Analysis
- max time kernel
102s - max time network
134s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
03/08/2026, 07:00
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- Sample260803-hsmbkatsdv
- SHA256 e468617b62d940c13d614f14408feff1dc90e712e114f3a108cd2449b1dc1307
- MD5 6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6
- SHA1 b29cc8ead5910b606dc27a3f2bb0dd1754178e23
- SHA512 e4cfa7459fe0f1b57cf3d821ec3d9dfb0959270faa1429870695b9cbc9f0a99fe64680032e2fa376c209d1182daa601b0c999ec94cdba8ea22b119e23b551487
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEvfDaCTajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW2:A3k03kHRJSqJtb2IRpYq
- TLSH T1B7956C16F6644675D073C0B9C5D2AA9AFE3238425B308ACF1389D7282F277D1DA3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1008-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4f9-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2d6-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1008-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5048-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d000000019cd4-1021.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x002a000000019cd4-1258.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4f9-6.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2d6-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000d000000019cd4-1021.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x002a000000019cd4-1258.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5048 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" 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_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 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_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 (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\notification_click_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\eqnedt32.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe$ 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe$ 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe$ 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\DlpUserAgent.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\xlicons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe$ 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\MsSense.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOUC.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe$ 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe$ 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe$ 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\accicons.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification 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\javah.exe$ 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_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 - 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 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_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 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_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 1008 2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 5048 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6_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:1008
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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:5048
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 e468617b62d940c13d614f14408feff1dc90e712e114f3a108cd2449b1dc1307
- MD5 6e024c9701fa2ffbab0e5ccf267e91b6
- SHA1 b29cc8ead5910b606dc27a3f2bb0dd1754178e23
- SHA512 e4cfa7459fe0f1b57cf3d821ec3d9dfb0959270faa1429870695b9cbc9f0a99fe64680032e2fa376c209d1182daa601b0c999ec94cdba8ea22b119e23b551487
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEvfDaCTajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW2:A3k03kHRJSqJtb2IRpYq
- TLSH T1B7956C16F6644675D073C0B9C5D2AA9AFE3238425B308ACF1389D7282F277D1DA3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 7e6e80b67355343fc91f15b7939bbcdd9bbf661ad7b11c1eca39606925a93210
- MD5 2e0dd71754d9e03d9569768a2d49fd69
- SHA1 9ad2dfed988e5f1854171edba25fdf771b474db5
- SHA512 5fb898ad0db68978de0bd81eb542757344a6217a30b60511bf0d60a68527f81e82b36e7aadbf3e544cab891117caa2e8ef7b1b7265727abdb494d4ac505b0314
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEvfDaCTajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW4:A3k03kHRJSqJtb2IRpYqjPji0Aj
- TLSH T11FC54B16F6748375D073C0B9C5D2A69AEE3234425B308ACB1389D7682F277D6DA3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 5ada4d364d5ce5aedd278870aa677ef981a66a4d89db618e5a30891e0c7c5391
- MD5 eab1ceb194b1b82cf468014a67c31c66
- SHA1 2b1f947690d03199363588e76e72b9c6a7012656
- SHA512 217b82925936dc8f7b7b0d94354a2d446f5faca8a2d44b3a4129ce523a543873574776ea64988d3c3f8683f8a47305b1134d05ab2fc7b33df08d42554478b0dd
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEvfDaCTajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBWJ:A3k03kHRJSqJtb2IRpYqk
- TLSH T172A56C16F6644275D073C0B9C5D2AA9AFE3238425B308ACF1389D7282F677D1DA3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 788b2e58148a7f99f781850a4ff42ac839e5c542d6c6e17e8e0fe90f035ab3d0
- MD5 d86ae30bf435928d75812a4abf74da35
- SHA1 26803606a5ac99b0371d239eff7e9bc0b3a190b3
- SHA512 2c708bcab68a24d812a325a396ee73d6402a53ae80f35b07202ef140d528635f3be6ef48b09eb7a157ba7c89b13cce00b0a5e388f7d0099138437e1f229270f0
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiEvfDaCTajYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBWU:A3k03kHRJSqJtb2IRpYqt
- TLSH T1C1A54A16F6A44275D073C079C9D2AA5AEE313C821B308ADB1349F7282F377D59A3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH