Analysis
- max time kernel
118s - max time network
145s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
19/08/2026, 12:26
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- Sample260819-pmbffaar6x
- SHA256 fdad1be6df489eafcee0eacc94a2fcbefa50f73cb8620df3ed9ed3437749bd17
- MD5 f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8
- SHA1 bde6ea60fa0214bd4f6e189c7379cd56156ec083
- SHA512 cb119cc9b2e3b151818e8e8453a6480622cb18802b8deabf95f9b620bc7f00a96143c38c155ab62f053de429a7a6f8ed1af6736ea8db62a3d40b910f8030c53c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8Jyas0qRC3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQd:A3k03kHRJ53k03kHRJ
- TLSH T1AC85AE03EB9500E9D10AC1749AE69A23EB757C56176093DF2358C6152F72BD0BF3E3A8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1968-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c36e-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00030000000170b9-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1968-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3772-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019ca9-1276.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00190000000188b8-1485.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c36e-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00030000000170b9-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019ca9-1276.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00190000000188b8-1485.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3772 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" 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe$ 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe$ 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe$ 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe$ 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe$ 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.exe patcher.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\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.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 opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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}\outicon.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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$ 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe$ 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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 1968 2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 3772 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8_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:1968
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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:3772
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 fdad1be6df489eafcee0eacc94a2fcbefa50f73cb8620df3ed9ed3437749bd17
- MD5 f216135741e93d04deae35fd12735af8
- SHA1 bde6ea60fa0214bd4f6e189c7379cd56156ec083
- SHA512 cb119cc9b2e3b151818e8e8453a6480622cb18802b8deabf95f9b620bc7f00a96143c38c155ab62f053de429a7a6f8ed1af6736ea8db62a3d40b910f8030c53c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8Jyas0qRC3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQd:A3k03kHRJ53k03kHRJ
- TLSH T1AC85AE03EB9500E9D10AC1749AE69A23EB757C56176093DF2358C6152F72BD0BF3E3A8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe$
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 4e8e29735428501485a3d4ca8e137ec76fc9aad0e9e72f761616e9292b1f5f1d
- MD5 d99fc6e9d9594076d292542298326298
- SHA1 8e9ccd42cbcd26e0d2df428c601a0953b277112d
- SHA512 731cdc50490a7102c27762f48615b87e5709bdd633032738566917acede8788290de6c39aac54765ea232220254ab8878d98b71ac547bbbd66e6660f13c53a0b
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8Jyas0qRC3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQw:A3k03kHRJ53k03kHRJwW
- TLSH T1BC95AE03EB9500E8D10AC1749AE64A23EB75BC56177097DF2368C6152F72BD0AF3E7A4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 13b1e1a0883108d5b97dfae316dc666ccd0a3098123c0e59c37648a4c45bd986
- MD5 15a3daeaaf1162036d768ca153c80313
- SHA1 be14989c9a46a743ee15e47304d70c86c188aff7
- SHA512 b4f4eaa63741d574e8b329d49fa241cc410cc10012042aaaa149a40b0104ddc64c03041799f4998b298ac2859fcabbcb4c5c226b366981e3e8cc1c34b9819540
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8Jyas0qRC3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ5:A3k03kHRJ53k03kHRJ8Pji0Aj
- TLSH T198B59D17FAA401B5D026C178CAE69A67FA717842173097CF1358C7292F63BD0AB3E365
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe$
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 e7e9f00154a115a28fbe574c299f9d1ff9c599dad22ab23ec29293847405cda2
- MD5 03bbbb9c059c3a82daa6360274026414
- SHA1 4d9f4ccd0b2991fa0c1928714cc419b91b1c9141
- SHA512 b2c4a29076fcf02e5d3e2ed79e9b626a313f97cdb1df7290280ae945cd1fb107d968620665b4c2cb51ee48e4683e0cd329832b1fd7d01935bf32e53dabf597e8
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8Jyas0qRC3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQn:A3k03kHRJ53k03kHRJ0
- TLSH T15C959E03E79500E5D24AC1349E9A8A22EA75BD52176097EF2358F7152F72BC0BF3E394
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH