Analysis
- max time kernel
86s - max time network
122s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
04/08/2026, 19:32
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_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_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample260804-x88basfg64
- SHA256 c1b4c582b71e195976712ea59c95a37a9e70dc570af987267408268ad5ea78cf
- MD5 805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d
- SHA1 5821a8aeb27cd8590962a020a0278c0cf2b98721
- SHA512 e9ead326bd78f373acc0566f7c7bdba608cd755bb11d70c39faeae42aaabbffd908e85c016f1437f4b1b9767c7dbb8cc62d267e1130b63a866eeedd7d0dd78be
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8GduERapyQOdqPZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szJ:A3k03kHRJXeW4SkZP4sz9Mb
- TLSH T112956C16F6784363D0B3C0B9C5D6AA5AFE31384657308ACB1349D3282F277D19A3A779
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4652-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024483-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2044-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b20-13.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4652-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2044-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x001200000001da93-1275.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024483-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b20-13.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x001200000001da93-1275.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2044 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_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_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:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\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\orbd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSREC.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebpImageExtension_1.0.22753.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\codecpacks.webp.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.53.77.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeBridge\SkypeBridge.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.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\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe$ 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_1.1911.21713.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Win32Bridge.Server.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe$ 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\xlicons.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpshare.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification 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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\xlicons.exe$ 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay_1.17.29001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\SpeechToTextOverlay64-Retail.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$$ 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.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\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.11629.20316.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\HxTsr.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpshare.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\wordicon.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ patcher.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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pptico.exe$ 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.0.30251.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppInstallerPythonRedirector.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\msouc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE$ 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe 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_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4652 2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2044 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d_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:4652
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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 System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2044
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 c1b4c582b71e195976712ea59c95a37a9e70dc570af987267408268ad5ea78cf
- MD5 805adbabf578dd9d01fd3b8485b2ba9d
- SHA1 5821a8aeb27cd8590962a020a0278c0cf2b98721
- SHA512 e9ead326bd78f373acc0566f7c7bdba608cd755bb11d70c39faeae42aaabbffd908e85c016f1437f4b1b9767c7dbb8cc62d267e1130b63a866eeedd7d0dd78be
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8GduERapyQOdqPZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szJ:A3k03kHRJXeW4SkZP4sz9Mb
- TLSH T112956C16F6784363D0B3C0B9C5D6AA5AFE31384657308ACB1349D3282F277D19A3A779
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 3a13c3658ae15cb53898ca8f4de0c007801e9ab129eb8ac316253295fb2faf5a
- MD5 46fa7b5615a49628e6369c57d73150e5
- SHA1 666372768a51d5691f943bee88a231a29f520871
- SHA512 961af4a24651f2f64b49c2be4a808dfdd194f4f954d6d99d571c12455efe5372d37112f0f9a2d922f8cf2806669290d20f98eeac49d650efc71ec0edb2c86fb7
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8GduERapyQOdqPZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04sz9:A3k03kHRJXeW4SkZP4sz9Mb6Pji0Aj
- TLSH T102B54A16F6784372D073C0B9C5D6AA9AFA3234461B308ACB0349D72C2F277D59A3A735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 2470ef0c81f974624db96be975aaa0fac1ce9a25137f9203ed013957f0637196
- MD5 c568096eb0f2b7e6c8b3c40f3e4ffe9c
- SHA1 923e189620bf677ff2647e59615bf8ff0b4f83f5
- SHA512 c4e1a94a8e3be064d30eea820edc930646b970ce96e7c588da1fa11f0fc77ed4e0f7021e9218f68d2ce46707687b79ba09eab8ff85c83cc0e2dd7766149b4670
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8GduERapyQOdqPZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szH:A3k03kHRJXeW4SkZP4sz9MbQi6
- TLSH T112B52A43EB698E72F06AC074C4D29679F9323D0907E245CB124EBB191F367C996F9329
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH