Analysis
- max time kernel
112s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/08/2026, 12:25
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_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_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample260809-plwpzs1sft
- SHA256 e7f1c1d4b84da10742fe134f70f067f0cb303c5d87fdb7a4447cec3ec872f7ee
- MD5 d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51
- SHA1 2346859e17fdf05db2ffd4d8d950ebf8b074a2b4
- SHA512 279137e43aaff818fbb644eae8fbede577791980662ccf259235885b542b550517f3f8d5c11e82c27d4c2f53de7f2af5fd708733c1811373469052f824b355cd
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsyKaohcqOavlND5TvinrmAYTqMi8CtBd29:A3k03kHRJt56r+qJtb2Ig
- TLSH T1BB855B16E6A44BA5D06BC074C9D29656EA333C425F3087DF1345BB293F337D1AA3A362
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4312-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c540-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4312-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3592-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019d33-1245.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c540-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019d33-1245.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3592 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" 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_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_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_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\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe$ 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_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\OUTLOOK.EXE 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_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.NetFX40.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE$ patcher.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\chrome.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX40.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officeappguardwin32.exe$ 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE patcher.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 (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.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\policytool.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\Offline\OfflineScannerShell.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.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 created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOUC.EXE 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe$ 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_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\jre\bin\orbd.exe$ 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoia.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE$ 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\Download\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\139.0.3405.125\MicrosoftEdge_X64_139.0.3405.125.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe$ 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_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}\lyncicon.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_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 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4312 2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3592 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51_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:4312
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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:3592
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 e7f1c1d4b84da10742fe134f70f067f0cb303c5d87fdb7a4447cec3ec872f7ee
- MD5 d250afb4a3129d9b71363d966628ac51
- SHA1 2346859e17fdf05db2ffd4d8d950ebf8b074a2b4
- SHA512 279137e43aaff818fbb644eae8fbede577791980662ccf259235885b542b550517f3f8d5c11e82c27d4c2f53de7f2af5fd708733c1811373469052f824b355cd
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsyKaohcqOavlND5TvinrmAYTqMi8CtBd29:A3k03kHRJt56r+qJtb2Ig
- TLSH T1BB855B16E6A44BA5D06BC074C9D29656EA333C425F3087DF1345BB293F337D1AA3A362
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 45a294d21be7ca6f2c349357fae9174c0df91b5705b8b7671bcc9d4f340b13b4
- MD5 3218d29b4e59321f4883c622de38f80d
- SHA1 5b8713e46cd62f46f5cc7f689707eabc1f941174
- SHA512 9b95ac97039bc0b138b09b5aca564bbd52948e4744cb11ac2909b62a5b96440497e29152890b9d8d5a1f7781c894f031f9ad5c53a9444bff75f5121cf81c2805
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsyKaohcqOavlND5TvinrmAYTqMi8CtBd21:A3k03kHRJt56r+qJtb2I4Pji0Aj
- TLSH T131B54B16F6A44B65D06BC075C9D2965AEA323C425F308BCB1345FB283F377D19A3A722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 074724ee8584399ddab8b3e3675ff335b01312a3c86c4a6453d34b182209c6b9
- MD5 4c69c8d8178ecb22aeb8740de2bde8dc
- SHA1 3bd22578a2c039fe722ca08412dbf5eb147763b4
- SHA512 99d5faed648539c3e27d6c4c6d98399c493d96e55e3a9798ee94a8cee63dedf706eebc0b8b684fb5984a6f321f3f1d5a785657452188f5da8f814baa01341090
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsyKaohcqOavlND5TvinrmAYTqMi8CtBd27:A3k03kHRJt56r+qJtb2I4
- TLSH T134954B12E6A44B65D16BC074C9D69656EA333C815F308BDF1354BB293F337D0AA3A722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH