sakula | f664fe9e0623919968ab1b2fabbe62c515dd8d13dcb373fd219fbe7403a69db1

General

Target

2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Size

114KB
MD5

9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751
SHA1

020bf6ff69d2a7ac05e694ef36ea4ba4432a223d
SHA256

f664fe9e0623919968ab1b2fabbe62c515dd8d13dcb373fd219fbe7403a69db1
SHA512

5f0d5c2936664fefa853dd5f2a202dfd309dd3339399e3fe9a8f3e530ccc0a0aa9db3778cf40392066775f54f0c5061b7f0ea2415a2dad5495aa4d89abc3c7c6
SSDEEP

1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPLJNz30rtriCr0nJnHPoq1nouy8TRgZ:c0hpgz6xGhYJF30Blr0nhoutTRgZ

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 8 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2396-0-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x000800000002422b-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/5732-5-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2388-7-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2396-8-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/5732-9-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2388-10-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2396-11-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-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-1-5-21-2645532622-3298555945-705856666-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5732	MediaCenter.exe
2388	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_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

UPX packed file 8 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2396-0-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x000800000002422b-3.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/5732-5-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2388-7-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2396-8-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/5732-9-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2388-10-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2396-11-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-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_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_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
2288	cmd.exe
3816	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3816	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2396	2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 5732	2396	2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	84
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 5732	2396	2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	84
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 5732	2396	2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	84
PID 6140 wrote to memory of 2388	6140	cmd.exe	86
PID 6140 wrote to memory of 2388	6140	cmd.exe	86
PID 6140 wrote to memory of 2388	6140	cmd.exe	86
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2288	2396	2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	96
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2288	2396	2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	96
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2288	2396	2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	96
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 3816	2288	cmd.exe	98
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 3816	2288	cmd.exe	98
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 3816	2288	cmd.exe	98

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_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:2396
- 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:5732
- 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_9dec20e35e133abd7b6c7eaebbb19751_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:2288
- - 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:3816

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:6140
- 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:2388

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
c223940611b88443c338bb00e75c0506

SHA1
9d95137822788042526826dc908f478100971165

SHA256
97000f603a320518bcbc6d2ccb91af313567b940852389f64988f2bb290d8397

SHA512
a1901f2525c9936433e99b8a8f77ce9566904bbc1bf4517987ad14601e0499aad202f2d2b5d24d4ce8d05cd1e365e756009955709e5ce5ee8b299ef9c9f03619

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memory/2388-7-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2388-10-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2396-0-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2396-8-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2396-11-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/5732-5-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/5732-9-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-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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