Analysis
- max time kernel
92s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
04/08/2026, 03:21
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- Sample260804-dws63acb97
- SHA256 beb3b2a9cd468d668af93a99f3233fefc92c6ba332034742d314d883fdd6298c
- MD5 17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b
- SHA1 99da1f7e1490b714b9edd554b0ab730a2ad6c344
- SHA512 ff75a61648875a6e7bf38849edcf4eebb5fd80d545f321f3bf61ca83c60649ac082c41458a25dd6f656076193bb2bf5d9d491143bfbe79aad861489ebac142b8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8JFxEB2KC45jcAkSYqyEuwyCn50ChWdArJ:A3k03kHRJUpYqSDZqrK
- TLSH T177956B16EBA446E5D063C178C6E69A76FA7278420B3097CF1354D32D2F237E19E3A721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4792-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024366-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1060-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bc9-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4792-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1060-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000021650-1280.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000900000002437f-1576.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024366-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bc9-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000021650-1280.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000900000002437f-1576.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1060 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" patcher.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.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_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\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\jre\bin\java.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOUC.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\SmartTagInstall.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\visicon.exe$ 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Getstarted_8.2.22942.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\fmui\fmui.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebpImageExtension_1.0.22753.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\codecpacks.webp.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe$ 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection.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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Integrator.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ADelRCP.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp_11811.1001.18.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\StoreExperienceHost.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmlaunch.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE$ 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoadfsb.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\Download\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\139.0.3405.125\MicrosoftEdge_X64_139.0.3405.125.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.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.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_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.NetFX45.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\64BitMAPIBroker.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jaureg.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification 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 (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.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 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4792 2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe 1060 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stealc_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:4792
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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 System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1060
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 beb3b2a9cd468d668af93a99f3233fefc92c6ba332034742d314d883fdd6298c
- MD5 17b705bbc98640adfce3c31e6893f48b
- SHA1 99da1f7e1490b714b9edd554b0ab730a2ad6c344
- SHA512 ff75a61648875a6e7bf38849edcf4eebb5fd80d545f321f3bf61ca83c60649ac082c41458a25dd6f656076193bb2bf5d9d491143bfbe79aad861489ebac142b8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8JFxEB2KC45jcAkSYqyEuwyCn50ChWdArJ:A3k03kHRJUpYqSDZqrK
- TLSH T177956B16EBA446E5D063C178C6E69A76FA7278420B3097CF1354D32D2F237E19E3A721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 0b681e77c0013703dad790db167414483ef489ab760a3f80775b722b6513f3a6
- MD5 9e8f79ae66dd255fe14cb2ffa391f8ba
- SHA1 ddf6698210a94e722e5a68dab9b62626c1f4f9ca
- SHA512 5a3de366f2ff8fd98751df9b94014be0e476b780fa8f50a72158435c000b2c5796c83939a936035b1265134d6bc30d73a6d924be591f8be8d5ccd346611a310a
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8JFxEB2KC45jcAkSYqyEuwyCn50ChWdArs:A3k03kHRJUpYqSDZqrKow
- TLSH T139A56B16EBA446E5D063C178C6E69A76FB7278420B3097CF1354D3292F237E19E3A721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 cfed7dcff2578080265d01c968184a422d6ca9b35134f5c211dc927a907fac5e
- MD5 c4b7bf402a1d91b052814beea21e1066
- SHA1 fd5072501eab5453792be25033b231378264d9cc
- SHA512 6c45e0e3a0ca178544453dc22dd3570605aad88cb7cbcb0fefa19a1e236fd3905cca301f88a6a3e64134fc0015b9846818761020ab248f84d17b5130d512b7f7
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8JFxEB2KC45jcAkSYqyEuwyCn50ChWdAr9:A3k03kHRJUpYqSDZqrKKPji0Aj
- TLSH T12CC55B16FAA442B5D063C178C5E296B6FA7234820B3097CB1395D36D2F277E19E3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 2.4MB
- SHA256 4d422980fae70e84f2fb338bb3b1e91005bbd2664e96177010226e8928b7684a
- MD5 e4288081bd74f8ac67d3798c39442cb7
- SHA1 c95d23039c1c317aa4753ec6337e47e200a6b205
- SHA512 104c4ffd8b08fc39d41684df01e1287e33480ce113c7cbd8d9cda3ce74c4b6ef11868dfee68712483743252877b18b777430e6aba3301a3df578c2f098099ef3
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8JFxEB2KC45jcAkSYqyEuwyCn50ChWdArH:A3k03kHRJUpYqSDZqrKAi6
- TLSH T16FC55A83EB658DB1F01AC034C592867AE6727D590BE346CB124EFB1A1F337945AF9324
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH