sakula | 8caf264173bec5458327247ece4033983ffd7962e1c20c4241ae2a29ba5808f3

General

Target

2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Size

114KB
MD5

7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940
SHA1

30dd652271ff2b798fbc78a308a427791e98f0e5
SHA256

8caf264173bec5458327247ece4033983ffd7962e1c20c4241ae2a29ba5808f3
SHA512

b39500c89435f02dd1a26d3fa9152f4edd0504d6d987242d05434128282830df36ab659c1210e2ab17b72ba1aca11a95d2588af2c2d82396077bbcb943f6f0c9
SSDEEP

1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPLJNz30rtriCr0nJnHPoq1nouy8TRgF:c0hpgz6xGhYJF30Blr0nhoutTRgF

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Sakula payload 7 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/624-0-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000241a3-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2620-5-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/624-7-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2620-8-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/5784-9-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/624-10-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-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-1-5-21-3078542121-369484597-920690335-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2620	MediaCenter.exe
5784	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"	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/624-0-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000241a3-3.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2620-5-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/624-7-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2620-8-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/5784-9-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/624-10-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-memory.dmp	upx

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 5 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	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.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
3964	cmd.exe
2004	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2004	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	624	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2620	624	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	81
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2620	624	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	81
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2620	624	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	81
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 5784	2908	cmd.exe	83
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 5784	2908	cmd.exe	83
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 5784	2908	cmd.exe	83
PID 624 wrote to memory of 3964	624	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	84
PID 624 wrote to memory of 3964	624	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	84
PID 624 wrote to memory of 3964	624	2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	84
PID 3964 wrote to memory of 2004	3964	cmd.exe	86
PID 3964 wrote to memory of 2004	3964	cmd.exe	86
PID 3964 wrote to memory of 2004	3964	cmd.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.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:624
- 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:2620
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_7e96aaf81c0c05012a5e0d719b616940_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3964
- - 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:2004

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2908
- 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:5784

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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
114KB

MD5
7ab940698a39758400793dfa23c45973

SHA1
8d1f6f57b6e7cdf7e9c28c19c7f9a05236bc4a86

SHA256
ecaf1689ac286bdbb8202babed680cb1d26313f75d928b392e8e512ec59bca1c

SHA512
7c6e55236fcf1fa91b87f04224316429cfdf97b5a86b17463b8aa8ffc1bc344ac3bd424f3b955ae2d3b5d455e8f6d78761b8a397ac6480a3043ba6ac033ef311

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memory/624-0-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/624-7-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/624-10-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2620-5-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2620-8-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/5784-9-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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