Analysis
- max time kernel
126s - max time network
133s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
30/07/2026, 03:14
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 4.4MB
- Sample260730-drp9ls11av
- SHA256 226781c0006abf22c0d0dea9fea0e4647680e708a314b0a484f1486caa00c728
- MD5 842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0
- SHA1 4395126a39cdaa7760d8c5db37fb8b365fda654c
- SHA512 600c2dcba8e9cc479104aaa310198149bee6ce3dae1769e935405189992c7e399475db1ba956e50057fcb801445b47e02954e572d844a377fd997eab77d25779
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJaeW4SkZP4sz9MbReW4SkZP4sz9MbkqJtb2Ij56rIbdv230xa2Pji0Aj:A3k03kHRcfkZcFfkZckJrCdTjo
- TLSH T14A263B16F6788722D077C0B5C5D6AA9AFA323C465F308ACB0245E72C2E377D58636736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4332-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4c3-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4332-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4400-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000b00000001761c-162.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00150000000187ef-1031.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4c3-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000b00000001761c-162.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00150000000187ef-1031.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4400 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" 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_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 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_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 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.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\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe$ 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\eqnedt32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX45.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\elevation_service.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ADelRCP.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jaureg.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pptico.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe$ 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe$ 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_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 created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\arh.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe patcher.exe File created 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 created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\MsSense.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\filecompare.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jaureg.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.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 created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\notification_click_helper.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 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_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 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_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 2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4400 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0_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:4400
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 4.4MB
- SHA256 226781c0006abf22c0d0dea9fea0e4647680e708a314b0a484f1486caa00c728
- MD5 842a6f093f19dd49799aea295c11d0d0
- SHA1 4395126a39cdaa7760d8c5db37fb8b365fda654c
- SHA512 600c2dcba8e9cc479104aaa310198149bee6ce3dae1769e935405189992c7e399475db1ba956e50057fcb801445b47e02954e572d844a377fd997eab77d25779
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJaeW4SkZP4sz9MbReW4SkZP4sz9MbkqJtb2Ij56rIbdv230xa2Pji0Aj:A3k03kHRcfkZcFfkZckJrCdTjo
- TLSH T14A263B16F6788722D077C0B5C5D6AA9AFA323C465F308ACB0245E72C2E377D58636736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 4.9MB
- SHA256 623f49cc5ba39f245890b4a39114bd87f25d6db3e36abb9120787b753cc1863c
- MD5 dd5333f0029ca910a052ba81fce0913f
- SHA1 8916e64691f7d1358e28118e7803d6b5329533a5
- SHA512 2fe0a0fa1bff842ba716f6eb7c9c31c67e9811be12040b0541bc842f362e511b10ca6bcfbe214c6e311333b338b640842b45cf89d21d5ea6b1cf1f1ad2b02851
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJaeW4SkZP4sz9MbReW4SkZP4sz9MbkqJtb2Ij56rIbdv230xa2Pji0Ax:A3k03kHRcfkZcFfkZckJrCdTjo0jo
- TLSH T1A2363C16F6788722D077C0B5C5D6A69AFA3238465F308ACB0245E72C2E377D6C636736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe$
- Size 4.5MB
- SHA256 208db3ec6ff5472c25abff334d6f35b7678124051f0142950221b696354584ce
- MD5 f6d241236f3c0356bd7f60d3da414516
- SHA1 a6191c81e7b2b3fef9aad61596c3bb4da3ed4dee
- SHA512 032a2296d069b571e51bb8b40f91ba960c897f348b8aa3c1c51b82cbc0c6710afedfd839ddbbf4cedea638891a6c541dd16d51df6dd5219e045a71dff11a174d
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJaeW4SkZP4sz9MbReW4SkZP4sz9MbkqJtb2Ij56rIbdv230xa2Pji0AT:A3k03kHRcfkZcFfkZckJrCdTjoT
- TLSH T102262916F6788722D07BC0B5C6D6A69AFA3338455B7086CB0285E73C2F377D18636726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$
- Size 4.5MB
- SHA256 7bf4b80c111983a10406e6fc420c8a06f5b88ae36713a38eee15dc90d68b37a3
- MD5 4374c66f3b9cd916b5d85f6aa379e55b
- SHA1 5b5c038104a6e43b7e6ea3b98c721a1aa9def19b
- SHA512 adbe725f8c131902e0b3cd712d1752e4fe7be1113932340ff3d91f6b9130ca7e11b0e773b25d8a0b3df2746e0a1201c896cf0f3d9de9c6df88d8316a5122d1f3
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJaeW4SkZP4sz9MbReW4SkZP4sz9MbkqJtb2Ij56rIbdv230xa2Pji0AX:A3k03kHRcfkZcFfkZckJrCdTjoX
- TLSH T161263B16F6788722D077C0B5C5D6AA9AFA323C465F308ACB0245E72C2E377D58636736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH