Analysis
- max time kernel
114s - max time network
116s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
17/08/2026, 06:10
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample260817-gxe8dafj5x
- SHA256 c199abc59676d9b26aae875e9898020cb63e3457c180ea2f18763817a5457631
- MD5 8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6
- SHA1 fdd808089b0a77b484acde1c6a1f07a1499b1055
- SHA512 30d729808bef8407701b55ca16bace6125a5a6eb11640537d16196af16ee3af70f1f578498bebab9a7ccead58c72b9cab89ca89bde921f876c3484d411fa9277
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoB3aERaV8DaMD5TvinrmC:A3k03kHRJARJu56rX
- TLSH T10D355A07A6980FE8D15F81789A964A62E7777C110F2097CF1354AE163F72BD0AE3A353
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5476-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c504-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b311-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2244-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5476-39-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019caa-1282.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b727-1737.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b7a4-1784.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c504-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b311-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019caa-1282.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b727-1737.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b7a4-1784.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2244 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" 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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\javadoc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe$ 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\arh.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmclienticon.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\notification_helper.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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe$ 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe$ 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpshare.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmclienticon.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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 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\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe$ 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification 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\MSOICONS.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\DlpUserAgent.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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.Loader.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE$ 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe$ 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe$ 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.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 patcher.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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 5476 2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2244 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6_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:5476
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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:2244
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 c199abc59676d9b26aae875e9898020cb63e3457c180ea2f18763817a5457631
- MD5 8c316e97bbffaae1e5d85c7ffd8bbdb6
- SHA1 fdd808089b0a77b484acde1c6a1f07a1499b1055
- SHA512 30d729808bef8407701b55ca16bace6125a5a6eb11640537d16196af16ee3af70f1f578498bebab9a7ccead58c72b9cab89ca89bde921f876c3484d411fa9277
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoB3aERaV8DaMD5TvinrmC:A3k03kHRJARJu56rX
- TLSH T10D355A07A6980FE8D15F81789A964A62E7777C110F2097CF1354AE163F72BD0AE3A353
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe$
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 b977edf916f5ebd88bec85138d5f6f828456ea6c77d0a42ee7fa41eaadaba2ef
- MD5 381b5d9ec2bd73218b023e98a96798e8
- SHA1 6c0755cb6292353d67aeeb314509434131c345e8
- SHA512 48697ef43eed48f777d3f823da58c344693712bc61aebbad17d83037a92e65ee31caef6aaf3840416751ccf54355650a1f9ab88c8395445e024171cf6807ede7
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoB3aERaV8DaMD5Tvinrm+TjE:A3k03kHRJARJu56rNw
- TLSH T1AF456B07A6980BE8D15FC1788A964A62E7737C110F2097DF1354AE163F72BD0AE3A753
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 17ed2fdf550abddfd08bb5c69bb10a2d41d46bd97ed539ccd45ff51e79684600
- MD5 0dc09903993f11c37251c01da3da9e03
- SHA1 14c2b8705fee718eeab080f7e3c8151a1924ec86
- SHA512 626561f8513679ac96221d36fe49f95930bb3b000ce49c7d4356f2d3a944238c4a4071ec2b645b2b1393f7c0f4f80302d12b4b1cc92221c022075a3849854f88
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJARJu56rzPMMHMMMvMMZMMMlmMMMiMMMYJMMHMMM6MMZMMMqNMMzMMMG:A3k03kHR+R1rjMMHMMMvMMZMMMlmMMMq
- TLSH T1AB955B03B7884AA4D16F817089668662E673BC154F2087DF2354BF1E3F727C1AE3A657
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 61de5e390037a089732f72ce9c679ea869543350f385958c4eca2197187c11f5
- MD5 0ebf277aec10f10e1c79ccdef1cc9c4b
- SHA1 076ec25cf1e642b8c8425a8490ff18abae1fcf49
- SHA512 1cf6fab6e307c8e909174e7fe49e5456b75b81959417ab837fa0317a56b8e2c3c4b70ae691cc36b217692d24eeca89e586e0e705a6ca2ce81c302bf9f7d3c977
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoB3aERaV8DaMD5TvinrmC0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJARJu56rTPji0Aj
- TLSH T1AC755A16F6A84BA5D06BC178C5D29656EA733C420F3097CB03549E293F77BD19E3A322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 b2adc8f20eeb7122e69d64e21a4c21db93b0340935c098a29a8e89f31d35b752
- MD5 f8e9f8731734152c22a46a3175ad1632
- SHA1 9be67c4af8f49612b9c3c084217abd8604361bb0
- SHA512 79ee66ec13cee1e91494eaba162f61225ad054f9e6ca312def20ca4e1eaf46e957e4edff8002047231b7929b44be353fc045fc78af40b6a1a6c54c2b7da142f8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlancMJlPoB3aERaV8DaMD5TvinrmgF:A3k03kHRJARJu56r9
- TLSH T10D454903E6990BA4D25F813489968A62E6777C510F209BEF1354BF263F327D0AE39753
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH