Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
137s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/08/2026, 21:38
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260810-1g98cstyey
- SHA256 322143c4fb0bc8f60f09d2db3e39f72e17e3f0fe5d4658c65ba9a8a23a02083b
- MD5 de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48
- SHA1 0715d7fb413f315299818b03df12846e96ef5b72
- SHA512 1fd1c6c75d94f3b5762d57ed1187d35878559d27720d6f42fa12fc9ca17976ee325f061aefa38b4b531a8b6be798bca059673b64febe8bcb03aed2eb247ab469
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsi0LaXPqOaoK0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJlPji0Aj
- TLSH T100658C17F6A402B5D027C0B9C5D69A6AEE7138821B3086CF1359C7283F67BD19B3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4728-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002457c-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4296-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b88-13.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4728-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4296-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00070000000245ab-1691.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000500000001da32-2064.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002457c-6.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b88-13.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00070000000245ab-1691.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000500000001da32-2064.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4296 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" 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_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 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\msouc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice_installer.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VPREVIEW.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_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.DBConnection64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe$ 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmlaunch.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VPREVIEW.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.GetHelp_10.1706.13331.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\GetHelp.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub_1.1907.3152.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PilotshubApp.exe patcher.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\javapackager.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe$ 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_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}\accicons.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Security\BrowserCore\BrowserCore.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CNFNOT32.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_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$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\accicons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.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\officeappguardwin32.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer_6.1908.2042.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\3DViewer.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe 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 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_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 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4728 2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4296 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48_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:4728
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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:4296
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 322143c4fb0bc8f60f09d2db3e39f72e17e3f0fe5d4658c65ba9a8a23a02083b
- MD5 de70f30b259d8b1e3566ef858c47ee48
- SHA1 0715d7fb413f315299818b03df12846e96ef5b72
- SHA512 1fd1c6c75d94f3b5762d57ed1187d35878559d27720d6f42fa12fc9ca17976ee325f061aefa38b4b531a8b6be798bca059673b64febe8bcb03aed2eb247ab469
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsi0LaXPqOaoK0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJlPji0Aj
- TLSH T100658C17F6A402B5D027C0B9C5D69A6AEE7138821B3086CF1359C7283F67BD19B3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\pwahelper.exe
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 4d46a7f197bad605b888798ea02c1c009090ff02c26295d73f10ccde6922ba3d
- MD5 ae9a8503c81fc2e910f9984627dd14b9
- SHA1 07fa93c82c8d07d7f935f1f31e4969d404c934cc
- SHA512 17c978c59becedc521091fd4203d3600e159481ecd7b99700240a756056ab229ce42e2574eb11b0dbdc3d35c43a9fb263ae1b2383797d3b7db01f78f640c50ea
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsi0LaXPqOaoK0Le5ji0hmxNrMeGen:A3k03kHRJlPji0AjMI
- TLSH T1E5757C17F6A402B5D067C1B8C5D69A5AEB7238421B309ACF1358C7282F63BD19F3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 db49725ea86bac6e95cb526eb28434d90e30b702a3002424214266c24709358b
- MD5 db62be2c622bd6eb938dc367daac9766
- SHA1 800f4275d4f0b6191231535523b9245d370ef0f9
- SHA512 29f69d713dc5384ad6bfc86b9fb2b7ce65f2744b22e7a69842064bb1d057ba9f1e603a6d1b84587a9118d70d60fac9b8986c9dc3fa4b4623ad5eb12f2dac91ea
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsi0LaXPqOaoK0Le5ji0hmxNrMD0Le5ji0v:A3k03kHRJlPji0AjKPji0Aj
- TLSH T1B5A57C16F6B44375D073C0B9C5D2A69AEE71348217308ACB1399C7283F67BE59A3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\MicrosoftEdge.exe$
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 be2e0357517aa2ba217fe2b975751bb5007da111c50953c19aebce7de1ea72c5
- MD5 7cc536e257921ca3e7f42b8d1d3536c1
- SHA1 cb2a6e472733aeca01f8299d102e6700ab4ea9a9
- SHA512 23cf61467141def848d087fa81c5e5090472175b834b2bb1703c8a2597630dfc96821330b87b3ac1403cefa2af6ad5bff6e9be664f74a75f433425f3133830a6
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsi0LaXPqOaoK0Le5ji0hmxNrMfV+PAk2ha:A3k03kHRJlPji0AjYi2WH3
- TLSH T1E4859D23F6A402B5D027C175C9E6966AEA7138421B3086CF5358D72D3F63BE19B3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH