General

  • Target
    2026-08-22_7cdd492f8bf92e342c2671c79baf274d_elex_wannacry
  • Size 10.0MB
  • Sample260822-ek5w6aeb39
  • SHA256 3924cc20aef6c2864187f4d5f942056b1f2ac33ab66af6e0ce0985701a3ea091
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • hijackloader

Attributes
  • directory

    %APPDATA%\HelperMaintain_dev

  • inject_dll

    %windir%\SysWOW64\input.dll

xor.hex
xor.hex

Targets

    • Target
      2026-08-22_7cdd492f8bf92e342c2671c79baf274d_elex_wannacry
    • Size 10.0MB
    • SHA256 3924cc20aef6c2864187f4d5f942056b1f2ac33ab66af6e0ce0985701a3ea091
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader)

    • Family: HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,

      HijackLoader is a multi-stage loader, first seen in 2023.

    • Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents

    • Checks computer location settings

      Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks