sakula | 43c1fc43939bfc76e72be7921eea9fae53bb5426f94df50ec02e543b44c662e9

General

Target

a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

3.9MB
MD5

a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c
SHA1

c124fd5b61a3aa5428cab79f2449a93c3e69c0cd
SHA256

43c1fc43939bfc76e72be7921eea9fae53bb5426f94df50ec02e543b44c662e9
SHA512

2664581551e97a62b0981f5f485688bfd4af18844d78da270969fb57e08a4230b35ab4adab579da35847b4d08d60b66158c99550c2339d31f17aad6a37a393c3
SSDEEP

24576:j0Xx/6oTNa1h3Qh3O+ZrIb1Eu8CTPq30pYZMmjjTjuSE5DBMYb:j+5TY76HZ68kQ0paMmjjTjzeaYb

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 family
sakula

Sakula payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b72-2.dat	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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2752	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"	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_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	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_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
3084	cmd.exe
3600	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3600	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	212	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 212 wrote to memory of 2752	212	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 212 wrote to memory of 2752	212	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 212 wrote to memory of 2752	212	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 212 wrote to memory of 3084	212	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe	100
PID 212 wrote to memory of 3084	212	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe	100
PID 212 wrote to memory of 3084	212	a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe	100
PID 3084 wrote to memory of 3600	3084	cmd.exe	102
PID 3084 wrote to memory of 3600	3084	cmd.exe	102
PID 3084 wrote to memory of 3600	3084	cmd.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_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:212
- 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:2752
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a608a91ec75ba9dfd37d4c0e01c7858c_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3084
- - 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:3600

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
3.9MB

MD5
fe6b8a5149977d80c89dce6d672af880

SHA1
b1f10c7a76bc9bd55c2d355874c4efa5b31da336

SHA256
d0b9b331c511e98e870f9684608baeaeb37909debb2e88c851c61c2df01a70bb

SHA512
cc13d34b6f28306fec43deeab950fc5d9893cf67c7fa723217ddb64b42752dfa253ef8c0d4ffadc9462ffd096d7ea80540bd17b3e8fe228736362538ed8f103d

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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