Analysis
- max time kernel
89s - max time network
143s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
08/08/2026, 15:48
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample260808-s8783shp21
- SHA256 b47a87011c79cfb2e786a84ca1875c28103115092be0f0e780229080bc8845b3
- MD5 92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084
- SHA1 bb7b36002c7fcebc7426bb039774eb0b739cb065
- SHA512 78912ca0b28a4ce734013023c1f73ff96095eadf818c681765f92a9d56fe00eee800a692088c2d1c0ead788d5704601eaaa32f799369a5e0bdca96fbd27389a8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaoyodX5jcAkSYqyE05jcAkSYqyE:A3k03kHRJARJ9pYqqpYq
- TLSH T1BC956B16F66442B5D073C1B9CAD2AA5AEE31344607308BCF1385D7682F27BE1DA3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4492-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00070000000245b6-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2504-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b65-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4492-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2504-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000a0000000202a4-1525.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0002000000023113-1743.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00070000000245b6-6.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b65-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000a0000000202a4-1525.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0002000000023113-1743.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2504 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" 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_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 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_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 created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedge_proxy.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe$ 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_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}\wordicon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.VP9VideoExtensions_1.0.22681.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\codecpacks.VP9.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe$ 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_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}\wordicon.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.BingWeather_4.25.20211.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Msn.Weather.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSREC.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe$ 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\cookie_exporter.exe$ 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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$ 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxApp_48.49.31001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\XboxApp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.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\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.11629.20316.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\HxTsr.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\identity_helper.exe patcher.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\appletviewer.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmadminicon.exe 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe$ 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_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 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4492 2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2504 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084_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:4492
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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:2504
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 b47a87011c79cfb2e786a84ca1875c28103115092be0f0e780229080bc8845b3
- MD5 92ee45a22a378c89b7e7943bdede8084
- SHA1 bb7b36002c7fcebc7426bb039774eb0b739cb065
- SHA512 78912ca0b28a4ce734013023c1f73ff96095eadf818c681765f92a9d56fe00eee800a692088c2d1c0ead788d5704601eaaa32f799369a5e0bdca96fbd27389a8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaoyodX5jcAkSYqyE05jcAkSYqyE:A3k03kHRJARJ9pYqqpYq
- TLSH T1BC956B16F66442B5D073C1B9CAD2AA5AEE31344607308BCF1385D7682F27BE1DA3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.exe$
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 ad962ab88cd3a0396b5dc45b290558bca6c7284acee888844125d001e982731c
- MD5 3a20bb66cd937e74eefa5036b449cf40
- SHA1 dba50563e9163f69dbe947b910f2724125609070
- SHA512 faed8b31c10354f9e93e12ed278803bab74c324cf189321698ecdf709d4c63023b59d110f8e63abb1542132230369cb4594dd67556a1bc7f7ff5e7ea369e0088
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaoyodX5jcAkSYqyE05jcAkSYqyEX3U:A3k03kHRJARJ9pYqqpYqHTd9CHKyao
- TLSH T1C4B56C16F7A441B5E073C179C9E29656EA7238460B308BCF1395D7292F23BE19E39B31
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe$
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 8ab125bdedbfb838c56993f44f868d2b5b62662a6d8dadc0c055816b14465d19
- MD5 f87761b225845530fdbed58fb1f30b0b
- SHA1 87f91a6f741c767a8e4fa2d4e4d55c7e6e785727
- SHA512 7f7f5a0d56e7ce37d72502984e057c12e37f946c6ad9b17f1c470c6078f02705d56e0362c3e3ab5c188342f93c2e75c545ad558cc256da12806dc10f928005e8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaoyodX5jcAkSYqyE05jcAkSYqyEdTw:A3k03kHRJARJ9pYqqpYqdw
- TLSH T127956B16F66442B5D073C1B9C9D2AA5AEB32344607309BCF1385C7682F27BE19E3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.4MB
- SHA256 b2acc782045045ca594e28ec2f6e173c6331e046254f81e517ba4e51fc64913b
- MD5 4f1c128327567c8e09f1a628079a2240
- SHA1 ad1512a7fc9728d62037d18d1838389d30fa59a4
- SHA512 3252a25fb0c5b6352de3c8e84f6ce4e8a15d59bbdb2483c325b7ae562c29b80d914b883b059e2da1f14307943f38f7906430a7a2c715691568a74f189f33ffea
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoojQyaoyodX5jcAkSYqyE05jcAkSYqyED0C:A3k03kHRJARJ9pYqqpYqjPji0Aj
- TLSH T181B55B16F6744275D073C0B9C5D2AA9AEE71348607308ACB1385D7782F27BE6DA3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH