Analysis
- max time kernel
104s - max time network
115s - 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, 08:30
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- Sample260804-ked45svgpg
- SHA256 840c409cc6e902745e43061b9ef70af7150a54fcbf63993e6600c9f0e58df7f8
- MD5 090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a
- SHA1 41e4d3e63feb6b3d76682b86b66a419d2dbbd18b
- SHA512 f7030509aa564e75e0ec757f4a369a2183abcdf28bac79b746930331282bb28bc85cd67f5e09076f00135cd4e9301e2887ca774eba6000ea59cd555d64f165e5
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kB56rsyqJtb2IEeW4SkZP4sz9Mb5eW4SkZP4sz9Mb:A3k03kCrsyFfkZcNfkZc
- TLSH T179E52B16F6788722D0B7C0B9C5D6AA9AFA3238455F308ACB0345D72C3E277D58636736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2480-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4e3-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2480-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5052-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000400000001bb46-159.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019977-540.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4e3-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000400000001bb46-159.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019977-540.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5052 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_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.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_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.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\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.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\bin\jrunscript.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoia.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\outicon.exe$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.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 created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.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 Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\AppSharingHookController.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\wordicon.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pj11icon.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe$ 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.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_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.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_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2480 2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe 5052 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.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:2480
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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:5052
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 840c409cc6e902745e43061b9ef70af7150a54fcbf63993e6600c9f0e58df7f8
- MD5 090e6eb77fc8a4cbecadf3c7235c7b2a
- SHA1 41e4d3e63feb6b3d76682b86b66a419d2dbbd18b
- SHA512 f7030509aa564e75e0ec757f4a369a2183abcdf28bac79b746930331282bb28bc85cd67f5e09076f00135cd4e9301e2887ca774eba6000ea59cd555d64f165e5
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kB56rsyqJtb2IEeW4SkZP4sz9Mb5eW4SkZP4sz9Mb:A3k03kCrsyFfkZcNfkZc
- TLSH T179E52B16F6788722D0B7C0B9C5D6AA9AFA3238455F308ACB0345D72C3E277D58636736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 3.7MB
- SHA256 a9b4bb910f88c4b828f8eb993f36ac152b75b3ca55fb0334096c84617f03d5e0
- MD5 edc95c5b7febd3aaffb0fc6fd408e5f6
- SHA1 9886722899c877f00ac1f38ccd4bd6e0dca84b0c
- SHA512 d7ca61d0156edee774c95e28bffef8b79f1c1f0ce942206bcc70cc75a6f6cf9e507e5b101d06ac102dd98568de0c44ee6d9ffba0f747aed27fad6d769fbacbbd
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kB56rsyqJtb2IEeW4SkZP4sz9Mb5eW4SkZP4sz9MbBPji0Aj:A3k03kCrsyFfkZcNfkZcRjo
- TLSH T14A061A16F6788732D077C0B9C5D6AA9AFA3238455F308ACB0245D72C3E277D5863A736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe$
- Size 3.3MB
- SHA256 77afa08c378ca4aa969021cf1d1edf7f737c515c133910841f6ca0c1ea00e005
- MD5 27804fb6fb2a8e773d52b57a3950d7d6
- SHA1 a9a14aece1465a952b57bb6c09a0fa628367b52a
- SHA512 438a5e5ca73cf06963b1374c3d69dcc42f6c16c00bbb5b226111ebb2f671e3ae78180db00e620aec5e593764cfb72e4de5715a77654763ff281ba88dc2f0d87d
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kB56rsyqJtb2IEeW4SkZP4sz9Mb5eW4SkZP4sz9Mbq:A3k03kCrsyFfkZcNfkZcq
- TLSH T13EF52A16F6788722D0BBC0B9C6D2AA59FA3338455F708ACB0285D73C2F276D58536736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe
- Size 3.2MB
- SHA256 a0095750a12cdde6a757582755f29532000748d7abe97aa548b85bfe6d5302e6
- MD5 e85d143fb42ae9b2d5d5d8746dd7c00a
- SHA1 a93170dba5430d7e8b38c50c6c0b484c18989c85
- SHA512 a1a376f4a1edc8cd7909c8ac567100e2ec50abf156d067b68d46fc32e365c15f29bacf663e56aaac52c93f748930704cf48c8f7bfcb2f19262766a9eaf8c5efb
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kB56rsyqJtb2IEeW4SkZP4sz9Mb5eW4SkZP4sz9MbF:A3k03kCrsyFfkZcNfkZcF
- TLSH T155E52B16F6788722D0B7C0B9C5D6AA9AFE3238455F308ACB0345D72C2E277D58636736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH