Analysis
- max time kernel
107s - 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, 14:09
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 979KB
- Sample260803-rf92jaswat
- SHA256 0a1c3482523cb8bce4735ed1ad26ca49a03c2c7625c8a8d349bb74b32bd84d2a
- MD5 af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f
- SHA1 43dad6a059332b6136edf46fd51f5ce0f341cb41
- SHA512 89ed7652755a4c07b58195f3f94aca37663009b8249c23aaa04ab598c1b14c318ba1be0c239334776e62cc3e80e2b68b4fb551e7de6e6fb4354655b6267ab44d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBF+cJuonGc+:A3k03kHRJARJ
- TLSH T1C1259D03E79900E8D15AC1749AA69A22FB757C56173097CF2358C6162F73BD0AF3E3A4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1856-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c5d7-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2d6-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1856-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019c96-57.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2832-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00030000000198ff-374.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0006000000018a50-1463.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c5d7-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2d6-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019c96-57.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00030000000198ff-374.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0006000000018a50-1463.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2832 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" 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe$ 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.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 patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice_installer.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe$ 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\TabTip32.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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe$ 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officeappguardwin32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmclienticon.exe$ 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe$ 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wab.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe$ 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe patcher.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)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.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\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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\SETLANG.EXE 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\OLicenseHeartbeat.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe$ 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\accicons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.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_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 1856 2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2832 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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:1856
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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:2832
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 979KB
- SHA256 0a1c3482523cb8bce4735ed1ad26ca49a03c2c7625c8a8d349bb74b32bd84d2a
- MD5 af26aa838354a3ea7390e5275275fc1f
- SHA1 43dad6a059332b6136edf46fd51f5ce0f341cb41
- SHA512 89ed7652755a4c07b58195f3f94aca37663009b8249c23aaa04ab598c1b14c318ba1be0c239334776e62cc3e80e2b68b4fb551e7de6e6fb4354655b6267ab44d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBF+cJuonGc+:A3k03kHRJARJ
- TLSH T1C1259D03E79900E8D15AC1749AA69A22FB757C56173097CF2358C6162F73BD0AF3E3A4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe
- Size 1.3MB
- SHA256 0888575d498f97f0429909bbca204ea90b9ef3603dc54ab4818d1248c511748a
- MD5 0222e67ce430d2ceb676671a12731248
- SHA1 bce259c0f37219f4e7c6e2926f834c70cd01094c
- SHA512 cbba12f5433806fa81c8516ce684ad179278da406e16c6512f6a9719fa164bdfc2e3ba08e7841ba187232601b5d74e85a3d17379ed131eeb401e42c13de59d56
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBF+cJuonGc+/KhyDZTRW8fdeg:A3k03kHRJARJeK0DZT88f1
- TLSH T10C55BF03F78500F9D14A81349AE69726EB79BC510B3097CF6398871A2F727D0AF3A795
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 8c62fc451ba6ec9f18129c433ed64a874b13c1a4c465eaec1723d77d8c473842
- MD5 2151933737c39efa9f4a522e7eed0a27
- SHA1 06ce16fd888c730a1babf1d04a01c3bbf9094010
- SHA512 af5ec8e0b02f8059291cbba72f905ba3a98756e885fbc293cfcbeab9e6c6f46b06f6c4bf9f8b0c24a68d071d948cba39738213844882b40fa41da97b5fb28127
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBF+cJuonGc+P0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJARJuPji0Aj
- TLSH T192757C17F6A802B5D067C1B8C5D29A5AEA723842173097CF1394C7292F67BE19F3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- SHA256 a9f5a6aa1eecaddf8e28742b625b63f36c2ea785ca32ad665842f249108ad88b
- MD5 c01581900137b65c22e5dd11b95e83e9
- SHA1 ac3c4c48b94ac543b723ca3b17e3767a2fe30222
- SHA512 4bba1c445fd0aa292a7a7ca6ad140a32dae39d94500aaa7e475252b29f08c956bf98fe085e41fcf7564b03c57458f2d702d00a87b4c6d57717cbde41531700e5
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBF+cJuonGc+yb:A3k03kHRJARJjb
- TLSH T160259D03F79800E9D15AC2749AA68A22EB757C56173097CF1358C6162F73BD0AF3E3A5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
- Size 1002KB
- SHA256 cf9657661e342a9c00066a73e4c3398317cafe24316b4f8e92628a7e32abde2c
- MD5 2302aa3741217c3a76e2fcc1fab2707b
- SHA1 c0f9fb99d47fafa6b1f6b241e940c1f00aa3cde4
- SHA512 1b5f38f6772dacec05b764643eb40cde6f5027fe8574ca89fbb60a7faff5a8cab6002447612c02a708e474bc55defd79ccf2f3568fe9e0ab8def27c3c81b8b19
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBF+cJuonGc+8A:A3k03kHRJARJq
- TLSH T107259D03E79900E8D15AC1749AA69A22FB757C56173097CF2358C6162F73BD0AF3E3A4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH