Analysis
- max time kernel
126s - max time network
130s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
18/08/2026, 16:28
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample260818-ty3raaab83
- SHA256 cf49155e129bbb777b4aeb0d65bf75d37a60ebe2a7ce6774884476335d76bd98
- MD5 f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92
- SHA1 9ba8c45a3a3835584a674ea944ed34a649e0b43a
- SHA512 51fbf8909b70e408b655b7c64a22a2c8595ea2dbbae57b88b81c932f7135bc714eeeee86be214b520dbf2f992c52e14530243f1944cfa032495598bf90d94319
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsiKw/LaEic1R:A3k03kHRJg
- TLSH T1C8355A07E69400E8D10E8174D7958A22FA777C5617E092DB23D8D63D2F72BC06AFA397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3200-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c469-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3200-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2404-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c46e-353.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019bc0-688.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019b7e-690.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b79e-1775.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c469-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c46e-353.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019bc0-688.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019b7e-690.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b79e-1775.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2404 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" 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\grv_icons.exe 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpextms.exe 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\notification_click_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.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\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\visicon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.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\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe$ 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe$ patcher.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 (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe$ 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe$ 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\Office16\Wordconv.exe$ 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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}\pptico.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 (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe$ 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe$ 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\Install\{19C38D80-0C26-4176-9E53-8ABFFD293E4D}\MicrosoftEdge_X64_139.0.3405.125.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe$ 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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 3200 2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2404 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92_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:3200
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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:2404
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 cf49155e129bbb777b4aeb0d65bf75d37a60ebe2a7ce6774884476335d76bd98
- MD5 f03a860960d1687b3d61d5992bdcaf92
- SHA1 9ba8c45a3a3835584a674ea944ed34a649e0b43a
- SHA512 51fbf8909b70e408b655b7c64a22a2c8595ea2dbbae57b88b81c932f7135bc714eeeee86be214b520dbf2f992c52e14530243f1944cfa032495598bf90d94319
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsiKw/LaEic1R:A3k03kHRJg
- TLSH T1C8355A07E69400E8D10E8174D7958A22FA777C5617E092DB23D8D63D2F72BC06AFA397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 ebe2ed56fac9d9dd61a86e6c74fc4aa9988b36bb9614207bfcf241f949b95467
- MD5 bd0406a9f95294bda99fff4d828b82be
- SHA1 b0aa5966a26e1a8d6fa619d43ce00d81e1fb8b6f
- SHA512 68d2d26dbfb8eac24095cffd345324e9f4b9a51d2e05c66a70ed2c730fc333230342f2b6a4635032c307da744301d60226079174696877d6be1c052dedecf8b6
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsiKw/LaEic1BTjE:A3k03kHRJAw
- TLSH T11E453807E69400E8D11E8174D7958A22FB777C5217E092DB13D8D23D2F62BC0AEFA697
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 219438a7d6f305efdd25f48be8cf685b489f8f2130fa30ba4fa4f5bf059fbb3c
- MD5 b381f8c4fb4dfd793913d144d45ae54d
- SHA1 8b4880351fe7d264ee432e37e6d679327436522b
- SHA512 390b4543e3969aef7119375d88fd982f4f97911e7ad9e8c7fab997f5aed69778734729d8fb2b31974da9dd0b5b0f882774943a571e58a76fc166437c114ba086
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsiKw/LaEic1v0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJCPji0Aj
- TLSH T1EF756B16F6A402A5D02EC174C7D2965AFA73384217F086CB13D4D63C2F63BD19ABA763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 d5f2753fdca57e084efdb0bcc9364bfeda65caa167fdf33595feb20488cff1b7
- MD5 65963ef3da31a556bc2029df79540fde
- SHA1 8f38f28bf92c6d02963c37b53fa2d1dc74d12147
- SHA512 5252c60bf6e66a45405b367160f914c5b67af536b22bc0515ca7fa238b41b44de3cebac968600aca6fd5dd556c07a28e88ebb4d94cbd210d47f77cc8abf90f3b
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsiKw/LaEic1g0:A3k03kHRJW
- TLSH T12A355907E69400E9D10E8174D7958A22FA777C5657E092CB23D8D23D2F72BC06AFA397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 d9191026ce9cad981fa0e0fe2ae764771dd9b604a6538bd9920e24216b70b280
- MD5 cd8ed2898601e82d647e5bd0c05dbaa7
- SHA1 227fae7b761f155723af0e1cb95c19ff4b119c21
- SHA512 cf5fa74853a6e68c01c888ba1fb077345e5494d357a351925d519baedc082e199fe21772338249230879bfe82dcbb0e4560c779da72aa31dbaea8ce6bc2f3cd3
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsiKw/LaEic1ns:A3k03kHRJ3
- TLSH T152355907E69400E9D10E8174D7958A22FA777C5657E092CB23D8D23D2F72BC06AFA397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe$
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 142003a27b935f2e7afaee15e20bd567edf5fbf526c63137cdc8e362f8615154
- MD5 e911b2d52429a30698d6c40ad872ffeb
- SHA1 b0f883818500c2217c08ec219968d7efead0e20a
- SHA512 c0efc6e3d55d9651390a1d5ec7d172a7404bc5564677ad9029eb81c393574ccb8895caf1745286efe7ed1d7f3a356183c5c9b0fe9eb85c6a812240ffa31f842a
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bsiKw/LaEic1BT:A3k03kHRJe
- TLSH T196355907E69400E9D10E8174D7958A22FA777C5657E092CB23D8D23D2F72BC06AFA397
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH