Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
143s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
21/07/2026, 03:43
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 92KB
- Sample260721-eael8aft4t
- SHA256 9c1809ecf3ddf104430a6282cdcd92a03a7d428453922062e49a9b32fda1deb1
- MD5 ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de
- SHA1 ad52ae9cb81e2764dfe0990ed52c5e5b9976dcb2
- SHA512 00abb200a022c413f3ef67a0f82374a466ba96ce4fba1b188ac4b2cdcb950833db6a93f8c5a8856464eaa374db8071735ade9c4f1cd5989fc7940032494e0a90
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrI:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30BU
- TLSH T177938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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 behavioral1/files/0x000700000002458a-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-1-5-21-1788976790-1541110888-1636651838-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 872 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" 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 2412 cmd.exe - 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 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_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 2412 cmd.exe 1436 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1436 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3732 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3732 wrote to memory of 872 3732 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 84 PID 3732 wrote to memory of 2412 3732 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 106 PID 2412 wrote to memory of 1436 2412 cmd.exe 108
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_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:3732 -
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:872
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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\2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2412 -
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:1436
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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 c5a8ed851db9819595d1de1569263d05905be582f6f808039330b54e5cf7299e
- MD5 bd71fafde798713a7d7392d2e219eead
- SHA1 63026e6700db924342f0b61b7f1478b083e36ad8
- SHA512 be5c0dc7f5c5f070997d0f5d5760c5615350bf4264cbd61da4418be67a7545c8d802892ffe9e8129db8a761fb11bc25e8efa6e1e01244b146139ffc8a358d80b
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtr1:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30Bh
- TLSH T1B6938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH