Analysis
- max time kernel
84s - max time network
128s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
04/08/2026, 22:52
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.6MB
- Sample260804-2tw2yazwe1
- SHA256 6ddb564493ca27ef598c963ffa4e97dd2b1ecf5f384fe9b9a3205e50f3f4f30f
- MD5 659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a
- SHA1 d99e10093fb8b3e109e2c0672877c114473cf005
- SHA512 e30553255e9c6698072904b21ee5aee2e96d04410f1c001c523d644483b41b0fb379ab8362b96a8bb9c57fcca72ce8f945a65633650dc7e556990aff7f352d6d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLaba8KaEQyaFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JKTvmL:A3k03kHRJ3eW4SkZP4sz9Mb
- TLSH T1BF753B16F6788363D0B2C0B9C5D6AA5AFA32344557308ACB0349D72C2F277D5DA3A739
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4136-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c469-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b313-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4136-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4548-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000b000000019ce0-1019.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019cb3-1282.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c469-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b313-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000b000000019ce0-1019.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019cb3-1282.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4548 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" 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_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 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_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\kinit.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_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\java.exe$ 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE$ 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.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\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_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\jre\bin\policytool.exe$ 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_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\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe$ 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe$ 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSREC.EXE 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_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)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmclienticon.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe$ patcher.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\bin\javac.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\sscicons.exe$ 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$ 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_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\private_browsing.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_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 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_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 4136 2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4548 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a_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:4136
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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:4548
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 6ddb564493ca27ef598c963ffa4e97dd2b1ecf5f384fe9b9a3205e50f3f4f30f
- MD5 659c74391e2182d9f13886c3d558112a
- SHA1 d99e10093fb8b3e109e2c0672877c114473cf005
- SHA512 e30553255e9c6698072904b21ee5aee2e96d04410f1c001c523d644483b41b0fb379ab8362b96a8bb9c57fcca72ce8f945a65633650dc7e556990aff7f352d6d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLaba8KaEQyaFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JKTvmL:A3k03kHRJ3eW4SkZP4sz9Mb
- TLSH T1BF753B16F6788363D0B2C0B9C5D6AA5AFA32344557308ACB0349D72C2F277D5DA3A739
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.1MB
- SHA256 4d6604c4af0e1471389b8c03bdb6b0b0984fd91b27a56c069504cbe0e0416fed
- MD5 8ad9cd6e2be56513d17e1c52a2324e03
- SHA1 a277e7bbdca3bc29009fac005ca7840d4ffb577f
- SHA512 d13e319afcf6fced9b3a51a563c1623815ff666e6fafe60ba37dd9ed1d794dc4c4c4f9d3d3097c6e21d5d2df7f6a733ce39fd47d04ed4aa2877b7b6f75327ab7
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLaba8KaEQyaFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JKTvmLb:A3k03kHRJ3eW4SkZP4sz9Mb6Pji0Aj
- TLSH T19BA53B16F6788372D0B3C0B9C5D6AA9AFA32344657308ACB0345D72C2F277D59A3A735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 4d2b0f3426e4a01ea3f940fcbfb1e2801dc594c82246e02dcb0e3a842f53bf39
- MD5 ebee5d3ea9d96756f1efebb69867e2b9
- SHA1 432aae36c1e072a46c85b264381500c6d2a7a82e
- SHA512 6f672a6ae309d715499e084f2560a56656a6c3141bbb5f07740ac26e5c0ad1f02bc7db7d06e11f780d24fd63b9cdad0bb73e5dcc90cc274a9e45b6c80a35b5cf
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLaba8KaEQyaFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JKTvmLY:A3k03kHRJ3eW4SkZP4sz9MbL
- TLSH T13E853B16F6788363D0B3C0B9C5D6AA5AFA32344557308ACB0349D72C2F277D59A3A739
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 85f013db8394c5928d6de629bd206b92f49147015be91bb15dbfd6f8cc6ec6b0
- MD5 16757423118574794ebe7dbd7ad5b19d
- SHA1 2614bc83764a56e40e9f692f63eed02cc9e0800b
- SHA512 f716346d79c159212d2c561d42e6edf7fe6cffc1271b523f5656c2f50cf13104c965509640193a09addf4378741a64629c28c1ea7b50d7f498ba892ee386658a
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLaba8KaEQyaFZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JKTvmLx:A3k03kHRJ3eW4SkZP4sz9Mb6
- TLSH T1DE852B16F6B84363D0B2C079C9D6AA56FA323C4517308ADB0349F7282E377D59A3A735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH