978b55972206537a1d977ea5070032310be6e4f5f11d0ef88
- MD5 4db0dd3504ccf30659b6216a475ba9c7
- SHA1 f6102dd0a3be659283f5600bbc4b361d3b62f9aa
- SHA512 e2ecc3aad818884d921936baa864cebbe5d9f5703bb89ab5782829ea345360e5e9ddeddd457b8f859fbfa2e389b6495edb5e5d91a7af900846ca508eebe7f072
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaRasm3uomYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5z:A3k03kHRJARJFqJtb2IQPji0Aj
- TLSH T14AA55C16F6A84375D073C0B9C5D2AA5AFA3234425B308ACB1385D72C2F67BD5DA3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 aa04adadbcf426b427ec6f62d2a811baee86b779e06b061dc86c4c4001be6465
- MD5 7653fc58e368e97638d3e26649dfbf2e
- SHA1 3dad570eb7735e7ed7637466c5032f45a3149ed8
- SHA512 37a46bc93704c82d8448e1f28bb97ce34fdb42863b87065b690515c6f7812e0ef222d2252c4a3e56d9396f02ce6092c869ba6a5594d97d3baa8e296d0277f6b6
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaRasm3uomYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5G:A3k03kHRJARJFqJtb2ID
- TLSH T149757C17F6A842B5D067C179C5E29A56FA3238425B308BCF1349D7292F23BD1DE3A361
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 76397f4155a2cd1d69b0c8d112c844a8b38c572bc60e19cc7a75e581d85117d6
- MD5 a3bcc76313de2596d2d900a4e63bdd4c
- SHA1 a61e7391622348ca92db67f4dbed16df1c1327a7
- SHA512 e4a05e9350713706a3c5d378dcac4f5c11778d81c786bed75a3bae5b5e49aebfe9480790c3632034ffbf69d27183836ad7755bfdb8b6663b82193a778f963fbb
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaRasm3uomYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5w:A3k03kHRJARJFqJtb2IV
- TLSH T179757C17F6A842B5D067C178C5E2AA56FA3238425B3087CF1349D7292F63BD1DE3A361
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH