Analysis
- max time kernel
121s - max time network
135s - 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, 07:57
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- Sample260804-jtk1kaam9w
- SHA256 60e1d6875b7c76db08939ae48372d8b2cb5976d80cb57e3ce17338866402f1cb
- MD5 28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7
- SHA1 30d55319fcf1bf63f63c4b6516f827aa05b6f41b
- SHA512 38d058a5046d1cca6ebab03a37f61654daf1bd1eb480dd3251931156d4f9329c98125112d7441d2d3fdedd722b98fb20080aabbe0fb64ad3dfbb620d1f029e56
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOai45EWYdeD5Tvinrmqq:A3k03kHRJM56r
- TLSH T192457B03E6940EE4D11F81749A964A62EA777C125F2097CF1364AE153F72BC0AF3A397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2080-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c51a-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2080-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1728-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001991d-379.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00030000000199bd-571.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001a0bc-1014.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c51a-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001991d-379.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00030000000199bd-571.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001a0bc-1014.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1728 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_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge_proxy.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe patcher.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\SCANPST.EXE 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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 created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmid.exe$ 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.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\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Integrator.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$ 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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.DBConnection64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\elevation_service.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe$ 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe$ 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\SenseGPParser.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CNFNOT32.EXE$ patcher.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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\jre\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.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\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\Install\{442E2BAB-89E2-4A69-94D2-35EFF397FE54}\MicrosoftEdge_X64_139.0.3405.125.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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$ 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_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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 2080 2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 1728 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7_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:2080
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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:1728
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 60e1d6875b7c76db08939ae48372d8b2cb5976d80cb57e3ce17338866402f1cb
- MD5 28df40cf47e3e053ee6e3c4141317bf7
- SHA1 30d55319fcf1bf63f63c4b6516f827aa05b6f41b
- SHA512 38d058a5046d1cca6ebab03a37f61654daf1bd1eb480dd3251931156d4f9329c98125112d7441d2d3fdedd722b98fb20080aabbe0fb64ad3dfbb620d1f029e56
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOai45EWYdeD5Tvinrmqq:A3k03kHRJM56r
- TLSH T192457B03E6940EE4D11F81749A964A62EA777C125F2097CF1364AE153F72BC0AF3A397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 405ba9272a0fc341de54e39266254f3dc2381ac1c2d78506231c40fca6de1c21
- MD5 2ac0c783dd85f8d2466c8147ca184d20
- SHA1 2eaaff799feeb74326ad4006e700fad20ac81606
- SHA512 b06f67f65b2379d9088ff2ce1b79c423abf0a40c849b74657d02599a51cc013ec8a94f69238418b619c87cdc8bd353bef61c09cfd3f014aef53908d05abf333b
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOai45EWYdeD5TvinrmqqP0Le5ji0hmxNw:A3k03kHRJM56rIPji0Aj
- TLSH T112856B16F6A44BA5D02BC178C5D2965AEA733C421F3087CB1354DE293F73BD19A3A362
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 8219d7786c188c5d768cc569e62efbd438da2f16a90079b02d309c298e6ef9bd
- MD5 3eeac04600da73eb46261aefe19dc509
- SHA1 090bc15a50a44ff712d004b368adcc055d968d07
- SHA512 d1814eee1afb41544dd635e85a784baf55670695f83766957d4bfe6201c1a09a0cc636f3d5bdef9100bb4ed1058796ee72cda49eec562e7be025056cebd27f05
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOai45EWYdeD5Tvinrmqq8A:A3k03kHRJM56rs
- TLSH T1C9457C03E6940EE4D11F81749A964A62EA777C125F2097CF1364AE153F72BC0AF3A397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 51c7c19b0978879015b77aa7dfb066d5b6c48487ba567a26c8df5e795764b6f0
- MD5 d4070bb700e8af36223a3b29c50a58eb
- SHA1 e93b79c94d0ea36cd72353f8e2f7db5e468f99ec
- SHA512 47ae9c9b3d8ef4b3fdfd48adf766cee46f11e9daeed7e9c47a344c19591df872b42a3b701690210b0ee3f0f63a1ac63814717b41a58cc5aae75e137136638d03
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOai45EWYdeD5TvinrmqqLi:A3k03kHRJM56rv
- TLSH T16A457C03E6940EE4D11F81749A964A62EA777C125F2097CF1364AE153F72BC0AF3A397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 8ceb01f213660e600bbc128284fd9eb826b21b43e077f87db4bf06980e0fad4d
- MD5 3607e3351756e7bf6eb3d32e80ea41d4
- SHA1 aa48ff128a77e4be9f199c521ae40a88c17e3e73
- SHA512 4dea957436a9323db40c79bdbe89ddba11edc5d47b075884345147c9429914b2d1740ea4b48e1593f96b667820da88d4b5c08fd70993a42c51ad306d471b0f17
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJliLKhSaagqOai45EWYdeD5TvinrmqqSwE:A3k03kHRJM56r9
- TLSH T160457C03E6980EE5D11F817496A64A62EA777C121F2097CF1364AE153F72BC0AF3A357
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH