Analysis
- max time kernel
112s - max time network
141s - 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, 11:34
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 5.3MB
- Sample260804-npf82aad52
- SHA256 0f70f51615a95ca5a6020883d360eb73832f01c9b6e751866afddeb7fd9031c0
- MD5 681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e
- SHA1 9ceb3283bf01be5d46ede65d6b3155e39471fff5
- SHA512 2f6071a20ac43e6a9d1d44799a79829a5f87339437159174b036dd393ebdc8b2a4530ea06e1ecbfb4efcabd18ca2141e18ad9505f3664dcb1b067eca24a16950
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJOpYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbkqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56rhqJtb2Ij56rtTebeW4G:A3k03kHR06YfkZckcJrhJrtTofkZc
- TLSH T158461A16F6788762D077C0B9C5D2AA9AFA3238455F308BCB0245DB2C2E277D5D936732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4624-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c54f-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4624-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4980-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019bc0-661.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019d3e-1262.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c54f-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019bc0-661.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019d3e-1262.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4980 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" 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_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 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_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}\visicon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\DlpUserAgent.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_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\64BitMAPIBroker.exe$ patcher.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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\lyncicon.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 (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\Installer\setup.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.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\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoia.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_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}\pubs.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification 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\private_browsing.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\DlpUserAgent.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\javah.exe$ 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmadminicon.exe$ 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\OLCFG.EXE 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wab.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe$ 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_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 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_click_helper.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 (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_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_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_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 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_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 4624 2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4980 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e_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:4624
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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:4980
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 5.3MB
- SHA256 0f70f51615a95ca5a6020883d360eb73832f01c9b6e751866afddeb7fd9031c0
- MD5 681d6fcfe52e2a974105260c82ea148e
- SHA1 9ceb3283bf01be5d46ede65d6b3155e39471fff5
- SHA512 2f6071a20ac43e6a9d1d44799a79829a5f87339437159174b036dd393ebdc8b2a4530ea06e1ecbfb4efcabd18ca2141e18ad9505f3664dcb1b067eca24a16950
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJOpYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbkqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56rhqJtb2Ij56rtTebeW4G:A3k03kHR06YfkZckcJrhJrtTofkZc
- TLSH T158461A16F6788762D077C0B9C5D2AA9AFA3238455F308BCB0245DB2C2E277D5D936732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 5.9MB
- SHA256 d760561566bfe37cb7d21020dc01253bc03a1e29ab333ef81d484f5133143b23
- MD5 bc407c7120479cc444c7a67300c07b6e
- SHA1 7991b05d126e804366c519f8e2b6b6094901e696
- SHA512 cae6e1796c1bc7a0486c4b68723e755439a012e1a09c03e3a825639a53c4a1341162470f7046321710b2c1e515598f5c9f6bf039616519c569aa05d07162ab32
- SSDEEP 98304:A3k03kHR06YfkZckcJrhJrtTofkZcRjo:A3k03kHa6WPkc9h9tTGPVo
- TLSH T1B3561A16F6788762D077C0B9C5D2AA9AFA3238425F308ACB0245D76C3E277D5D936732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
- Size 5.4MB
- SHA256 82df20b27cef1f1fab376df4245d3c156d19f98fbdf8fd199ddfa74a09aab8a7
- MD5 4f2afc04f33ea8d4987f1ecb47665473
- SHA1 dd62c09c08f148e785f74dee35b39935d53bc30f
- SHA512 626b97aafe8bd8209a37f29c96cb5dadfe7b9a7c5e6db9833737baec832affdbdba328e1046e3bb6792d46be07de6994b134eab62c199a687e1188c7e4135563
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJOpYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbkqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56rhqJtb2Ij56rtTebeW4W:A3k03kHR06YfkZckcJrhJrtTofkZcB
- TLSH T187461A16F6788762D077C0B9C5D2AA9AFA3238455F308BCB0245DB2C2E277D5D936732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$
- Size 5.4MB
- SHA256 34feb2b89de9a08df2b70258cd3e549c0c01536c129148c387d240df0a51ee32
- MD5 3078b5efac9bae8034cce78c1d21170c
- SHA1 21ba6731ae3e780be64e54f71d4a701fca54998c
- SHA512 2ac55a0bcb2979b0a92b65fae732438ed81df08d97699c738a718f99b02d6d3a709c653e966ed8a198440eabedd119ca76c54cfcac77d22468efeabeb75d48a0
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJOpYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbkqJtb2IdqJtb2Ij56rhqJtb2Ij56rtTebeW4I:A3k03kHR06YfkZckcJrhJrtTofkZcj
- TLSH T153461A15F6788762D077C0B9C5D2AA9AFA3238415F308BCB0245EB6C2E377D59936732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH