Analysis
- max time kernel
88s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
13/08/2026, 03:32
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 2.3MB
- Sample260813-d3less1bpb
- SHA256 e53f2af59abe9b46eb9d4f87de02ec412fde5e175609266c9a99dde21b3b3ed0
- MD5 c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a
- SHA1 dc8255a91dea224985a7d92faac819eff8b742e4
- SHA512 bacc42caed8df42815b89e62f1e6cacac840f2b801778ad1e51674915e60ffac2dd37a8a1b444cebf2ca6a75dd4317d0c3dbef1093ed4f546148a4d58c07110e
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJHpYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbE56rX:A3k03kHR+Rt6YfkZcBrX
- TLSH T1EDB53A16F6788766D077C0B9C5D2AA5AFA3238450F308BCB0345DB283F277D59A39726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2396-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002445b-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2760-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bd0-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2760-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2396-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022928-1727.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00020000000230cb-1945.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002445b-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bd0-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022928-1727.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00020000000230cb-1945.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2760 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" 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\lyncicon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javacpl.exe$ patcher.exe File created 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\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedge.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmlaunch.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\notification_helper.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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}\wordicon.exe$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Getstarted_8.2.22942.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WhatsNew.Store.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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}\grv_icons.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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}\pubs.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pptico.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxApp_48.49.31001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\XboxApp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay_1.17.29001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\SpeechToTextOverlay64-Retail.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\accicons.exe 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe$ 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2396 2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2760 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a_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:2396
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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:2760
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 e53f2af59abe9b46eb9d4f87de02ec412fde5e175609266c9a99dde21b3b3ed0
- MD5 c804c4d7e90739286300d0fd2bbd3d7a
- SHA1 dc8255a91dea224985a7d92faac819eff8b742e4
- SHA512 bacc42caed8df42815b89e62f1e6cacac840f2b801778ad1e51674915e60ffac2dd37a8a1b444cebf2ca6a75dd4317d0c3dbef1093ed4f546148a4d58c07110e
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJHpYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbE56rX:A3k03kHR+Rt6YfkZcBrX
- TLSH T1EDB53A16F6788766D077C0B9C5D2AA5AFA3238450F308BCB0345DB283F277D59A39726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 99bf38010504f07fecc17e08596a67e510961e6fc8573e7626d3856e82c5c636
- MD5 3ce869da83b875b2989272059cd184f9
- SHA1 05649f1499ce8d0b5f3f9fe31f1fa2347b3aa526
- SHA512 eb632ca61f933abd742210b0de92db56fc152815583f4eb751efecf252b2e61609f8a347f8578329f47e9c1762f2681c2459a320446b7582e5d0dab1da83721b
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJHpYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbE56rNw:A3k03kHR+Rt6YfkZcBr2
- TLSH T16DC54A16F6788766D077C0B9C5D2AA5AFA3238454F308BCB0345DB283F277D19A39726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\pwahelper.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 0de47974ae6f3dcded7b05b8d0448171c435b2fa0178abe04f6ea90d36087854
- MD5 efc4fa0bf5b39ccb9ee92f980f7223a7
- SHA1 a222750487b80e7dd9b05b91e26ed96df553a8a0
- SHA512 360b0d6d4db4f666d3181c8cd86847ea21b54c1e426292af1df970b01fd3e6828071c3b41a5265ed5c8b2604c5b2238f85f3cdf94d1305a22f0043f8d508eb43
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJHpYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbE56rJI:A3k03kHR+Rt6YfkZcBrJI
- TLSH T17BC54A16F6788766D077C0B9C5D2AA5AFA3238450F308BCB0345DB283F277D59A39726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.9MB
- SHA256 6d1747f926192cbc30c5da8291f074f0312ba8e0b4ff6ac18c15f317d0942a73
- MD5 9dd15d69ed8440f5f542e42f09f6f067
- SHA1 d79c53c0a31a0a22e12d4708a19165c6001e7640
- SHA512 1bf16e9503f01f3f9c98f1a0ac90a5138dd17eb0fe66d20e61e9c52279d13752f9bd9fea5eb9fd0848f0ffac998efee6e0af2b53a058c5e93b5c7366bcf90941
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJHpYqLeW4SkZP4sz9MbE56rTPji0Aj:A3k03kHR+Rt6YfkZcBrLjo
- TLSH T10CE52916F6788762D077C0B9C5D2A65AFA3238455F308BCB0345DB283F276D58A3A736
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH