Analysis
- max time kernel
98s - max time network
150s - 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, 05:02
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_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_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- Sample260804-fpf92add25
- SHA256 83fa72c18a6c18865aa4490c73620997b4f4cfcd198546de930514e0cc469e39
- MD5 e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273
- SHA1 53235d272cea629c033792a934d87701ef60db34
- SHA512 45a56cd65515d9876d936cb70e140e1deced0232387f322c245a159bde82f0f1cf3148bb2c74c1c7233c776f42982423642a6c4e8e83e1eb15aced4ed651cc0c
- SSDEEP 24576:t/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaOc/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaOu:x7iw2I7iw2c
- TLSH T10F852A1766EC4894E566A13489B54606EB72F8561B30C3CF12788B2D1F73BF0BD39B29
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2204-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00070000000244d5-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b20-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2204-39-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3368-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00040000000215db-1284.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000300000001e0bc-1678.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00070000000244d5-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b20-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00040000000215db-1284.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000300000001e0bc-1678.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3368 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_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_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 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_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 created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\msouc.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe$ 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.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 created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmadminicon.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_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\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_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 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\sscicons.exe patcher.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\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\lyncicon.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe$ 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\servertool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javacpl.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe patcher.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\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe$ 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmlaunch.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\AppSharingHookController.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe$ 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe$ 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe$ 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.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\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Office.OneNote_16001.12026.20112.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\onenoteshare.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_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 (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_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.Loader.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\filecompare.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe$ 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CNFNOT32.EXE 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_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$ 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_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 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2204 2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3368 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273_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:2204
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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:3368
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 83fa72c18a6c18865aa4490c73620997b4f4cfcd198546de930514e0cc469e39
- MD5 e88ff9d064b6ea5f0c46f703ceb82273
- SHA1 53235d272cea629c033792a934d87701ef60db34
- SHA512 45a56cd65515d9876d936cb70e140e1deced0232387f322c245a159bde82f0f1cf3148bb2c74c1c7233c776f42982423642a6c4e8e83e1eb15aced4ed651cc0c
- SSDEEP 24576:t/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaOc/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaOu:x7iw2I7iw2c
- TLSH T10F852A1766EC4894E566A13489B54606EB72F8561B30C3CF12788B2D1F73BF0BD39B29
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedge_proxy.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 8584e8d23ca8c45465e114f098201c0882087b9c61755cda1ad0cdb8ddaaeace
- MD5 83adf3236317b60aa147897ab66a19a4
- SHA1 965b6e2d4a96157531b8974ceb7930d2a9436f24
- SHA512 1f617c4ad69a33b0ca031761ee093f939dfe1dc87d77636f71aae1f324b9c97adbcd3c10590925592bb6436ff53134dc9150a6d6e0b9786fd6a893d1b8474a57
- SSDEEP 24576:t/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaOc/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaOVGen:x7iw2I7iw2GI
- TLSH T169953A1767EC0895E566A13489B54606EB72F8561B30C3CF12788B2D1F63BF0BD39B29
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 f7afd93bf6049be621a6e0c34a5745fbcc950e9783045f4807f5f1d7a04e3faa
- MD5 f9ff380006a6fa540798768dcb2d4824
- SHA1 ca46569938677134a01c8f2e1654382d7577ff21
- SHA512 613528a6b2cf4f5e063316dcdb88a479a59dd31bdf5c11aedfa024f9fc8b455a6200c75aa27db58dc52ca2988bb809fedd979a265f118652b30284cbdd5186d6
- SSDEEP 24576:t/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaOc/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaOe0Le5ji0hmxNrM:x7iw2I7iw2kPji0Aj
- TLSH T1EFB54B17B6E84961E073A13489E68646EA72B4561B30C7CF12A8C73C1F63BF1AD39735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 0e5fa16f4276866c2df6199032fbfff33ef20b16d4588eb59f1b048aa823c704
- MD5 b93594878af320735121abff054e758d
- SHA1 0bbb154c4f54c6789c8b1b96ce3528df633b1a03
- SHA512 61a261a93070e08975dbc393a63180197f408c2f4ceda74a4b38a04e39ae9c4fb4e55ee99631478763b64d1a9099c86d8cfd4f286c7656cecdfa84a010ef2481
- SSDEEP 24576:t/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaOc/sCv7rTiw2RYwZCUsocuaO8F:x7iw2I7iw2s
- TLSH T1D9952B17A6EC0895E5A2613089B54605EA72FC551B31C3DF1278AB3D1E73BF0BD38B29
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH