sakula | 535c14db203ffb1846535c6a06fe599b0fa49a63756b98ff4a5a22f07704c002

General

Target
2026-04-15_aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Size 99KB
Sample260415-e3espaex3j
SHA256 535c14db203ffb1846535c6a06fe599b0fa49a63756b98ff4a5a22f07704c002
MD5 aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c
SHA1 55b23d5d38515eb1a78740f3786e07119a73b6b9
SHA512 670a474ffba64a00d33b4025a8e51c15ae4c2deb1cc5527225ec15c50fa354b69c7304f3bd3fbd31145d7260c492ffef1ee629fe387e6399210aa6937e10e898
SSDEEP 1536:ioaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtr+x:t0hpgz6xGhZamyF30BSx
TLSH
T1EBA35A16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5177EBEB03D1993AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Sakula payload 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2312-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x001d00000002b2b1-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4916-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2312-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4916-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2312-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2312-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x001d00000002b2b1-3.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4916-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/2312-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4916-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/2312-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4916	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"	2026-04-15_aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe

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 4 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	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	2026-04-15_aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.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
4144	PING.EXE
1748	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4144	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2312	2026-04-15_aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2312 wrote to memory of 4916	2312	2026-04-15_aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe	80
PID 2312 wrote to memory of 1748	2312	2026-04-15_aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe	81
PID 1748 wrote to memory of 4144	1748	cmd.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2312
- 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:4916
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_aa32d837397fe2afe8272d41975f243c_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1748
- - 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:4144

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

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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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 99KB
SHA256 43c804b60271f759f1209e7526863a6c852281f562de097bc374803ded51d324
MD5 c9d21d34cb03c86380834beb39e00db7
SHA1 e8e451851888761bdb79c54b7d8c569e0e7d90f2
SHA512 e9c2c8298d9618d3c4a65617272a3673569d359d310de0ad8d8089846ec307f895a301a4baa238a8c07819bbf851a622d5737a84c062368055dd81464f1eabbe
SSDEEP 1536:ioaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtr+xV:t0hpgz6xGhZamyF30BSxV
TLSH
T1DCA35A16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324BBCC1977BC5177EBEB03D1993AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/2312-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/2312-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/2312-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4916-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4916-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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