sakula | 2aa472abe15a3be12e20f392f88e7972fb495b877886642910ede5364503a7a5

General

Target
2026-07-14_3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Size 100KB
Sample260714-hvn8yaay21
SHA256 2aa472abe15a3be12e20f392f88e7972fb495b877886642910ede5364503a7a5
MD5 3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d
SHA1 76e31d663282e3fc01649abe01bfea80078e7d72
SHA512 b6a003b854375563125649d032c96ff629cce261120bb58798b305cf4e36fff8005e778f960780e2302256ff754a83f118812e38fe18ab8405075eff051cd7bc
SSDEEP 1536:5oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPqaml0Nz30rtrSxn:q0hpgz6xGhJamyF30Bexn
TLSH
T1E9A35A17B6D0C032E052153804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5077EBEB13D1993AF56
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 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3144-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c516-4.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3144-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3496-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3144-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3144-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c516-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/3144-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/3496-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/3144-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3496	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"	2026-07-14_3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d_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	2026-07-14_3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d_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
4596	cmd.exe
4916	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4916	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3144	2026-07-14_3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3144 wrote to memory of 3496	3144	2026-07-14_3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe	87
PID 3144 wrote to memory of 4596	3144	2026-07-14_3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe	89
PID 4596 wrote to memory of 4916	4596	cmd.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-14_3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-14_3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d_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:3144
- 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:3496
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-14_3b6305e7d637f2a34d63119252b77b4d_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:4596
- - 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:4916

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 100KB
SHA256 b23adc09852b0bd3970e1417ca3832c054831d45549d548743b8f5ceee17ce30
MD5 4e31238fd01bf37a8a7400e8a80ec5c0
SHA1 21a08d4e95f337f30619c811b858a6ab17903cd6
SHA512 d842210f492960f27c52bba34cee477e0c2c333c890fdd615eb608f06a1572ab603277d9a75cb363acc02444eb5f50c4fa9d42bc5c7f4efeb3d2118634ffc08b
SSDEEP 1536:5oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPqaml0Nz30rtrSxL:q0hpgz6xGhJamyF30BexL
TLSH
T154A35A16B6D0C032E062143804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5177EBEB13D19D3AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/3144-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3144-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3144-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3496-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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