Analysis
- max time kernel
94s - max time network
139s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/08/2026, 09:13
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.3MB
- Sample260809-k63ltax1ax
- SHA256 43652705bd15517b1e40286037a50d8e904402df94fd0283bb512684df8c3ec5
- MD5 51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971
- SHA1 d66be89f0c571ba0fe6093b667fd6ee07e12bb18
- SHA512 c6ac181852a729f97d4ae1548dd5240a0eb0f1454d868ce31910216307511b24b62d1aabf1b2fc4b898f32367b18e21da1dab538b2dc825a2dd94b05a8ee3adc
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiTPelvMD5TvinrmLw7y:A3k03kHRJ/56rr
- TLSH T183558C03E6980EE5D11F81749A954A62EA777C521F6093CF1364AE153F32BC0AF3A397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4448-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00070000000245c3-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000300000001e69b-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4448-39-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4012-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00020000000235ae-155.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00020000000216fa-1251.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000200000001e95f-1772.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00070000000245c3-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000300000001e69b-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00020000000235ae-155.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00020000000216fa-1251.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000200000001e95f-1772.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4012 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" 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_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 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Office.OneNote_16001.12026.20112.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\onenoteshare.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer_6.1908.2042.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\View3D.ResourceResolver.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_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}\osmclienticon.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.BingWeather_4.25.20211.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Msn.Weather.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay_1.17.29001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\SpeechToTextOverlay64-Retail.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\SmartTagInstall.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpconfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Getstarted_8.2.22942.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\fmui\fmui.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_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}\sscicons.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer_6.1908.2042.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\View3D.ResourceResolver.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.11629.20316.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\HxAccounts.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE$ 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX45.exe$ 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\OLicenseHeartbeat.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_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 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_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 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4448 2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4012 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971_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:4448
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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:4012
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.3MB
- SHA256 43652705bd15517b1e40286037a50d8e904402df94fd0283bb512684df8c3ec5
- MD5 51d9d49da626b8a94705661af2cb2971
- SHA1 d66be89f0c571ba0fe6093b667fd6ee07e12bb18
- SHA512 c6ac181852a729f97d4ae1548dd5240a0eb0f1454d868ce31910216307511b24b62d1aabf1b2fc4b898f32367b18e21da1dab538b2dc825a2dd94b05a8ee3adc
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiTPelvMD5TvinrmLw7y:A3k03kHRJ/56rr
- TLSH T183558C03E6980EE5D11F81749A954A62EA777C521F6093CF1364AE153F32BC0AF3A397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe$
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 6997424ab5a7eefa533f96436dcd03b14695a35332f973e0f9564baddb211eba
- MD5 6f3154e5973ceca0eee993010ba90da1
- SHA1 ea445cb20d5f25b3c96185c9b9a8d45deab0d11a
- SHA512 a4ae5d4d3e8e01474684a06d6f0fbdf357b18f356bbf013a246b8f673a1cb2efc02e0d5742dd2e408af10921d27d295d1a55307aba282889bf845523006bb7c1
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiTPelvMD5TvinrmLw7yhTjE:A3k03kHRJ/56rrUw
- TLSH T1BD658C03A6980EE5D11F817496958A22EB777C521F2097CF1364AE153F327C0AF3A7A7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 7d63b2ab617d33a8bf14556eac82ed1a1c2555e35fb1d0cac5145ecf93f329ed
- MD5 918dc6931286ed8a2186fd53c1aad56e
- SHA1 7ee58b70829a31df3c62694f349a85b7bda8fbd0
- SHA512 5cf91d12941cf8692460fdbe28ba7f84c5f92c21a46aa4a747979df27b8f2fc483572809dd18ae2ece74a235b0656b642ad3cb89ddb84c3666a135e9bcda83c7
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiTPelvMD5TvinrmLw7yP0Le5ji0hmM:A3k03kHRJ/56rrePji0Aj
- TLSH T114856B16F6A40BA5D02BC174C5D2966AEA733C421F3087CF1354DE293F63BD19A3A762
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 5af531b9caf8a73b53cb3f8d5093564f328462ff9237f6565b052c752f862ef4
- MD5 0b3a11dcc980adb80b5cffda1378df20
- SHA1 6887c76dd66fbbc988e7f7c81bae569727680711
- SHA512 d47fc754b592c1a6ee99a52f2f1c2974d5e046a62c06fa94c04ffff5fd727d9596228580c300b1bb79945fddc88c4c31dede9a962f6a9c8f14c92d2b1ef3ded6
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiTPelvMD5TvinrmLw7ykD:A3k03kHRJ/56rrj
- TLSH T1B1653706E6980AA4D11F8174D7954662FA737C125FE093CB13D4EA3D3F326C0AAFA257
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$
- Size 1.3MB
- SHA256 f57eb5a3b15018ddd60d7c790bfb969cbf369a7ef310210cd145c8e5e206f548
- MD5 036e309f92fc62845e4bfd9b69b182c7
- SHA1 d970b85d530f305a768b9beae0bb8c0ae296308b
- SHA512 cd2fa2dfccfa4e133e55de855ec1a7c08c7904ed04b11bd4c7d620c0946ccd2ef584a70f5ac563e44c20dfe40fcab7786f0b5d36bf407c20b162f38529a79f30
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ2RojsqiZaiTPelvMD5TvinrmLw7yLF:A3k03kHRJ/56rrm
- TLSH T135557B03E6940FA5D24F813499968A62EA377D521F2097EF1364BF253F327C0AA39357
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH