Analysis
- max time kernel
85s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
17/08/2026, 21:32
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- Sample260817-1dk43azyev
- SHA256 c214a6646710732e0915bf2417cbf5a7add0758e20d4f45782134ad68739063f
- MD5 b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f
- SHA1 b154de1f8dbb0d9cfdd0fa8499f6fdc65e76f171
- SHA512 79dd7714c8735ebece2a62fbe286613580f4610f8a9ebc2895d7af045dd0ea4e302847a0bf04bc9b90ff60a61599f8045064018ba55b599400ed32d3a507a850
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbdieYaRaWe5jcAkSYqyE:A3k03kHRJZpYq
- TLSH T13F658D17F7A445B5D063C1B9CAD2AA66EE713846173097CF1358C7282F23BD1AA3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2616-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00070000000244c4-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/5072-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bc9-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2616-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/5072-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00090000000216db-1273.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00080000000244f2-1741.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000300000000073b-2053.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00070000000244c4-6.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bc9-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00090000000216db-1273.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00080000000244f2-1741.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000300000000073b-2053.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5072 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" 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_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 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_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\32BitMAPIBroker.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe$ 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX45.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_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\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\ohub32.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\OLicenseHeartbeat.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_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}\sscicons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification 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\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Integrator.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\joticon.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_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 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.BingWeather_4.25.20211.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Msn.Weather.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Addons\OneDriveSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_4.4.8204.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe$ 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_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.DBConnection.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe patcher.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\PerfBoost.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Wallet_2.4.18324.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Wallet.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe$ 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe$ 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.53.77.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeBackgroundHost.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\pipanel.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CNFNOT32.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Office.OneNote_16001.12026.20112.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\onenoteshare.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsMaps_5.1906.1972.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Maps.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javacpl.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.0.30251.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppInstallerPythonRedirector.exe 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.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 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_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 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2616 2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 5072 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f_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:2616
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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:5072
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 c214a6646710732e0915bf2417cbf5a7add0758e20d4f45782134ad68739063f
- MD5 b7006760eb25a45ceea0c1f9bd935a2f
- SHA1 b154de1f8dbb0d9cfdd0fa8499f6fdc65e76f171
- SHA512 79dd7714c8735ebece2a62fbe286613580f4610f8a9ebc2895d7af045dd0ea4e302847a0bf04bc9b90ff60a61599f8045064018ba55b599400ed32d3a507a850
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbdieYaRaWe5jcAkSYqyE:A3k03kHRJZpYq
- TLSH T13F658D17F7A445B5D063C1B9CAD2AA66EE713846173097CF1358C7282F23BD1AA3A371
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 221b51ad2d984bde0ec1356e2b28123cbfaad47b10283f8a73cb7433f88520e7
- MD5 3e73eb3b96728f67df5dd5a1597fb7ed
- SHA1 c0f39f85ba43e2a097be56dd7f3f7d4e5fc4cc9c
- SHA512 d3d1c6652d5df8c2508d7c7405fdac6b80b74996ae10e4c34682d0607e849cd9725865c44c75a173cffef6249ee28d4968d8214cacf3ebfbc54a975274ae694a
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbdieYaRaWe5jcAkSYqyEdTjE:A3k03kHRJZpYqdw
- TLSH T1FD757B17F6A441B5D067C178CAD29A66EB72384617309BCF1358C7282F23BD1AE3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 132bcb3220aad1b1e5d75d4b3c2dc186e2b32324aab417fd4536e69a6f8ab941
- MD5 2da9678793c902debbd132bc2817eeb9
- SHA1 b2e0531e824f935c2084d9a2633f74dbebb4f087
- SHA512 e51154b5883cdf82d5d254d4a432c645efcd7ebfd776825d2f73036243a72b93eb3868e42dd24009a905ca0a206636cf1c4674788574a243f233dd6278465ade
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbdieYaRaWe5jcAkSYqyED0Le5ji0hJ:A3k03kHRJZpYqjPji0Aj
- TLSH T1CA957C16F6744275D073C0B9C5D2A69AFE7134861B308ACB1389C7282F67BE1DA3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 e509a3c84cdff6af1cb20f1ba7eff75e6ca57d29497d97be41bf18dcb54beedb
- MD5 513383adbeb08422cc148f06d406e8db
- SHA1 ff4d57fb8e055c68d36a5be6ed11eec451d4f588
- SHA512 86c578698fe9f5d9d95fba524c7ba1687fcbc3c78535dcde9aa20455438cc85b8e07fb0184ee1e1a1244ae13084ab4b41b31c3ea0b78c89e4b3115e504223ab6
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbdieYaRaWe5jcAkSYqyEPF:A3k03kHRJZpYqt
- TLSH T117657C13F6A405B5D063C174CAD69A66EE313C861B309ADF1358F7282F337D1AA3A761
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exe$
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 1b9b777b73c2342e84b46a96f7ae032f4fdf59972bc3846fc5e2f652db9d6aa9
- MD5 e976ecc800a517e4f27f01da98dd2224
- SHA1 7f87c5eba112723a668e72a7841209e165dd9363
- SHA512 535e09eddd7163a21affe6a8e3abca1640f798896fb7953e733a01ae9e5591025746c7b5892c1fc5d8f754246c683844151e4d8bf0244238857a4b6f118c1c98
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbdieYaRaWe5jcAkSYqyEfV+PAk2hMX:A3k03kHRJZpYq/i2WH3
- TLSH T12E758D23F7A445B6D063C175CAD6A66AEE3138421B3086CF1358D72D2F63BD19E3A361
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH