Analysis
- max time kernel
119s - max time network
148s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
20/07/2026, 19:40
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260720-ydsg2aez9v
- SHA256 31f2157cf43ffbf3a89888b1094a3d1e29cf7ed74b176ef20a346c9cb9d8c095
- MD5 2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825
- SHA1 7eb351ed5b69b8c29e11015bd116fa78321cff09
- SHA512 11d3ae347b9601e0379ad4ea5be41a710f1aeabe2b46a1bdf1e4834850309b06609bcc17c2418ccd6f9026690429d222d650f1a34a28bba77bfaca36bb88e55c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdjQyr2X3OaiNajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5:A3k03kB56rGqJtb2I
- TLSH T15D654A16F6A44B65D06BC074C5D29666EA333C425F3087CB1349AE283F37BD19A3A763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2384-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000600000001b8b6-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2bc-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2384-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3552-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00030000000198d0-282.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0005000000019cd2-1283.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000600000001b8b6-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2bc-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00030000000198d0-282.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0005000000019cd2-1283.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3552 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" 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_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 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmadminicon.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.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\serialver.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE$ 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_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}\osmclienticon.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoadfsb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\lyncicon.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe$ 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE$ 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoia.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE$ 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_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$ 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.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 patcher.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_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 2384 2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3552 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825_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:2384
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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:3552
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 31f2157cf43ffbf3a89888b1094a3d1e29cf7ed74b176ef20a346c9cb9d8c095
- MD5 2b500a7f90f6c4e2cd03668bd1410825
- SHA1 7eb351ed5b69b8c29e11015bd116fa78321cff09
- SHA512 11d3ae347b9601e0379ad4ea5be41a710f1aeabe2b46a1bdf1e4834850309b06609bcc17c2418ccd6f9026690429d222d650f1a34a28bba77bfaca36bb88e55c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdjQyr2X3OaiNajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5:A3k03kB56rGqJtb2I
- TLSH T15D654A16F6A44B65D06BC074C5D29666EA333C425F3087CB1349AE283F37BD19A3A763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 f87f0ddca3942e050c8e78edae77bccd266dce96698f96012067e9a0ed20a3e8
- MD5 b6542c673c0ff3992d0b6d055c91c43c
- SHA1 4169590fc601525c00b44f01057971cc8b01e8e8
- SHA512 1b8cde447cbc1193f6e0397f21bf01ab9dd5491b3cd0677eae5df3ba0782c6b3a45e0b48085fd69a359d56be1e3695cc2e9a08c9d45ee71282e70179177dfea3
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdjQyr2X3OaiNajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5XD:A3k03kB56rGqJtb2IQPji0Aj
- TLSH T1C4A54A16F6A44B65D07BC0B9C5D2969AEA323C425F3087CB1345DB283F27BD1963A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 46e0231284ce7bde4e16eb747130f86d513a48fe259c824ecd9985d521b5d83b
- MD5 54c8e43f17447928d15f4a7ab4589469
- SHA1 3ed242dbe189db131e568b1c4a62f64507e36b7d
- SHA512 01bb4b15954abd9c520789c67149a1b28884b247462ebdc0bb35c2b9371c2c4e2f9988d5310a8ebaf26c159118d4cc5204337fdabbf9fb415d797d3fe3f4227d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdjQyr2X3OaiNajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW55p:A3k03kB56rGqJtb2I6
- TLSH T15F754A16E6A44B65D06BC075C5D29666EA333C425F3087CB1349EE283F33BD19A3A763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 529034008bb784cab9345c5737e86dc954befbdb91ced6437c87fe108bcd477b
- MD5 4a63817d54367283b2c30da933ee3c0f
- SHA1 62981745a801e640528299b5bf3a76c31f11b550
- SHA512 adbe67f6a0b9078a0f6ab2252e7da4f07466e7013b4385649d1c42475f82ab4a2307a0d1a9a06a2b6556d05b84aa0f55d2580741696ca9305aa0e9f210336cc1
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdjQyr2X3OaiNajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5DF:A3k03kB56rGqJtb2Ig
- TLSH T1E3754B16E6A44B65D06BC074C9D29666EA333C425F308BDB1345BF283F337D1A63A762
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH