sakula | 94091b8dc3362d5564b4e84aaeb3bb326b1c30877bd582f17dbb82fd14c1f4eb

General

Target

becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2
SHA1

47e3bf0a73baf7127cbc50db7c4699cb519dd63b
SHA256

94091b8dc3362d5564b4e84aaeb3bb326b1c30877bd582f17dbb82fd14c1f4eb
SHA512

2ce02c5eb0c757ab5ada923bb35d2cf9dc16e1ef2604c72caef387e2cd4bf0a6501459b5c3a725cc53becd9edf654a59291c6cff9ddb6bb965376ccea1e3e893
SSDEEP

768:TwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647DG:TwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBOs

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

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/2308-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4368-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2308-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4368-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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-1-5-21-2718105630-359604950-2820636825-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4368	MediaCenter.exe

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"	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
3136	cmd.exe
3584	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3584	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2308	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 4368	2308	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 4368	2308	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 4368	2308	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3136	2308	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	96
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3136	2308	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	96
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3136	2308	becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	96
PID 3136 wrote to memory of 3584	3136	cmd.exe	98
PID 3136 wrote to memory of 3584	3136	cmd.exe	98
PID 3136 wrote to memory of 3584	3136	cmd.exe	98

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2308
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4368
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\becd1c2216150597422b7d682372cbb2_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3136
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:3584

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

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
35KB

MD5
04934ec17c68524356591b832f5129b4

SHA1
5229d5a6fcbd7ec6ba10cd154e5e13b49927ee71

SHA256
16251d1719386b9afc80c95d663986f8b5681bb8dcb82653934912da29d3becc

SHA512
9f2bb990c41fa7f238477dfdc9ed53bf60c3a6f22396134af94b217f5c132dcfba721df09528d77b16148415877039d63b149f14e5f094bbc4fea3bcb5d527f0

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memory/2308-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2308-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2308-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4368-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4368-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4368-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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