Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
149s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
05/07/2026, 07:45
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 92KB
- Sample260705-jlcn8aex4m
- SHA256 9aa0c8e7a758fc5396f53400b133cfb5258b554802dfc22c0fe91129d4183688
- MD5 1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e
- SHA1 e5b7270a5289012d8336e6d6513f4ee81c1fb7dc
- SHA512 1900f60c24ff55a7ae9a6ad7fecc94a87c411a056074a154f251eba2e7714366c35688ff67afa9a69abc573c53a362a10ebd2b6af0b0be16dc27bc02fef5ab89
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrM:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30B4
- TLSH T1FE938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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sakula
C2
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www.savmpet.com
Signatures
- Sakula payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c5e1-3.dat family_sakula - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1852 AdobeUpdate.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AdobeUpdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\AdobeUpdate.exe" 2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
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 2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeUpdate.exe - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 680 cmd.exe 6016 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 6016 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3832 2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3832 wrote to memory of 1852 3832 2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 88 PID 3832 wrote to memory of 680 3832 2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 90 PID 680 wrote to memory of 6016 680 cmd.exe 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3832 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1852
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_1c2ab0bad22790d3e2be4421a303865e_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:680 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXEping 127.0.0.13⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:6016
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe
- Size 92KB
- SHA256 79b90fe3066e448f147a151e3287efd51e82f92c7246fdfbe16cfa4d7b7e79ca
- MD5 a4ef09c89044b721c2cb052ad2cb7026
- SHA1 48c2b0c3ad9ac9f97fff09975af684c3d9481bec
- SHA512 7c0547ad26a12c554a82047c91dad4d82347547f466c24c2490382d51b5897c32513717fd329d8c4adc2dd197ceba5c696c02702e5e3925c946935d2e40299b9
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtru:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30By
- TLSH T178938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH