sakula | eecedf9ccc5cc2b5ca414475bddd2ae6c7db3af60d2f6e0b117b5d76930f6775

General

Target

2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Size

114KB
MD5

133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f
SHA1

c4038037a94a16e993e3bbfadb9f903dee479d27
SHA256

eecedf9ccc5cc2b5ca414475bddd2ae6c7db3af60d2f6e0b117b5d76930f6775
SHA512

c4c47c9f4d36033b4774eecd1f5d9c36b765f136c796591205608a6563a9f51a95154c8757c2eba7446822f4a8333b5fd9286f39695c1d51eafb795d35efb7c5
SSDEEP

1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPLJNz30rtriCr0nJnHPoq1nouy8TRgi:c0hpgz6xGhYJF30Blr0nhoutTRgi

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/1972-0-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A21000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000241c6-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2140-4-0x00000000005E0000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1972-7-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A21000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2140-8-0x00000000005E0000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/4852-9-0x00000000005E0000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1972-10-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A21000-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_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2140	MediaCenter.exe
4852	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_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_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/1972-0-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A21000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000241c6-3.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2140-4-0x00000000005E0000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1972-7-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A21000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2140-8-0x00000000005E0000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/4852-9-0x00000000005E0000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1972-10-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A21000-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_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_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
4932	cmd.exe
6064	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
6064	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1972	2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 2140	1972	2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	85
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 2140	1972	2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	85
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 2140	1972	2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	85
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 4852	1060	cmd.exe	87
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 4852	1060	cmd.exe	87
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 4852	1060	cmd.exe	87
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 4932	1972	2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	90
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 4932	1972	2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	90
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 4932	1972	2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe	90
PID 4932 wrote to memory of 6064	4932	cmd.exe	92
PID 4932 wrote to memory of 6064	4932	cmd.exe	92
PID 4932 wrote to memory of 6064	4932	cmd.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_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:1972
- 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_133e221864299ee38c17d8401414a21f_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:4932
- - 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:6064

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:4852

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
8f9699a9666cf578cbf6834587aebcb4

SHA1
575cffd60fc328a763b41ba37969fbed30d69e8a

SHA256
45c9bfaba5e16a17ae0818ad09842531f2541b6267ea4f22c3a828e0a0a81a91

SHA512
2e4944a8d7df49a67e4b2d9e048aa136518932615c672d33a08fa4903cb11210f0de4d3eb5fca651d96dd3c271a2bb514ee66ef6d3d66201c5f71311cf1fcce4

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memory/1972-0-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A21000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1972-7-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A21000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1972-10-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A21000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2140-4-0x00000000005E0000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2140-8-0x00000000005E0000-0x0000000000601000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/4852-9-0x00000000005E0000-0x0000000000601000-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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