sakula | 1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9

General

Target

1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe
Size

99KB
MD5

f91378b0ac8c86132e4aca14af54dab0
SHA1

38633165b61921dffe7b8af7da45708087084afb
SHA256

1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9
SHA512

96ac6e494285a8887cc79ec84c17e2a4f5794be7a51bb8ed5d18c978135853ded5236e4f472f1a5194ee23845d01a7bb08e25a632fc950a7a448177cc74c9405

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula

Sakula Payload 2 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

652 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
652	MediaCenter.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790714498-1549421491-1643397139-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe"	1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

MusNotifyIcon.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\Registry\Machine\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	MusNotifyIcon.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	MusNotifyIcon.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

1416 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 364 1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe

pid	process
1416	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	364	1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 364 wrote to memory of 652	364	1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 652	364	1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 652	364	1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1652	364	1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe	cmd.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1652	364	1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe	cmd.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1652	364	1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1652 wrote to memory of 1416	1652	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1652 wrote to memory of 1416	1652	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1652 wrote to memory of 1416	1652	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:364

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:652

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1740e8ae83a4680943c691cdd172735293c70f8c56e8532d519580f280df69a9.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1652

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1416

C:\Windows\system32\MusNotifyIcon.exe
%systemroot%\system32\MusNotifyIcon.exe NotifyTrayIcon 13
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
PID:1448

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k wusvcs -p
1⤵
PID:1936

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

MD5
be80bcefeb6eab46cce72ac120f9a6b5

SHA1
584910de7ee13a8cfd3c6f27d1f17b55d0944c50

SHA256
17396059163d31b09206200e1f936f6dcf25fe24af87e4cf7474df5f796f0037

SHA512
1582e7ca73743999745303525919a61cade594e35fe8761d491fc7fd1977ff0565d35ae709494d1a16c87471149d7169232500abd050f87e69122262c0951a62

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

MD5
be80bcefeb6eab46cce72ac120f9a6b5

SHA1
584910de7ee13a8cfd3c6f27d1f17b55d0944c50

SHA256
17396059163d31b09206200e1f936f6dcf25fe24af87e4cf7474df5f796f0037

SHA512
1582e7ca73743999745303525919a61cade594e35fe8761d491fc7fd1977ff0565d35ae709494d1a16c87471149d7169232500abd050f87e69122262c0951a62

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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