sakula | 046586c0ee81dfb4e3ac688670dc1267afa20da579c14991a09d870cba388d48

General

Target
432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
Size 43KB
Sample240510-cbrl3afd59
SHA256 046586c0ee81dfb4e3ac688670dc1267afa20da579c14991a09d870cba388d48
MD5 432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0
SHA1 cd5b381d9a73a019c3793fab5932effb5c105133
SHA512 de4d8673877b8849a67a434997f5a626fbb363e04f5b8be656400c5e2646058b3f6c32760bc5bbed0bc60231c0e4b859894d28508d63475d855c1d1de1878d9c
SSDEEP 768:FUiX34HOc2Lsh7mfUolW/xtNEM5iZhcOL0tTChQEgHDRy:VYE4Z4lsjNbtNEqy
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Sakula payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2592-6-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D2B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/656-7-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000010B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2592-11-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D2B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/656-16-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000010B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

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

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540404634-651139247-2967210625-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
656	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2592-0-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D2B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000800000002340a-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/656-5-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000010B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2592-6-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D2B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/656-7-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000010B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2592-11-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D2B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/656-16-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000010B000-memory.dmp	upx

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe"	432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4044	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2592	432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 656	2592	432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe	83
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 656	2592	432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe	83
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 656	2592	432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe	83
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 1784	2592	432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe	99
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 1784	2592	432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe	99
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 1784	2592	432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe	99
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 4044	1784	cmd.exe	101
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 4044	1784	cmd.exe	101
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 4044	1784	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2592
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:656
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\432ae8848b09361868c917d53e34a0d0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1784
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:4044

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 43KB
SHA256 4c6fd31a9165bbfd47603bf68c1217455b334d24edd6ffc807508a75408ebfa6
MD5 50906b4896ee68ad5312279b62f74dd3
SHA1 33883aec5cefc7f1285cbc5f328cb467316a0524
SHA512 7975bdedf9f438291bd414ae2f44255949f62531f740dff0d0513c51486fe96481b37d3198bd44b988cd897c41935a6c8e26a472c2ce9c63679865f3acf44fbf
SSDEEP 768:FUiX34HOc2Lsh7mfUolW/xtNEM5iZhcOL0tTChQEgHDRI:VYE4Z4lsjNbtNEqI
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/656-5-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000010B000-memory.dmp

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memory/656-7-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000010B000-memory.dmp

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memory/656-16-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000010B000-memory.dmp

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memory/2592-0-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D2B000-memory.dmp

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memory/2592-6-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D2B000-memory.dmp

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memory/2592-11-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D2B000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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