sakula | 5b21af697b57c8c61bbc6f88a331fc28e603491f72975ad672132b5b5d9644b6

General

Target

2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Size

114KB
MD5

590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6
SHA1

5098b4cc4ef87fa604de7212fa7ac686d72833cb
SHA256

5b21af697b57c8c61bbc6f88a331fc28e603491f72975ad672132b5b5d9644b6
SHA512

303422c7dbe02019e77d0e3e650ff5ffc151059ffeb27338cc1f6575274f34d719638171c321bcc6287206e3bbb8515be85315f0395f956f77b79af37ce10e0a
SSDEEP

1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPLJNz30rtriCr0nJnHPoq1nouy8TRgk:c0hpgz6xGhYJF30Blr0nhoutTRgk

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/2032-0-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2140-5-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000241c6-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1624-7-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2032-8-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2140-9-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1624-10-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2032-11-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-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_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2140	MediaCenter.exe
1624	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_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_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/2032-0-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2140-5-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000241c6-3.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/1624-7-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2032-8-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2140-9-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1624-10-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2032-11-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-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	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.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
2668	cmd.exe
3900	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3900	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2032	2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2140	2032	2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	85
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2140	2032	2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	85
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2140	2032	2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	85
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 1624	1060	cmd.exe	87
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 1624	1060	cmd.exe	87
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 1624	1060	cmd.exe	87
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2668	2032	2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	90
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2668	2032	2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	90
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2668	2032	2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	90
PID 2668 wrote to memory of 3900	2668	cmd.exe	92
PID 2668 wrote to memory of 3900	2668	cmd.exe	92
PID 2668 wrote to memory of 3900	2668	cmd.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_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:2032
- 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:2140
- 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_590b9fd5634731846fcdbe437edccbd6_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:2668
- - 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:3900

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:1060
- 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:1624

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
3f86fe738e2a065428b3e3c4393c69e2

SHA1
cd55cd172d759030d149e040cec284638cd13c4c

SHA256
7488364b6195e57f8f2c890b7b2a8444b8a0e381b718dc9d9ad58c8c09b85d64

SHA512
77158e0126054fa5749bdc4a105afcafdac2cd42e370699acb7d997cf7ee063343454ea0167b2efeaa475f2288cef11355cad9987393c01fc961188e7d6d2deb

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memory/1624-7-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1624-10-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2032-0-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2032-8-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2032-11-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2140-5-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2140-9-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000361000-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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