Analysis
- max time kernel
117s - 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, 14:10
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 955KB
- Sample260804-rgs5eaca63
- SHA256 43e89e2fa196bef49eae4fe906f263a2e27993278fda029cef99d81e346d42a9
- MD5 caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df
- SHA1 ac2c3fc658a3b9b83762eedcc6d493140f34dbe3
- SHA512 520702e3541740b7974fdc3ccd2f19411a7236a629e486d18cc6ae2d59879785114c9802c0166c525924db2edc635db512a48bf10247f87fe9f9d6f8900c1d01
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaahobo:A3k03kHRJARJb
- TLSH T1AD259D03F79900E8D15AC1789AA69A22EB757C561730A7CF1358C6162F73BD0AF3E394
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4360-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c5bb-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2bc-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4360-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2de-40.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3236-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000800000001abb9-1220.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c5bb-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2bc-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2de-40.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000800000001abb9-1220.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3236 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_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_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 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_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 (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe$ 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe$ 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\notification_click_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmid.exe$ 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe$ 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmlaunch.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\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe$ 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe$ 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe$ 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wab.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ADelRCP.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.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\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpDlpCmd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmclienticon.exe$ 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe patcher.exe File created 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\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_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)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification 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_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe$ 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_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 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_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:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4360 2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3236 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df_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:4360
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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:3236
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 955KB
- SHA256 43e89e2fa196bef49eae4fe906f263a2e27993278fda029cef99d81e346d42a9
- MD5 caf12ee8bc0104e2fa3845463e94b6df
- SHA1 ac2c3fc658a3b9b83762eedcc6d493140f34dbe3
- SHA512 520702e3541740b7974fdc3ccd2f19411a7236a629e486d18cc6ae2d59879785114c9802c0166c525924db2edc635db512a48bf10247f87fe9f9d6f8900c1d01
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaahobo:A3k03kHRJARJb
- TLSH T1AD259D03F79900E8D15AC1789AA69A22EB757C561730A7CF1358C6162F73BD0AF3E394
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 d9785a7ac47cd0a74b1285e90b067568230c5c61edb6df2425d41ae105737d9b
- MD5 43f5cf7dfe94d6a1071dd0211871219b
- SHA1 de670b968cdb642fc5e30618b139a929ec6f22ab
- SHA512 03bd75d6d5282c79f6a290c8a415655651ed8c12e97ef9f2a475b2f9787ab892c91963f3356da971ed6e0e269c4b65aea5514cb6a2ab274c15b66cec48efa693
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaahobw0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJARJHPji0Aj
- TLSH T12E657C17F6A802B5D067C1B8C5D29A5AEA723842173097CF1394C7292F67BE19F3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
- Size 969KB
- SHA256 a1262da1314074736fcd9b9bacc3d979456e748112e68d083d37d546ba56c809
- MD5 8f511bbca9ffa7044bc0aaf80d1d716f
- SHA1 94a70c9bf51c6c028d49751fb54e0cbda16a10d9
- SHA512 50a0d939a353ff1826d7c005f360cca7d40bfe5cca30d9acf19e8826d2fe406aa3d909998d2473c7f9404b485ee2b8a2a2eec7cada6e52556a0e7c7bab068f79
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaahobKa:A3k03kHRJARJ
- TLSH T1E6259D03F79800E8D15AC1789AA69A22FB757C561730A7DF1364C6162F72BD0AF3E394
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 65e92ed6760f4606c41cf91d080728806766b9954cf3e986db1ef3197cbc622e
- MD5 15efd0948038b6107239f94aad19fdb0
- SHA1 6e72b06bce6711a12dd705bb950e75e6e2881133
- SHA512 53e75e0112a221d015b4185ddcf2b6ea01d8faef99e4a3bd0ee73528d182c853d157b7db6e0bdabc2c07b12aef58cd6b99949c2a3d93f752bff2f36aea26718d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaahobKi6:A3k03kHRJARJFi6
- TLSH T189653983AB469CB5F14D84349592823DA2737E2D07E356CB235E7E0A5F357C86AF8318
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH