Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
127s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-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 behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c52e-3.dat family_sakula - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5092 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 3448 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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE 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 - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 3448 cmd.exe 4560 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4560 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4548 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4548 wrote to memory of 5092 4548 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 90 PID 4548 wrote to memory of 3448 4548 2026-07-21_ee9dfb8026945a86e33b93b2497d92de_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 92 PID 3448 wrote to memory of 4560 3448 cmd.exe 94
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⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4548 -
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:5092
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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:3448 -
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:4560
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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 de631db70419b27350a18b9afe8f38e1dd457f8bb2bb3f6aa15ee8d2ee572ff7
- MD5 ebbf860278c6a4aef57e03e5eaadd04d
- SHA1 b9bc06190f428230d550996158955b3b302cc7df
- SHA512 6bbc5c8ca7b7b7923f3d30898e6393db0786252f9ca3dda85cd999ea04c8e7e760d7254acd960d3d961c26184336c7e84fdf7e8c77e03f55d0e4d03a05374181
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtr7:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30B3
- TLSH T11A938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH