Analysis
- max time kernel
98s - max time network
132s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
23/07/2026, 10:03
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260723-l3mlvsbe58
- SHA256 455871b0ad89ec40492bd26cdb64382c5fed5631d566ba4ab7b9de25e39ad304
- MD5 696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce
- SHA1 239601d170a06720242ccf999fe169b7aa17cfdf
- SHA512 d75f5ee55fc3e5d516bc21eb79a7639933754a261395619ddec9bd75083f391c6dcf585383c3a2f70cfb5b256250b5bb196c6bcad30a98b8742241548ce8a54e
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBFTCQj6fLyjYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5X0Lel:A3k03kHRJARJkqJtb2IQPji0Aj
- TLSH T114A55B16F6A84375D073C0B9C5D2A69AFA3234425B308ACB1385D72C2F67BD5DA3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/3644-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002454d-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3432-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bc9-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3644-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3432-53-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000200000001e48f-2055.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002454d-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bc9-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000200000001e48f-2055.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3432 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" patcher.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_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\ktab.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\elevation_service.exe$ 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.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$ 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_1.1911.21713.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Win32Bridge.Server.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.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\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.11629.20316.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\HxAccounts.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe$ 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created 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\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.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.Loader.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE$ 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\identity_helper.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\eqnedt32.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.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.NetFX45.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE$ 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_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}\visicon.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\pwahelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\SmartTagInstall.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_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}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge_proxy.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe$ 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_1.1911.21713.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Cortana.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11910.1002.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WinStore.App.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe$ 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.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 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_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 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3644 2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3432 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce_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:3644
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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:3432
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 455871b0ad89ec40492bd26cdb64382c5fed5631d566ba4ab7b9de25e39ad304
- MD5 696c2eb4afff8008e0c02bc9c5517bce
- SHA1 239601d170a06720242ccf999fe169b7aa17cfdf
- SHA512 d75f5ee55fc3e5d516bc21eb79a7639933754a261395619ddec9bd75083f391c6dcf585383c3a2f70cfb5b256250b5bb196c6bcad30a98b8742241548ce8a54e
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBFTCQj6fLyjYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5X0Lel:A3k03kHRJARJkqJtb2IQPji0Aj
- TLSH T114A55B16F6A84375D073C0B9C5D2A69AFA3234425B308ACB1385D72C2F67BD5DA3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.6MB
- SHA256 8a7b963704b394aabf94351e0a352fa68a86259b7dc6b42d434fcd907aebb52e
- MD5 41c34c81a60b46b09831e3597de44e52
- SHA1 0fbbe4b4795f97c4d37b15ab03275b3209b954fa
- SHA512 39c8583dfadedea7f46df42d15e8d70a93165ef29c928fb10a726b72147aaf9ba073b109dd94fb14594aac79f44605111725085cd26eefbd411e564ee5d9243a
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJkqJtb2IQPji0AjKPji0Aj:A3k03kHR+RWZjo0jo
- TLSH T13EC54B16F6744375D073C0B9C5D2A69AEE7234421B308ACB1385C76C2F67BE69A3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe$
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 eb06cb7f36705df2be968d6833b1144ccf342f414165cf9dec04a7b18a47c356
- MD5 89ad67eaf6bf60a26a752d0ea8cf6d20
- SHA1 6aebf00b7063b8739b6ee8e97dbe5803c3576dde
- SHA512 768b4a2fbe7b6645e0d32ed8ea1ad996f4b808b66d29a18199050651d0bf9f8632d257d45f325b4f8a60f1c0d9bf5a27fd6be632573f2bf527e8d01cb9264729
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBFTCQj6fLyjYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5X0Ley:A3k03kHRJARJkqJtb2IQPji0AjYi2WH3
- TLSH T15FB56C26F6A84375D073C079C5D2A69AFA3234425B3086CB1385D72D2F67BE1DA3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH