Analysis
- max time kernel
105s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
27/10/2026, 16:09
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- Sample261027-tmaw5aea32
- SHA256 1477cdc6e468834944fa8a8ba4feaefab0e5cae46dedabd0e8896b512c59af74
- MD5 605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba
- SHA1 ef8e50ad2aaa7297404bf22479704bb453be1c45
- SHA512 1c959ae49671d63a21da184801ef7e441ef196145604f5e515f2a9bfe36b6f60ae94bf8751361b4169ef3f2139ee59820b4ce966d086a049dccab9d97e9d0219
- SSDEEP 49152:cN/42RjrRokpX0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067556rX:OrRokgM+M6RkMkIM7drX
- TLSH T15CC59E02B3D09EB5D0AF517049668671A677BC215F2083DF22A4BE2F3E317D19936B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 11 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3040-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c59b-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c598-10.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00030000000198dc-233.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00030000000198db-236.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00030000000198f2-378.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019b42-667.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001a443-847.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019f4d-1029.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3040-1794-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5164-1825-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5164 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" 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.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 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.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 (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.Loader.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOUC.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe$ 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Integrator.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\pipanel.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ORGCHART.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\DlpUserAgent.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge_proxy.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe$ patcher.exe File created 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)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wab.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe$ 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\ohub32.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist_1.0.3456.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\EdgeGameAssist.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pj11icon.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\SenseGPParser.exe patcher.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\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe$ 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe patcher.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 62 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe$ 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe$ 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\adelrcp.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\wow_helper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\BrowserCore\BrowserCore.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\adelrcp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\AdobeCollabSync.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\logtransport2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\AdobeCollabSync.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe$ 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\acrobroker.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\AcroRd32Info.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\reader_sl.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\acrobroker.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\eula.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\reader_sl.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\logtransport2.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\_4bitmapibroker.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\acrotextextractor.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\BrowserCore\BrowserCore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe$ 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\_4bitmapibroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\AcroRd32Info.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\acrotextextractor.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\eula.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\wow_helper.exe 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.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 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.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 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3040 2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe 5164 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-26_605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_stop_vidar.exe"1⤵
- 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:3040
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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:5164
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 1477cdc6e468834944fa8a8ba4feaefab0e5cae46dedabd0e8896b512c59af74
- MD5 605fce15db510b7ceebe9e51ea415fba
- SHA1 ef8e50ad2aaa7297404bf22479704bb453be1c45
- SHA512 1c959ae49671d63a21da184801ef7e441ef196145604f5e515f2a9bfe36b6f60ae94bf8751361b4169ef3f2139ee59820b4ce966d086a049dccab9d97e9d0219
- SSDEEP 49152:cN/42RjrRokpX0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067556rX:OrRokgM+M6RkMkIM7drX
- TLSH T15CC59E02B3D09EB5D0AF517049668671A677BC215F2083DF22A4BE2F3E317D19936B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
- Size 3.0MB
- SHA256 e14b6a55c861b8be238303513bfff4866b495438ea876e64ee8bed95a73f9aff
- MD5 28f2674370ab34462b1263ca231c98c4
- SHA1 6b085a288ccff1935909af8180be3a72d9b20e67
- SHA512 3fc13c9dcd1b5d10b8dbd2304ea92bd38cc6cacdd2d1f9b8abd386ce41c57b836a1f15b683e43958ad5609b3c0f02434ed50cb6fd66366d2e080709099923815
- SSDEEP 49152:cN/42RjrRokpX0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067556rTPji0Aj:OrRokgM+M6RkMkIM7drLjo
- TLSH T136E58E02F7A48AB5D07B807485A69675EA737C511F3087CF2294EE2E3E327D19936723
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 07d52d1bead44134334d99a9b3946f8c999db0ebad562068049eb967183c66a1
- MD5 f18ac0c47f2e9d95f8a9340a4881edab
- SHA1 8eed11c9867083517984826ab205f23712930b68
- SHA512 d7c3d0bb4d1604731f0788f6dc6c80af8f39e2ded24d5fe2304edc8c51be37947790863e85f955bddd22927018f51116e6c30f08980bea63e63ef82902ab7ba6
- SSDEEP 49152:cN/42RjrRokpX0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067556r1:OrRokgM+M6RkMkIM7dr1
- TLSH T1B9C59E02B3D09EB5D0AF517049668671A677BC215F2083DF22A4BE2F3E317D19936B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe$
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 c3e9f9088c4fb2ff85ed6d83a673c4f9e2800ef7959060e50ddbf16d6259b745
- MD5 adad83a71d5bfa69baf8d53fc3f8d106
- SHA1 f8068c375f8c8f598c2b375b5d9f3c25071310d4
- SHA512 2a743a77557d90d614e8ba51b1a1503032d752c02cf46926edb773dbc3875ca7443a2430b531ca36900c0d30e38f6c8267beb161048198835802e63c935d1e7c
- SSDEEP 49152:cN/42RjrRokpX0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067556rj:OrRokgM+M6RkMkIM7drj
- TLSH T15CC59E02B3D09EB5D0AF517049668671A677BC215F2083DF22A4BE2F3E317D19936B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 437c6512916221448012af64d524816a87461e92c7565db3b7e2751add391d08
- MD5 ec254cd615611c20f6242382e2e89610
- SHA1 799d8ffb7a13a17b84d76d3b35e0f0e8ea744f26
- SHA512 8ce656dded5ddb7b23a984a9f707bd1372286aebbec20ed289084368dfe93edb4d2c4a472e8afedc1d6b981ac6975c9f555673c60cd24f9f7d0a3b0e459c89de
- SSDEEP 49152:cN/42RjrRokpX0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067556rJ:OrRokgM+M6RkMkIM7drJ
- TLSH T125C59E02B3D09EB5D0AF517049668671A677BC215F2083DF22A4BE2F3E317D19936B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 8d0db760fda0b03ccd6c26bf80e853807873c43ced0f63c4825692a092871fd6
- MD5 0dc846251c8f9d5447e4cdbbbc45d739
- SHA1 3506f28a73c084f59f53a2f09d3400db86683db1
- SHA512 f89e6ca6b8a0e00d70c4f85996368fdbc2fe96bb4845db54f2772ba2d53f1a7c85e10c61d9db9ba5421ae359de131f57806d539a369fae850e4cd01f79413a15
- SSDEEP 49152:cN/42RjrRokpX0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067556rd:OrRokgM+M6RkMkIM7drd
- TLSH T1A4C59E02B3D09EB5D0AF517049668671A677BC215F2083DF22A4BE2F3E317D19936B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe
- Size 2.6MB
- SHA256 5ac36eb8016ab1d3db49312bb3e0bec5c79541ca6ca0e9239020c3f95b5afa5f
- MD5 13298eea4e1d2aefd4e0592085e34c3d
- SHA1 04a26270f3212b0e17f698503cb49678cfe3d191
- SHA512 3526c3d250ed32afc8339a4ff073ee8ba2ec2132163792f50cd7308deb8c855483af0bb9cc057a2498edf7ea1c5615ccc13dc3dabdd746b48c734044c7c2f8c8
- SSDEEP 49152:cN/42RjrRokpX0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067556rC:OrRokgM+M6RkMkIM7drC
- TLSH T122C59E02B3D09DB5D0AF517045668671E677BC255F2043DF22A4BE2F3E313A1A93AB27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$
- Size 2.6MB
- SHA256 45d5fe83ab4c8e47742e6ba4035b7b14916f66f2c9636e647a9b32808234aa66
- MD5 5aeb0dfcd03a1a28b0f3e6b7072fbf46
- SHA1 6a0863290447aa91676633459fbd91010bffd751
- SHA512 fff87a5510dc3300b36c1b856e83268b415695444505f8b7efda1aa9770d3006439c593420a93e20644a9bc8b270fbe5ec5c4f16fd6ecfdb86d676d58a2a8059
- SSDEEP 49152:cN/42RjrRokpX0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067556r0:OrRokgM+M6RkMkIM7dr0
- TLSH T125C59E02B3D09EB5D0AF517049668671A677BC215F2043DF22A4BE2F3E327D19936B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH