Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
153s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
30/07/2026, 07:42
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 89KB
- Sample260730-jjp7jaer2x
- SHA256 da8621ef213ee97f3d79e292aca28e1f62c8165690aae829f88cca41ccaa0b57
- MD5 e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5
- SHA1 c558bedb7b32898bbc4de01af05d252ebfa102e7
- SHA512 f1b82e2af2b03b8e486c72b422372bc5330d43ad3cbbfb5d6084e7addb8961f71557d55738347684bbb4ab98cf8a8feb2cf881bce51c30811627ec53592c990c
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrp:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30BV
- TLSH T123937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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sakula
C2
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www.polarroute.com
Signatures
- Sakula payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00080000000243d0-2.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-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4432 MediaCenter.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\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe" 2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_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 868 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 2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.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.
pid Process 868 cmd.exe 1896 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1896 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4600 2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4600 wrote to memory of 4432 4600 2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 88 PID 4600 wrote to memory of 868 4600 2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 100 PID 868 wrote to memory of 1896 868 cmd.exe 102
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_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:4600 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4432
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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\2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_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:868 -
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:1896
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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\MediaCenter.exe
- Size 89KB
- SHA256 2b34ab513e1bdfedb2634ea96e7ccf3a3a6b352823d7523746dff915b1107f8e
- MD5 ac3b90155184dda9e7b97042e264eb3f
- SHA1 7b6613c3c3810020120fe51268957ebaee48d88e
- SHA512 742503a59383080cd95257c84a82a4cfbadf7a4927a61fcf248110edba85bba332bf8d02b3d7753e1b3a4d0a9a075be11c7764c8a1676693e039b24e0971367f
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrI:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30Bc
- TLSH T1DD937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH