Analysis
- max time kernel
106s - max time network
153s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
02/08/2026, 18:12
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260802-wtmklsdh42
- SHA256 8a76f5813d6b025f1892c466597797750154523e2cbc26745b21872b6a7e453f
- MD5 6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871
- SHA1 405b8ce575ff7753578dddeafc9833d77bbb0fa8
- SHA512 9d21305e0a55c4aebcc61a96138c7938a2e584a21c526fb59e947de342596219490cbd21a43f8b33d0d3b85cdb63badbc68a67d61c6c87609425a757aa8f7b0d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9lavoPYH0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kB56rTPji0Aj
- TLSH T15C655A16F6A44BA5D02BC074C5D2966AEA733C421F3087CB1354DE283F67BD19A3A763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/8-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000600000001b871-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b313-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/8-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4172-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019bd3-653.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001aca5-1229.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00020000000066b6-1805.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00040000000066a9-1807.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000600000001b871-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b313-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019bd3-653.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001aca5-1229.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00020000000066b6-1805.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00040000000066a9-1807.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4172 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" 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_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 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_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\rmic.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE$ 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCopyAccelerator.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe$ 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe$ 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_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\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_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\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CNFNOT32.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmclienticon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\outicon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE patcher.exe File created 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\Windows Defender\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe$ 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe$ 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\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 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_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 File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.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 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 8 2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4172 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871_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:8
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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:4172
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 8a76f5813d6b025f1892c466597797750154523e2cbc26745b21872b6a7e453f
- MD5 6ae620b8c78d5a39c5d7870b597fa871
- SHA1 405b8ce575ff7753578dddeafc9833d77bbb0fa8
- SHA512 9d21305e0a55c4aebcc61a96138c7938a2e584a21c526fb59e947de342596219490cbd21a43f8b33d0d3b85cdb63badbc68a67d61c6c87609425a757aa8f7b0d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9lavoPYH0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kB56rTPji0Aj
- TLSH T15C655A16F6A44BA5D02BC074C5D2966AEA733C421F3087CB1354DE283F67BD19A3A763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 8d04aaef3002e8005a0a5021cfe9fae90ab40dc006af0ebe2956b2ee5860583a
- MD5 6b3294c6d3d91d00943ff818ba6b8734
- SHA1 5f8d65771f1f929d041d499da5e4b6858132c9e6
- SHA512 a2bdc528e6d4696d7477ac3fb733bd1de35ae32aebe20f211cab02f9158b561df9f37be4f8672bc262f072eab42b21ad951784dcdf1e949c5ca79b9b4b3b28c5
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9lavoPYH0Le5ji0hmxNrMuA35i65:A3k03kB56rTPji0AjMpX
- TLSH T1CD855C16F6A40BA5D02BC074C6D29656EA737C521F308BDB0354DF283F23BD19A3A766
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 4336e42db133dd8ace33c0472810f9c502309f5f216da83842a131e720ea9afa
- MD5 1bc28337afef01ac2517e6827bec527d
- SHA1 619c9ec50952e7c0241a17bd9aa716b4350abdc9
- SHA512 722232920a9dcb49b3483842b24ad3ae0201e6b14135061d18aa0c4c30a4cfd8eb73efc6cf5033bf43b3f0282dd01128b85e066a6a9ee04c0448c8945bdcaef8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9lavoPYH0Le5ji0hmxNrMe86n9kX:A3k03kB56rTPji0Aj1T9t2
- TLSH T12DA56C16F6A44BA5D06FC174C9D29656EA733C421F3097CF03949A293F37BD19A3A322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 f4f3e43d7abe6cbb2f70c48974fafcb8a751332cb7dccf38547e2386a44f8f33
- MD5 2c910e903b25e1e7071ffff3d64cd49b
- SHA1 b08be3b26f351aeca95ad4990ad9e8dad128e18a
- SHA512 260a1bd49eff16976b42adc7bbae443df03a6f0bc435dbaae63fada134e6fa231969df8ed17a0133f3cb7229609812a8cef30a51fe3d571fa324e5146a755383
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9lavoPYH0Le5ji0hmxNrMD0Le5jn:A3k03kB56rTPji0AjKPji0Aj
- TLSH T136A54A16F6A44B75D02BC0B9C5D2969AEA723C421F3087CB0355DB283F67BD1963A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 bf7c8f92efe0207c9b3149549fe10b7b45e7238e14ca576d3b5980ac4c9566f7
- MD5 80bd21f6d1929b81ec4d01ba2854aa55
- SHA1 0b3175c4a4daec77a00422ec7b003aad99c9375f
- SHA512 4d16adec2c70083c0948b27bd3c9bf27628535f8088260508b23650f86f6eb8f34b98dac9a0c580361254a30c2de4b38808e239f87a9fee86f9347365237c155
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9lavoPYH0Le5ji0hmxNrMxt:A3k03kB56rTPji0Aj8
- TLSH T1AD755A16F6A44BA5D02FC074C5D2966AEA733C421F3087CB1354DE283F67BD19A3A762
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 a26a1e6ba46535fcc891432dee083cfeead1ad29c82310624315297cfe00a477
- MD5 bedac07c5d84220f34b2b8edf3bf3532
- SHA1 cfe0fb3a87e718b8d11b5885dec989de0cf4a476
- SHA512 6e303c284b00251d5f1815683afb062413100a0a8cda290073f521a831d46bc9374cb8a8252ad3694ea91a4addc5e89757290935fb5657c1191caf4cac575579
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9lavoPYH0Le5ji0hmxNrMpi6:A3k03kB56rTPji0AjAi6
- TLSH T1A9952883AB558EB5F01EC074C4929279E5333D190FE386CB124EBE193F3668956F9326
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH