sakula | 74a0ac9c7c9e4d04d078cbf7d052ee11768ffb7d4dfc0455a56160e19b56ea9d

General

Target
2026-07-29_51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Size 100KB
Sample260729-htt3sszwbw
SHA256 74a0ac9c7c9e4d04d078cbf7d052ee11768ffb7d4dfc0455a56160e19b56ea9d
MD5 51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb
SHA1 a2302cc262219d6d3694dca8113676834f57f25a
SHA512 1ef8514e979097f2e897118beffa7aa999ac1a57ad8204b9b8cf166dd1cbcd2e71f5208c736b935994794551c1be62efbd580d4063607ffb8836eb6fa6b6ca34
SSDEEP 1536:5oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPqaml0Nz30rtrSxX:q0hpgz6xGhJamyF30BexX
TLSH
T19FA35A16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5077EBEB13D19D3AF56
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/924-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0005000000016b3f-4.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/924-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5300-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/924-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/924-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x0005000000016b3f-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/924-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/5300-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/924-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5300	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"	2026-07-29_51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb_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
2624	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	2026-07-29_51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb_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
2624	cmd.exe
2720	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2720	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	924	2026-07-29_51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 924 wrote to memory of 5300	924	2026-07-29_51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe	90
PID 924 wrote to memory of 2624	924	2026-07-29_51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe	92
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2720	2624	cmd.exe	94

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb_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:924
- 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:5300
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_51c47a23b0681102b4a33a56b6a906fb_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:2624
- - 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:2720

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 e8d7a6f3f73e478572713dd15b634153f0e5cc9a68f2c45c6e48a4a746f1f95c
MD5 c02de13a22297c06235f673992e99a0d
SHA1 7b6da624fa2df77ca618c5a53409e3defa1c6f50
SHA512 f474e93fdb8e52f8619070da7d5d0b4b4322b5d4796bac63835e60862fdeb73cb1d03f8d8348b75b6c26ba4e2ea504083974ad8dc689854fadd733cb14314de8
SSDEEP 1536:5oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPqaml0Nz30rtrSxY:q0hpgz6xGhJamyF30BexY
TLSH
T111A35A16B6D0C032E062143804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5177EBEB13D1993AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/924-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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memory/924-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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memory/924-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5300-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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