Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
149s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/07/2026, 08:30
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
General
- Target 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 92KB
- Sample260709-kenctaf141
- SHA256 657b7f0fdc61b247f0d6eb7201d85d4c658a0a58ad6d5a7b89ec477a9f2973b5
- MD5 69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7
- SHA1 9e5b70e0db0064f08e4e70bc816c48e53359c904
- SHA512 ae172b2d9a7c2d084374a63b4e9e2136981b478c855843890eb8ba77c97f6f9e0bf0e6247aa52a138c0b22495c849b18f35fdb84e48daaa1ab73ef9b0b9b746c
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrw:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30Bs
- TLSH T1A6938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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sakula
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www.savmpet.com
Signatures
- Sakula payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024659-2.dat family_sakula - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4276 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" 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_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 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeUpdate.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 3328 PING.EXE 2012 cmd.exe - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 3328 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2992 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2992 wrote to memory of 4276 2992 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 87 PID 2992 wrote to memory of 2012 2992 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 91 PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3328 2012 cmd.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.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:2992 -
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:4276
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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\2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_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:2012 -
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:3328
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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 84d9eb22d012dc7622bbd4debd752fa3ff3c0231ce8f10f64ac69087fa301c14
- MD5 a43b6550a6fc13d84acc44fe5b303c06
- SHA1 bd02f18719add29b816ccf9074a7ec3c22d5f004
- SHA512 83d9377a014ea24f00ee7fd9872e0ca5353b295c72b99980e17356a8bb2ab12f146660dcc3b6b3007d8dd36841fcd1f18b468831a1b966291e12d143314d5b42
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrd:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30BJ
- TLSH T1F0938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH