Analysis
- max time kernel
110s - max time network
146s - 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, 09:31
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_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_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_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_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample260803-lhds8awsbx
- SHA256 b4bac3e52b7e2bee68eeffa8bd89206aed31088e39e7f5e809372e39e59131c4
- MD5 145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650
- SHA1 adc7b2b0cd2966b4a8c3d687883d3a88872aae16
- SHA512 cbb941af0f17ae5ac892b3bb236a0c512017644d710c06b8892a60c16cfea26583504ceedcdd4ded6073fa1a69b177af8ee9c5ffa2b5459dc6ef61bbda0a5663
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOaRaaccGFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JA:A3k03kHRJ9eW4SkZP4sz9Mbj
- TLSH T16F953B16F6B84362D0B2C079C9D6AA56FA313C4517308ADB0349F7282F377D59A3A739
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5996-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c5e4-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5996-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1540-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019922-411.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001acaf-981.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0017000000018944-1532.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c5e4-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019922-411.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001acaf-981.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0017000000018944-1532.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1540 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_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_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:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.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\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe$ patcher.exe File created 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\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\eqnedt32.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.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\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\visicon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpconfig.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Addons\OneDriveSetup.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.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\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist_1.0.3456.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\EdgeGameAssist.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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe$ 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.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_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_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_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_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 5996 2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 1540 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650_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:5996
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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:1540
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 b4bac3e52b7e2bee68eeffa8bd89206aed31088e39e7f5e809372e39e59131c4
- MD5 145111c15186aa6e12855a49fb0f6650
- SHA1 adc7b2b0cd2966b4a8c3d687883d3a88872aae16
- SHA512 cbb941af0f17ae5ac892b3bb236a0c512017644d710c06b8892a60c16cfea26583504ceedcdd4ded6073fa1a69b177af8ee9c5ffa2b5459dc6ef61bbda0a5663
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOaRaaccGFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JA:A3k03kHRJ9eW4SkZP4sz9Mbj
- TLSH T16F953B16F6B84362D0B2C079C9D6AA56FA313C4517308ADB0349F7282F377D59A3A739
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe$
- Size 2.1MB
- SHA256 f514d122d2f7a8422b3e4f28fd338cc30c43f677c21deec620a4406ecf7eb0a9
- MD5 8136288235fd1ee185401b59c0df10f2
- SHA1 f176f2a2da0d633296fcb5c6ae13deb37d04303e
- SHA512 fce0d6e7ec701db75538616222eb687bed5383eeec210ad2a325736a62c6fc388dbc355ba682ad433e732365d8e1ce35a8ca5f4f7f0229a68b69eb2a12ab9839
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOaRaaccGFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87J0:A3k03kHRJ9eW4SkZP4sz9MbAT1Llje
- TLSH T1FBA55C16F6B84362D0B3C079C9D6AA56FA313C4617308ADF0349B7282F377D19A39769
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 236c2ee0367ed9a6bf951a45ab4bcc07989e353316646a0a66392de25c1c92e9
- MD5 dc0c64f540eddb46278b9e93a46dc605
- SHA1 1da862b4c1ed3a5184c41a2702609903d0f6dc2a
- SHA512 d8d5a073fb8a9c644dcd3af1f14986f8648db354e6df9ab5b46aa07fee6aba348a744b84df802b0fb40e6397fc9681b4411d6867bd059aff14d743149117428d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOaRaaccGFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JE:A3k03kHRJ9eW4SkZP4sz9MbfPji0Aj
- TLSH T1ABB52A16F6B84362D0B3C0B9C9D6AA5AFA313C4617308ADB0345E7282F377D5963A735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 fede4c3b7d9c299e79ea7faa93bf4f279c7487c7be35e4a2c60d919fa4c7c40a
- MD5 ff22f1489b7c2a5d39822c1f5848d5db
- SHA1 80703fdbe966c1b6e70801c9e7b1a4dd3676e3ab
- SHA512 b35c6d0836397dad1ab808fe8dd72a62d23b289bd548e61c6830980315b5f0143707ca5ae58b9df862b148fcc6ee7da75946e920ffec5b4b175946a55c5a808e
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOaRaaccGFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87Jb:A3k03kHRJ9eW4SkZP4sz9MbS
- TLSH T1B0954B16F6B84362D0B2C075C9D6AA56FA313C4617308ADB0349F7282F377D59A3A739
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 2149bcf0ad633a677cec821a3aca2f59decd0574e0d989863787c198af648a6a
- MD5 2989cde4dc58e81041aae73318aa630d
- SHA1 b7785b8598bedea5078a40174ef37e4dafdeff25
- SHA512 be0dfe1526e7a90581e7d039a8af00bc793b1c427f5fcc3bca522f476ce7ceea79c8b2bc34bb97318ef030f3a20e8f08c84d4dff718ac57a0344f206987a1a12
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOaRaaccGFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JP:A3k03kHRJ9eW4SkZP4sz9Mb++dSZ
- TLSH T179953B16F6B84362D0B2C075C9D6AA56FA313C461B308ADB0349F7282F377D59A39739
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH