sakula | 68f610756b65f80f00f0003c032676d2f59c61efd1cdcba4aa8e6726ff8e5b29

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe
Size

60KB
MD5

31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1
SHA1

097fcd22bb940247bd25d38ca25597ea5ffa3666
SHA256

68f610756b65f80f00f0003c032676d2f59c61efd1cdcba4aa8e6726ff8e5b29
SHA512

74d69dc7da01a1d324c963d3660bc7c54575a51b3e51caf028673d9649a6b09ad523e68d742f130a76f7e3780d022c30c46ebbf70f8646be2eb09b3602db227d
SSDEEP

1536:iZioIoCwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBO8c3G3eTJ/b:iEoIlwIguEA4c5DgA9DOyq0eFD

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/4380-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2232-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4380-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2232-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2232	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_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.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	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.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
3516	PING.EXE
3032	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3516	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4380	JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4380 wrote to memory of 2232	4380	JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe	82
PID 4380 wrote to memory of 2232	4380	JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe	82
PID 4380 wrote to memory of 2232	4380	JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe	82
PID 4380 wrote to memory of 3032	4380	JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe	91
PID 4380 wrote to memory of 3032	4380	JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe	91
PID 4380 wrote to memory of 3032	4380	JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe	91
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 3516	3032	cmd.exe	93
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 3516	3032	cmd.exe	93
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 3516	3032	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.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:4380
- 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:2232
- 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_31b300350bed3934125ab0c2f42905b1.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3032
- - 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:3516

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
60KB

MD5
6c66828ec6f133de8a7e21d4550093cd

SHA1
f760e3fb9324452b8f4f26b9f0c916f6bd687a46

SHA256
417bec49def315b865749177ecb8ee9ffc52118e591bdb2d5abf1f08543f3761

SHA512
6b66996c525e115cd82799544cfb90207debc1d286e2acddc8aab24003f7f4bf30f3680ee6130179a0f141fe2799051527e921df1826cbb0472ec8a4b6bf2198

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memory/2232-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2232-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4380-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4380-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4380-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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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