Analysis
- max time kernel
84s - max time network
151s - 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, 15:57
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 2.1MB
- Sample260809-td8f2a1dqc
- SHA256 d9e2b0311a891916675c9cfd2187b713bad5f79017bad1173d18045e34e97820
- MD5 ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761
- SHA1 dbd5971ff00cd0d3860a3b5f2d507fde9508c1cf
- SHA512 0a26769138c044230690c258d2624500b14fa384bcb5f6211c1cc3a6e1333816b63bbf19bf30c079ffcd836dae947107dffa421316414f8e9c384817ad6e2f03
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBF+poHZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JKTvmx5d:A3k03kHRJARJdeW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYq
- TLSH T160A53A16F6788376D0B3C0B9C5D7AA9AFA32344617308ACB0345D7282F277D59A3A735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2752-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002447f-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/60-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bd0-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2752-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/60-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000200000002166c-756.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00190000000006d1-1007.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002447f-6.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bd0-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000200000002166c-756.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00190000000006d1-1007.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 60 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_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_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_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_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\pack200.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_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\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe$ 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer_6.1908.2042.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\View3D.ResourceResolver.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe$ 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\javapackager.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_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\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe$ 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.VP9VideoExtensions_1.0.22681.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\codecpacks.VP9.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoia.exe$ 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_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 created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_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_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSREC.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\lyncicon.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe$ 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_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_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_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_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2752 2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 60 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761_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:2752
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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:60
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 2.1MB
- SHA256 d9e2b0311a891916675c9cfd2187b713bad5f79017bad1173d18045e34e97820
- MD5 ccc6cea4af5cb41e8aeefacedd318761
- SHA1 dbd5971ff00cd0d3860a3b5f2d507fde9508c1cf
- SHA512 0a26769138c044230690c258d2624500b14fa384bcb5f6211c1cc3a6e1333816b63bbf19bf30c079ffcd836dae947107dffa421316414f8e9c384817ad6e2f03
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBF+poHZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JKTvmx5d:A3k03kHRJARJdeW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYq
- TLSH T160A53A16F6788376D0B3C0B9C5D7AA9AFA32344617308ACB0345D7282F277D59A3A735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\Installer\setup.exe$
- Size 2.6MB
- SHA256 66dfaacf51480c17e2315f60d8fe9ad5bfda3aa53122d03117b382d562b2dd27
- MD5 82712e0e9d371b6704bd7af55c548068
- SHA1 87749a64542abf97b6cd9939332b892f74427acb
- SHA512 e59ecc25c2be8578160c1b092ebbab306a6c556075d8e2642b4c1b81c06b9e9648652ca58b2fd80084ca6690ad9b5d62ea2f0d5e9c0e06632111a791c27ad0ad
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJdeW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYq/UidGl:A3k03kHR+RLfkZc86gdGl
- TLSH T103C54C16F6B88376D073C0B9C5D7AA5AFA7234461B308ACB0345D3282F277D59A3A735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.6MB
- SHA256 5b38d51fd0b6e70c46f88fb84b5e937d52f27b561487c79d61cbdc1d548833ac
- MD5 d1480c508a51ef95efb520985cc067af
- SHA1 1dc557e715abd0537c1b9e8febc48f25d23e94ba
- SHA512 aace7b1fddcbf913283c311a2e718b9aa7ab8fb6a013c4d3af8f3411dabe1f5dcb6837340bdf4100b70ce698be06085a6d6b95b81b6ffb5b2af1aa4771c3ea10
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJdeW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYqjPji0Aj:A3k03kHR+RLfkZc86Gjo
- TLSH T1BBD53A16F6788376D073C0B9C5D6AA9AFA32344617308ACB0345D76C2F277E58A3A735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 2.2MB
- SHA256 89278a83df401ee0d5fc9d5f96f3eece3c4e5df21d4d4058ff5567360f03bbd3
- MD5 cef64b7aad219b8b58fe6f6af06e9279
- SHA1 24a8d0ca27d0fe4d7ad3d3da8607242bd5d6584d
- SHA512 80f6f41e910cd60bef158d9a6140c9f83961d1c453a908bbf1ffa588de413aa6dc0d188fb4891950e80893ff16c21fbbcd7c179ec5885bccd2a63e45a5895019
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlBF+poHZe0p4Ek4niOkl/A04szE87JKTvmx5n:A3k03kHRJARJdeW4SkZP4sz9Mb8pYqt
- TLSH T1E9B53B16F6788362D0B3C0B9C9D6AA5AFA323C4517308ADB0345E7282F377D59A39735
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH