sakula | af96d74584a860a46562d1486222c331adc1f51a2549d87547d9c649ca8340e6

General

Target
2026-07-22_92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Size 100KB
Sample260722-s2167agf44
SHA256 af96d74584a860a46562d1486222c331adc1f51a2549d87547d9c649ca8340e6
MD5 92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4
SHA1 afa919792090cc418d8d0995a21e4517978afe1d
SHA512 b894b99fd12650a62ebec610a888938900771d03569905d7b6a56a4ad32506bf86ba7abef64d3270700dbe3b4ce76ea1723481da5ce0ec381ce545b2c796498b
SSDEEP 1536:5oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPqaml0Nz30rtrSxG:q0hpgz6xGhJamyF30BexG
TLSH
T182A35A16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5077EBEB13D1993AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery execution 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/4468-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c5d0-4.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4468-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4324-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4468-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4468-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c5d0-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4468-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4324-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4468-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4324	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"	2026-07-22_92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4_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

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.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
4488	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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-07-22_92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
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

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
2940	PING.EXE
4488	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2940	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4468	2026-07-22_92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4468 wrote to memory of 4324	4468	2026-07-22_92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe	88
PID 4468 wrote to memory of 4488	4468	2026-07-22_92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe	91
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 2940	4488	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-22_92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-22_92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4_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:4468
- 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:4324
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-22_92a2056d2c33da58e93e874c7946d4f4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.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:4488
- - 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:2940

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

Windows Command Shell

1

T1059.003

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 dbc67ca1e7ba29322cc54ac57f11cb1c659f271e4e92de504cfc7ce7d878b20a
MD5 6e7ead7d95baac2e5129e19b13913370
SHA1 103798e4c6a360d54a6f6118eb18d8cb45377d1e
SHA512 1436305088f5d8bf676e0a8300f945b79b7c92668a1007907c6c46e1913cc6d230a307c63516f8b2de45199d1a8f7585b53b0e1420496aa59d35d3588f7050cc
SSDEEP 1536:5oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPqaml0Nz30rtrSxL:q0hpgz6xGhJamyF30BexL
TLSH
T14CA35A16B6D0C032E052143804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5077EBEB13D1993AF5A
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/4324-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4468-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4468-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4468-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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