sakula | 6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79

General

Target
6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe
Size 63KB
Sample240621-2f7lhsxapp
SHA256 6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79
MD5 5c1ea9e69625ee8e2672e4993f4ddcf0
SHA1 13a831e1dd781eb500be3b308fbab2f79f9cb258
SHA512 a78046aaf370ecc0db825afc587be2920bdd7e9c3bf287666edc97bdf3941f5f33ea57ffb689187aedc063cbc1e0e897cafa14e58cf21e3e6c1047b941c097fe
SSDEEP 1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrY:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7Y
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sakula

C2

www.polarroute.com

Signatures

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

Sakula payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1408-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2796-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1408-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2796-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1408-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-200405930-3877336739-3533750831-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1408	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2796-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000a0000000234e8-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/1408-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2796-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1408-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2796-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1408-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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"	6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_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
3780	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2796	6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1408	2796	6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe	83
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1408	2796	6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe	83
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1408	2796	6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe	83
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 3672	2796	6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe	97
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 3672	2796	6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe	97
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 3672	2796	6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe	97
PID 3672 wrote to memory of 3780	3672	cmd.exe	99
PID 3672 wrote to memory of 3780	3672	cmd.exe	99
PID 3672 wrote to memory of 3780	3672	cmd.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2796
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:1408
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6cfc448eb004701b9c323726916578e7407eec863ee5be8d4a31afc6c8e85c79_NeikiAnalytics.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3672
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:3780

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 63KB
SHA256 aac24462cf9c616c45bc3e1ef63c451862be86e41fef266df19334ebf44e12d9
MD5 552491427f5e5aa3abb8365093e488d8
SHA1 8a2ac74944a574736885baaa4e22a7ae871071b7
SHA512 1a480297e851ca096e637ba66c8d10bcc0b018828ee4f71d868a1f5ca44b83bfca8351b5c5789571aba7457be556e2d23b269d1f4eb9d6b8a53238e1995f1d41
SSDEEP 1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkre:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7e
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/1408-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/1408-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/1408-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/2796-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/2796-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/2796-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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