Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
139s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-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 behavioral2/files/0x0005000000016b3f-3.dat family_sakula - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5916 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 4232 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 4232 cmd.exe 3488 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 3488 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2108 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 2108 wrote to memory of 5916 2108 2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 88 PID 2108 wrote to memory of 4232 2108 2026-07-30_e4edd49ace95a3280592f0a854768ad5_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 91 PID 4232 wrote to memory of 3488 4232 cmd.exe 93
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⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2108 -
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:5916
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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:4232 -
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:3488
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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 3a0ba243aaf6f4d933dc4af0ed7bfcb01055104e255a385170a9b5894a181478
- MD5 c35daf5ef3dcb5a1860f7eec33887009
- SHA1 a38c150ac31b0c910ef781f1969349fcd5fffd4f
- SHA512 495106e0ab6ab684629d6c57a2ca310ac10034b45a3d9b8a09df3a44d9a941b98f2eb93025a4c5cf46f4f49e16fc80d220000002b5dee25c362483c5a739d179
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtr1:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30BZ
- TLSH T1AF937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH