Analysis
- max time kernel
119s - max time network
115s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
15/08/2026, 13:05
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260815-qbppcsxaqd
- SHA256 d8a597db3ea8eb1d42c5a6e5ab239885e72fac7cabfd487cf42caec3a4f22329
- MD5 c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee
- SHA1 3c93af7608656d25d52fdf6b605f0d4f70ef7fc9
- SHA512 9bd04974a3f97f0701ee2a47fe64fd1678dee71ac19d6a215ea581c15fa31b0cfcc5fcc2cd5742e586891eea399d5cacaf5813459e5d0a237b01c8b6a5f0576d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPooFsLZ9+UdYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5:A3k03kHRJARJ7qJtb2I
- TLSH T195757C27F6A842B5D067C179C5D29A56FB3238425B3087CF1389C7292F63BD19E3A361
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4132-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c51a-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4132-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4860-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001990f-309.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019cca-1285.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c51a-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001990f-309.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019cca-1285.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4860 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" 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_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 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.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\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\msouc.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmlaunch.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpshare.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpDlpCmd.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe$ 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\wordicon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VPREVIEW.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CNFNOT32.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_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\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE$ 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe$ 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\eqnedt32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\dbcicons.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_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 patcher.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\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe$ 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_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 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_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 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_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 4132 2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4860 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee_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:4132
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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:4860
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 d8a597db3ea8eb1d42c5a6e5ab239885e72fac7cabfd487cf42caec3a4f22329
- MD5 c3d9983eb26e2c4ac98166753d8e4dee
- SHA1 3c93af7608656d25d52fdf6b605f0d4f70ef7fc9
- SHA512 9bd04974a3f97f0701ee2a47fe64fd1678dee71ac19d6a215ea581c15fa31b0cfcc5fcc2cd5742e586891eea399d5cacaf5813459e5d0a237b01c8b6a5f0576d
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPooFsLZ9+UdYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5:A3k03kHRJARJ7qJtb2I
- TLSH T195757C27F6A842B5D067C179C5D29A56FB3238425B3087CF1389C7292F63BD19E3A361
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 c83ff01d3a9390fab8c9711d58bb61d1840575f70752e9982234e7185bcb7306
- MD5 e24a94b701d3e1375e08c3d005abc7c3
- SHA1 07d18a4bfe1b8e1272be4de7d3a138dd20734825
- SHA512 560bd8f59ead48de313645142d325a92518979133a9032f2c34de6dba34ca42fdaf70991b6e264269a167f7ab0a7ca7a16c53b44dccc66a3f015adfe17a955fe
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPooFsLZ9+UdYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5X0Lel:A3k03kHRJARJ7qJtb2IQPji0Aj
- TLSH T18AA55B16F6A84375D073C0B9C5D2A69AFE7234425B308ACB1385C72C2F67BD59A3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 7e441fa0e251f9e3e9e43dd2a5114e42b287c2a0e2d4f93571b59d6cb3340914
- MD5 296d5a6f3311ecc6f7187c6bfa8a2888
- SHA1 637cffff8cb8a3998ce702acf999294bfa55452c
- SHA512 8ac7c371d2855757152c8e8a2dc9d917296be761fd226a57b9591c54077768560519826aefce770c981989eabccdd97f44ed817aa620964dc66b48d2052f98af
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPooFsLZ9+UdYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5Iw:A3k03kHRJARJ7qJtb2Iu
- TLSH T1F5757B27F6A842B5D067C179C5D29A56FB3238425B3087CF1389C7292F63BD19E3A361
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 304383fb970a7768ce1b0a564811a094a5a523cda33aab629a8c0ce7fb5a0651
- MD5 72d6a604f3d8435c42fbe6c80eabdd9b
- SHA1 7879325194cb5b4129a41d43cb833dab54dfc6c0
- SHA512 c38359971300487ed4e3afbdaf90aa333987746d426463e95155b1f4aa67c5275fce20ba5f6b3ec87d7b16f6afddd9410780110f42bd27cf8424c9c575bba0b5
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPooFsLZ9+UdYTqMi8CtBd2QHCHmTBW5DF:A3k03kHRJARJ7qJtb2Ig
- TLSH T17E756D16F6A442B5D067C079C9D69A56FA313C821B308ADF1349F7292F337D1AE3A721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH