sakula | 87a88dbb109cef4ac3bed2f20f787e48a1d7ce510be0a2c335b0d0b1125765b9

General

Target

2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Size

114KB
MD5

eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba
SHA1

e40904cd9c43f63fb3e6a30a501fd288ae32197c
SHA256

87a88dbb109cef4ac3bed2f20f787e48a1d7ce510be0a2c335b0d0b1125765b9
SHA512

38dbe29303068d571125e043b39e7f5bafc1b339aa0e926f3d72202d5f85921ab19377e535ea78b597eb2dd5cfd71111bf446e02db1a76564685a64a8ecb986a
SSDEEP

1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPLJNz30rtriCr0nJnHPoq1nouy8TRgJ:c0hpgz6xGhYJF30Blr0nhoutTRgJ

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/5892-0-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/5484-4-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000024208-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/5892-7-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/5484-8-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/896-9-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/5892-10-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-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-1-5-21-3027557611-1484967174-339164627-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5484	MediaCenter.exe
896	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_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_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/5892-0-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/5484-4-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000024208-3.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/5892-7-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/5484-8-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/896-9-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/5892-10-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-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_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_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
4720	cmd.exe
4808	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4808	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5892	2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5892 wrote to memory of 5484	5892	2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	84
PID 5892 wrote to memory of 5484	5892	2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	84
PID 5892 wrote to memory of 5484	5892	2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	84
PID 2436 wrote to memory of 896	2436	cmd.exe	86
PID 2436 wrote to memory of 896	2436	cmd.exe	86
PID 2436 wrote to memory of 896	2436	cmd.exe	86
PID 5892 wrote to memory of 4720	5892	2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	91
PID 5892 wrote to memory of 4720	5892	2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	91
PID 5892 wrote to memory of 4720	5892	2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	91
PID 4720 wrote to memory of 4808	4720	cmd.exe	93
PID 4720 wrote to memory of 4808	4720	cmd.exe	93
PID 4720 wrote to memory of 4808	4720	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_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:5892
- 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:5484
- 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_eddf025c78321b91f563ff1017d628ba_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:4720
- - 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:4808

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:2436
- 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:896

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
5683d952e24a44779e9deada2c8f63a8

SHA1
32154b5a2836b8ea1838cd97b1aeff8ef05b270e

SHA256
29b52e4e19ff5729783d1d0f5f9bb5b9cc71e2341d116cc882c7fbfe5d5a34cd

SHA512
3a97741361af6244ce928a3d38e52de6f709e9ae7af83a30919d32f48734176adec7cf59a4ad43d5827de811c927f9816780169059ffc099cda0aec442790608

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memory/896-9-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/5484-4-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/5484-8-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/5892-0-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/5892-7-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/5892-10-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-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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