Analysis
- max time kernel
120s - max time network
133s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/08/2026, 16:20
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_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_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 3.5MB
- Sample260809-ttetnat1hv
- SHA256 7e685f2282ca01f515d19a5ad63a322df2251a1d0150e9e29d90fb2a1ae61314
- MD5 94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657
- SHA1 57307438d684ef29d35fb66303d763753d3bec23
- SHA512 e387435141e2d8cdfe9e1edfea7a9a9de497542b22575eedc2e3516ec89ff93cf50333a3fe163739ec649466db64ce8f40571d1a32fefa92dc7be843668100fb
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJWpYqxqJtb2Ij56rIeW4SkZP4sz9MbePji0Aj:A3k03kHR+Rg6cJr0fkZckjo
- TLSH T15A062A16F6788762D077C0B9C5D2AA9AFA3238455F308BCB0345D7682F277D5893A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/816-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4a2-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2bc-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/816-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5976-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4a7-398.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001a276-1021.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4a2-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2bc-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4a7-398.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001a276-1021.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5976 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_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_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_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_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 created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe$ 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe$ 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe$ 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.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.Loader.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE$ 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.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.Loader.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe$ 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\filecompare.exe$ 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wab.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\notification_click_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\identity_helper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe$ 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\filecompare.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\msouc.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_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 patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe$ 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice_installer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\pwahelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_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 created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_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 created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officeappguardwin32.exe patcher.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_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_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_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_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 816 2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 5976 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657_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:816
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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:5976
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 3.5MB
- SHA256 7e685f2282ca01f515d19a5ad63a322df2251a1d0150e9e29d90fb2a1ae61314
- MD5 94bfe9879ab14a4857b427c3ad78a657
- SHA1 57307438d684ef29d35fb66303d763753d3bec23
- SHA512 e387435141e2d8cdfe9e1edfea7a9a9de497542b22575eedc2e3516ec89ff93cf50333a3fe163739ec649466db64ce8f40571d1a32fefa92dc7be843668100fb
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJWpYqxqJtb2Ij56rIeW4SkZP4sz9MbePji0Aj:A3k03kHR+Rg6cJr0fkZckjo
- TLSH T15A062A16F6788762D077C0B9C5D2AA9AFA3238455F308BCB0345D7682F277D5893A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 4.1MB
- SHA256 f3879f170ca6f6c0dd286e95cd992e79c44936a37cbb5bd35e7a21e56515a717
- MD5 11a5ab56c100af53c59d4ea28d3eb62a
- SHA1 db29a4cea6fd7bec6daff5bbf8a57c3a405ea255
- SHA512 66b8e00a884235b384d046d01e1619f1b76745766fc91e3e860a2fc89ef5d30c3585e9fb6b712c7a6da7db4852783692ac1aa446a30d547c39d51408ba65c006
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJWpYqxqJtb2Ij56rIeW4SkZP4sz9MbePji0AjKPji0Aj:A3k03kHR+Rg6cJr0fkZckjo0jo
- TLSH T174162A16F6788772D077C0B9C5D2A69AFA3238455B308ACB0345D76C2F277D58A3A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
- Size 3.6MB
- SHA256 9d5fded96c5947ae904ae157db78e6d82b3406d69fb9b62c3fbf960d9d725e0d
- MD5 8a525a660e0829a41103915ae7418029
- SHA1 b4dbe21fa946d637ebac95418cc2543d8ee1ddff
- SHA512 9c330a4981f06846983a85684ec08aa5285f63e281ec65edfe1264c8a723a3d6d77841a8ae9c9a083bc2a3a1d10f00ebf5c5ccee0861f0d1970146d15df582b6
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJWpYqxqJtb2Ij56rIeW4SkZP4sz9MbePji0Ajd:A3k03kHR+Rg6cJr0fkZckjo5
- TLSH T17F062A16F6788762D077C0B9C5D2A69AFA3238455F308BCB0345D7282F277D59A3A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$
- Size 3.6MB
- SHA256 9df6df215ddbbb34774128d1c1a457d07978bac9f9eb9cfe236cb1a9c7200c97
- MD5 444d0db7e88ab9353a31b446a093c56b
- SHA1 e571fa7c29b2aa1293e43e66cb48dd23eccef4d7
- SHA512 9187072a11d3d796efd24cdd53818c25473f49802be42e2e2906748cd6d04708b0bd0363d59d242be8dc75240dae7a81c4725e6ba5dde0913f3a7b50faf7bf99
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJWpYqxqJtb2Ij56rIeW4SkZP4sz9MbePji0Aj7:A3k03kHR+Rg6cJr0fkZckjoX
- TLSH T193062A16F6788762D077C0B9C5D2AA9AFA3238455F308BCB0345D7682F277D5893A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH