Analysis
- max time kernel
115s - max time network
137s - 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, 09:26
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 959KB
- Sample260804-ld8ssssvbs
- SHA256 e389932d7f68c640deea42ca6fd519d5e5436aa561af8eb9cd8d7db5f6234f4e
- MD5 d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb
- SHA1 efbfabbf11c5d49ae484dc8c691e6558343cb354
- SHA512 2380d2aecb6dec3f61caa0e474f68cbeebbcbd229bc74190e58f20ac1740d6c86fbe1d011c78533ac9b894748b2156f69446a3f512a5d28131e8c6e197979ed8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYipkZ4Jyah:A3k03kB56r7
- TLSH T197258C03E6940FA5D10F81749A964662EA777C425F2093DF2358AE153F72BC0AB3E397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4332-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4c4-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4332-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4400-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b30a-41.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019988-559.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0006000000018a3f-1475.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4c4-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b30a-41.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019988-559.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0006000000018a3f-1475.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4400 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" 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\SenseGPParser.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist_1.0.3456.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\EdgeGameAssist.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\Installer\setup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.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 created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification 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\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.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\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.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\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE$ 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\pipanel.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe$ 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javacpl.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe patcher.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)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpextms.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpDlpService.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\AppSharingHookController.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4332 2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4400 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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:4332
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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:4400
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 959KB
- SHA256 e389932d7f68c640deea42ca6fd519d5e5436aa561af8eb9cd8d7db5f6234f4e
- MD5 d98a72093a4abf9ffeaea56c50c949eb
- SHA1 efbfabbf11c5d49ae484dc8c691e6558343cb354
- SHA512 2380d2aecb6dec3f61caa0e474f68cbeebbcbd229bc74190e58f20ac1740d6c86fbe1d011c78533ac9b894748b2156f69446a3f512a5d28131e8c6e197979ed8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYipkZ4Jyah:A3k03kB56r7
- TLSH T197258C03E6940FA5D10F81749A964662EA777C425F2093DF2358AE153F72BC0AB3E397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 b09f3f0f7bead15eff0bf0cd180660186dc6d2be8c4288678a10dbd1909528c4
- MD5 17d3a9963222872fbc389cb387d18f3c
- SHA1 1c3c6a0387352f90dac264cf781fb65212f19243
- SHA512 b6f8fcbd0b67ec59789da00b5c5a4f0fb7c7675e284d29eb1870c0d87af76ec09280da8ba9d61509a4e2e8ceadde7aa2b131be3280a832803646f2a554948512
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYipkZ4JyaCD+qB2:A3k03kB56rW+t
- TLSH T132458C13B6850FA5D10F817099E99A76E9777C021F2093CB6358AF153F72BC06B3A297
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 bbe21f6e9a0752687e42d5661e0a75acc249bca3a94a3fdd82edd766d0deab48
- MD5 1156a37880045ce103dca2d878c76294
- SHA1 a5ce3c1deed9f8375105903c35b32f5d651e480f
- SHA512 6186a691c43442e65712fb003ab5d7048a80f02149ed37ce6203aadfadce9d78e8ffbd3b8b67901873fd54d280c1c18bd7975d5db4084ed17bec8c79b20482e0
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYipkZ4Jyai0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kB56rAPji0Aj
- TLSH T1F7655A16F6A44BA5D02FC074C5D2966AEA733C425F3087CB1354DE283F67BD19A3A362
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
- Size 974KB
- SHA256 826dd11c58ec00bce22d12d70a05846716d9c523b471d4385c53d0b27dfc0ef1
- MD5 f14aacd71028ed1b631bedacc1f7a5e7
- SHA1 4db54f5eea4b05bdbb1d017c83a93f6d0e1366ca
- SHA512 8941d13b43f4a6ae9b6db2cf5f444da7f1b269e4631f6ed8ee28a25dfaa74e1a79eb0be2782be4cbc8e8a7c011430997ea3f254f1b1eb3cc939affa2d590d0ba
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYipkZ4Jyasa:A3k03kB56r
- TLSH T1DC258D03E6940FA5D10F81749AA64662EA737C025F6097DF1358AE153F72BC0AB3E397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe
- Size 983KB
- SHA256 9752daf31c668fd9958eb5e25bb3977ceea734ec87b29ab03c9752a83d0360f4
- MD5 33aed82000d2da2cc329c1a0c074af83
- SHA1 421b3738eaae2224d30734fa2aa5422e54d107ff
- SHA512 c7329380238a157881d80d368989303c4af2c50fc98eaebedabd5786fd5a7a91adbeb02f09aed165018819dd51c4cb6c8e6cf26dfaf72e319e2b6634e31b6015
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYipkZ4Jyaea:A3k03kB56r7
- TLSH T129258C03E6940FA5D10F81749A964662EA777C025F6093DF2358AE153F72BC0AB3E397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH