sakula | f21ec8f34cbaef62927c2a6185bf1cdc76be9d7e38769f89f8f05b180a2e3c5c

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598
SHA1

1941716e89547b68f91f3b101dfb0d4da3776993
SHA256

f21ec8f34cbaef62927c2a6185bf1cdc76be9d7e38769f89f8f05b180a2e3c5c
SHA512

c8f2d79cf37e25b7886f4280f35e0b6f506b234dfaed35ee3c42d7272ca0c7d14f980d0edfadd40066cace9bd982edec5754b7441aa15d0c83148c7ba0b52bc8
SSDEEP

768:lwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647Di:lwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBO4

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 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3220-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1552-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3220-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1552-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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-1-5-21-940901362-3608833189-1915618603-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1552	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"	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.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	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.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
2684	cmd.exe
1268	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1268	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3220	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3220 wrote to memory of 1552	3220	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe	83
PID 3220 wrote to memory of 1552	3220	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe	83
PID 3220 wrote to memory of 1552	3220	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe	83
PID 3220 wrote to memory of 2684	3220	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe	100
PID 3220 wrote to memory of 2684	3220	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe	100
PID 3220 wrote to memory of 2684	3220	JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe	100
PID 2684 wrote to memory of 1268	2684	cmd.exe	102
PID 2684 wrote to memory of 1268	2684	cmd.exe	102
PID 2684 wrote to memory of 1268	2684	cmd.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.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:3220
- 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:1552
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8140e4e66cc07d5bc23e5715d7169598.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2684
- - 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:1268

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
639ad0e1ea3d27f28039613325928477

SHA1
662a70592fc8a8b507e2e65f26edcb7daca5e8a3

SHA256
cb39433907c26314528dfa9993e9f24de00ab13e8353ac6e330871d9525c8931

SHA512
e249b828e95c2c6c021f88b44e28f5c3621fc73c7d27eda624e7dd1a84903f5cba4fce70e7084746f660e4fa5dc738c6f2e200b0765df6cf8e0c4c09ae05ed98

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memory/1552-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1552-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1552-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3220-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3220-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3220-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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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