Analysis
- max time kernel
97s - max time network
131s - 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, 18:46
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_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_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 2.2MB
- Sample260804-xewemsck5z
- SHA256 616fa999a57ee622c7d531134aa9a6271fee58cd23eb97286bc99a26e0fafdaf
- MD5 af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834
- SHA1 51ddaf4cfd984b9bfba36d604a9da5c009dd3f2f
- SHA512 deef45e979101749e31330eb6afc3d37ba1a36182be331f619db8a227a8140720b046b20638a535cae0103bacd61365bec06dc7ad048c9170f45439adcbce3f1
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9UNJte5jcAkSYqyExZe0p4Ek4niJ:A3k03kB56rApYqLeW4SkZP4sz9Mb
- TLSH T1E9B52A16F6788B22D077C0B9C5D6AA5AFA3238455F308BCB0345DB283F277D19639726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/1824-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002457c-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2124-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b88-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1824-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2124-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000400000000073d-1941.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002457c-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b88-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000400000000073d-1941.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2124 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_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_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 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MixedReality.Portal_2000.19081.1301.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\MixedRealityPortal.Brokered.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File created 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\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\identity_helper.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOUC.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\Install\{51A7B87B-57A4-493D-87A7-45DD03C49092}\MicrosoftEdge_X64_139.0.3405.125.exe$ 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\IEContentService.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge_proxy.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmadminicon.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist_1.0.3456.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\EdgeGameAssist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\sscicons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE$ 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_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\32BitMAPIBroker.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\elevation_service.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_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\jrunscript.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe$ 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Integrator.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedge_proxy.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_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}\outicon.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe$ 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI_1.23.28002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\TCUI-App.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officeappguardwin32.exe$ 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\SmartTagInstall.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_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe$ 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\notification_helper.exe 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe$ 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSREC.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_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_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_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 1824 2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2124 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834_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:1824
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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:2124
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 2.2MB
- SHA256 616fa999a57ee622c7d531134aa9a6271fee58cd23eb97286bc99a26e0fafdaf
- MD5 af0ca35d6a983a10d0d7f18a70933834
- SHA1 51ddaf4cfd984b9bfba36d604a9da5c009dd3f2f
- SHA512 deef45e979101749e31330eb6afc3d37ba1a36182be331f619db8a227a8140720b046b20638a535cae0103bacd61365bec06dc7ad048c9170f45439adcbce3f1
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9UNJte5jcAkSYqyExZe0p4Ek4niJ:A3k03kB56rApYqLeW4SkZP4sz9Mb
- TLSH T1E9B52A16F6788B22D077C0B9C5D6AA5AFA3238455F308BCB0345DB283F277D19639726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\pwahelper.exe
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 fafbfbf39cba9a94165276661f8076a5f9b81422d99036735482327c21830d2a
- MD5 8656fefa1e4b27bb79d6a884eb6fc92f
- SHA1 ea80d8890bd58354b7c8732e7cc02938b0a8485f
- SHA512 12bfa4f0fb1c39ba6d739f39fc40b97e386930dcd08e9a5c85db3245bd5aa9ebad28b0a9217222d16a59d1e74dbe140955c041249436d1cd92de74b4e20f76fc
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrm5OaEBYiw9UNJte5jcAkSYqyExZe0p4Ek4niH:A3k03kB56rApYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbvI
- TLSH T118B53A16F6788762D077C0B9C5D2AA5AFA3238451F308BCB0345DB283F277D59A39726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.7MB
- SHA256 4960b9465df5b7642ef43171ba6038eed79dde4f006fb437cca2e4d2b699b378
- MD5 84d0810ab9c0f665bee51d35a4ae2070
- SHA1 e7ad31841823c6a526d236790969730680e6fd7b
- SHA512 e485706aeea94434d5215ae610f53e66e0fc2736535fbe16c6b6374f64224405d8d57f468540efe442c0d4e024fedccdc7a38a2b590bfe2e0cc09925032b001f
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kB56rApYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbBPji0Aj:A3k03kCrA6YfkZcRjo
- TLSH T11CD52A16F6788722D077C0B9C5D2A69AFA3238455F308ACB0345DB283F277D5963A736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH