Analysis
- max time kernel
124s - 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
18/08/2026, 17:04
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- Sample260818-vldgasel21
- SHA256 54d250ec10be6281043a5fbebd3fa9902c86acab4c799b5301a4e0a7fa96b8d9
- MD5 b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c
- SHA1 0afc064c40908cc444df50a8805e1893f37029e8
- SHA512 df5c4dcde0512a50948fb7f20ca35454f38c6423898f4be9c6dbe2d34c32f5debbcac68e1a61be37af78cd97b0aea9cbdbdcc9ebd1ac569987c4282bbba1b032
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdolxEagy43mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrL:A3k03kB56rK3k03kB56rL
- TLSH T111856A17E6850FA4D10FC1749A968672EA737C025F2093DF2358AE153F72BD06B3A297
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 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/0x000300000001b305-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3200-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5760-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001a841-986.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00370000000187ef-1291.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c469-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b305-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001a841-986.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00370000000187ef-1291.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5760 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_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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 created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\lyncicon.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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.ShowHelp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\joticon.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe$ 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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\OUTLOOK.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe$ 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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}\osmclienticon.exe$ 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe$ 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.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\SDXHelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe$ 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE$ 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Addons\OneDriveSetup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\cookie_exporter.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\Installer\setup.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe$ 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\msouc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jaureg.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VPREVIEW.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.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 2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 5760 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c_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:5760
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 54d250ec10be6281043a5fbebd3fa9902c86acab4c799b5301a4e0a7fa96b8d9
- MD5 b0af570ff2319af3d769bfb11144d41c
- SHA1 0afc064c40908cc444df50a8805e1893f37029e8
- SHA512 df5c4dcde0512a50948fb7f20ca35454f38c6423898f4be9c6dbe2d34c32f5debbcac68e1a61be37af78cd97b0aea9cbdbdcc9ebd1ac569987c4282bbba1b032
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdolxEagy43mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrL:A3k03kB56rK3k03kB56rL
- TLSH T111856A17E6850FA4D10FC1749A968672EA737C025F2093DF2358AE153F72BD06B3A297
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.2MB
- SHA256 e7af01cba6488ecbc85b04bff94ed4633bc23114ef5f6a027dd5cbd8d346f039
- MD5 fd296e7af297a7a118bbf8dd312da267
- SHA1 b1d642812018fda5c797405f8cb86942dfb88c10
- SHA512 8eefb351aa9cc0cb382f5c5b3f4c91b99b76fd92174c6b02aedb88cb4398ad56e9496a468982b794d16e83f80f415303126fc94c07378a322a7320621f5c7b76
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdolxEagy43mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrT:A3k03kB56rK3k03kB56r3Pji0Aj
- TLSH T1D2B55A16E6940FA5D02FC174C6969666EA733C421F3097CB1354AE283F73BD09A3A763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 87242c8da8320c1dbcbba687e4e7487838064150350ca9bc32c092ef3120df37
- MD5 05b4fbafac911c41e42f1dad779d8649
- SHA1 53616b7f0d522c7fcfae362a4851264ce99e2a92
- SHA512 c6045c039cf819bce1da05648f63285a58e15ac6ae298d9e9eb50620394c97ee599f250e43047d301d8d44a66f578a5151a6c22e40069658fa62ae145732e0df
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdolxEagy43mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinr6:A3k03kB56rK3k03kB56rm1
- TLSH T1A2856A07E6850FA4D10FC1749A968672EA777C025F2093DF2358AE153F72BD06B3A297
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 0d28c1b8511bdff4a5bb57a1102d5c43f82badc39bee7166f88bab8fa2c73e5a
- MD5 c8bc3bc70f5866288485576395b12da2
- SHA1 fa5b257618b6521740b5142478492cbcc8ff3207
- SHA512 c206ec17bc1538748bc45d5d107d3c04759519949c6ddb6258c59ee8764441dd3cede9d5f976d292f6bcce95bedd058bc5ebf3ded28c9d463dc00746bfdecbd5
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5TvinrmdolxEagy43mnXoZ643mnXoZ6iLa5D5Tvinrp:A3k03kB56rK3k03kB56rp
- TLSH T194857B03E6850FA4D10F81749A968662EA777C421F2097EF1354BF253F32BD06B3A697
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH