Analysis
- max time kernel
105s - max time network
119s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
04/08/2026, 07:51
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_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_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 6.3MB
- Sample260804-jp3ptaam31
- SHA256 73b1194da08e259ac6c13768c627f594c27963d39f00d96aebe7582f187e4091
- MD5 2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2
- SHA1 1c80a49eea2777cc830798ace32c8d80efe43cf2
- SHA512 0074302fc1951d15f509436466dfc7f688202dd2a30b58361fd3983492d4a623cfef695ab9cf94a487d8f7c16389a882a21670a34a0fadd05486db4144c8c189
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJV56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IU56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56rr:A3k03kHRMr+c6r+cccJr0fkZcRjo
- TLSH T19A660925F6788721D077C0B9C5D2A69AFA3238425F308BCB1246DB6C3E276D5D53A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1428-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c5c6-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2a3-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1428-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2640-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001bb03-149.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000400000001a307-1058.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019d97-1261.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000f000000018914-1489.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c5c6-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2a3-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001bb03-149.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000400000001a307-1058.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019d97-1261.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000f000000018914-1489.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2640 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" 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_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_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_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 created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_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\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe$$ 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_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 (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\TabTip32.exe 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\ohub32.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE$ 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpconfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE$ 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$ 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\SmartTagInstall.exe$ 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE$ 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe$ 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe$ 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE$ 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpDlpService.exe 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ADelRCP.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 (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.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 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_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_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_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 1428 2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2640 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2_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:1428
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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:2640
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 6.3MB
- SHA256 73b1194da08e259ac6c13768c627f594c27963d39f00d96aebe7582f187e4091
- MD5 2fbfa3f17225e7e7351bb97e6a65dfd2
- SHA1 1c80a49eea2777cc830798ace32c8d80efe43cf2
- SHA512 0074302fc1951d15f509436466dfc7f688202dd2a30b58361fd3983492d4a623cfef695ab9cf94a487d8f7c16389a882a21670a34a0fadd05486db4144c8c189
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJV56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IU56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56rr:A3k03kHRMr+c6r+cccJr0fkZcRjo
- TLSH T19A660925F6788721D077C0B9C5D2A69AFA3238425F308BCB1246DB6C3E276D5D53A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe$
- Size 6.4MB
- SHA256 9662f8af759c2000bb33445f18caaaae4f38950a9d5ae3fa95fc878580c72969
- MD5 0ee466f7af0882fef7618e1d502d675b
- SHA1 4b6829dd5ad2675f14947bccc50366555dc59772
- SHA512 1cbffd97440a44dc5b003b2d398788a8bb52230c5371e0703ec2522f928d8fabfed81efae7de8344f84ec994f3b710e83096794d6187fac0a101a528cad0a6a4
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJV56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IU56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56rl:A3k03kHRMr+c6r+cccJr0fkZcRjoSW
- TLSH T184661925F6788761D077C0B9C5D2A69AFA3238425F308BCB0245DB6C3E276D5D93A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 6.8MB
- SHA256 8074c23bdf227b690e68ea2da7022055877826784fbca24a398637e6a8686f9b
- MD5 818a12a56baa015588662e32855fd78f
- SHA1 3c4ff566ed9ba4e431fbb124c0228ccc0b24de3c
- SHA512 5e2c4901b5da3bbf89c84eb4a4ee85115ae687c53e03af831948c4c76d74659aba94a9bee47ea2a772a81401a12dc807576e050b4b3408a2dc2d79af5a6238a1
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJV56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IU56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56rZ:A3k03kHRMr+c6r+cccJr0fkZcRjo0jo
- TLSH T1B0760A15F6788721D077C0B9C5D2A69AFA3238425F308BCB1245DB6C3E276D6D53A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe$
- Size 6.4MB
- SHA256 6800ab434416e3c33ce6525f4310faf7ac4684e021aad1f39cfb8068d7946569
- MD5 b691fa28ac85d3395a1f01481353b029
- SHA1 5d7325e737c72b7c11e314075c925ca9df0d0e2e
- SHA512 f09b14ac969a2fd6377334dfe827f854f70a278dab0e00dddda807ad70753a674c3713465495e3d6b4f2b5c077595c0e9f797cdebcbe4b19b6abd87b8ba4132c
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJV56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IU56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56r7:A3k03kHRMr+c6r+cccJr0fkZcRjoT
- TLSH T1E366F815F6688761D07BC0B9C5D2A69AFA3338425F308ACB0285DB7C3F276D59936732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\SmartTagInstall.exe$
- Size 6.3MB
- SHA256 c3d1b084a3c792b83a833aa3eefa489e0eb85bf19e97affa15555975c8c283de
- MD5 bbb3c04a64b0c6c02210dc906a92dae4
- SHA1 fd1bc3a9be4cdf15ac76caf38123fd914127fc7f
- SHA512 cc5ca9c3a53f40b844bfa00e378596e5a67f97a0c83c4d5e5d58f1cd6c3191cabdbe5501e1ed2bd49e392fccca0c4c3697f2508bae297a8212b8fc594bb5182f
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJV56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IU56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56rR:A3k03kHRMr+c6r+cccJr0fkZcRjo5
- TLSH T11D660925F6788721D077C0B9C5D2A69AFA3238425F308BCB1246DB6C3E276D5D53A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$
- Size 6.3MB
- SHA256 d6cc0504fcd9056e525d15f4c2f58768c0611c41ef7c8184d22b4acab584395f
- MD5 a543fef152bfbd41ab849a0eb3828385
- SHA1 b8a180faa162d643652ef2bc0cc7b007e1b850d1
- SHA512 4d08f5948234356a459f4386d101e9c2112c45d7115609d3d126c54dc7e877aca8bfaa7ebd99fdf62f6856e690c3ac3760bff9fac8e62add88e6e14f8f1495bc
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJV56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IU56r+qJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56r+:A3k03kHRMr+c6r+cccJr0fkZcRjo2
- TLSH T114660825F6788721D077C0B9C5D2A69AFA323C425F308BCB1245AB6C3E376D5953A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH