Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
146s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-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
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
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
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/0x000d00000001c626-3.dat family_sakula - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5872 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 2320 cmd.exe 1116 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1116 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1484 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1484 wrote to memory of 5872 1484 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 88 PID 1484 wrote to memory of 2320 1484 2026-07-09_69f1b9d6d338458a10c96f53976be0a7_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 90 PID 2320 wrote to memory of 1116 2320 cmd.exe 92
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⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1484 -
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:5872
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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:2320 -
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:1116
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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 be24043d08c089c89dce91a7cfed2827a3482e2a906c61a31d47d2e379545c2c
- MD5 b298650843c01229437b9ba0514955a2
- SHA1 43d017c9967ffdf9a6d854f42786f6f89e74fb11
- SHA512 7f3fb1d8428104250e2caf614b01136325a853dccf6db15110652fe5aff43accd489d63206d3be4293f2eee87affee49276ad009193203408819c4a8088684af
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtr2:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30Bq
- TLSH T12D938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH