Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
145s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
06/08/2026, 22:49
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 89KB
- Sample260806-2rsazacf47
- SHA256 04bbb2229d812b5b196b55aaae247e2adf8759b19a2f5411fbe670ace8147121
- MD5 9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469
- SHA1 5e6de91205e359583d29da9ee31ff17b79beb26c
- SHA512 1678d00d90928188a20a7bd3c450b0d50888a7b92b5e2df8c05e7e88d5099afaf8531ce296303ac7b7e54a2b7b43f416fbacae8c1653ae59b2dc45a83294b808
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrI:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30BE
- TLSH T1CB937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- 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/0x000e00000001c521-3.dat family_sakula - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1640 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" 2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_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 4756 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 2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_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 4756 cmd.exe 2808 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 2808 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 552 2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 552 wrote to memory of 1640 552 2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 89 PID 552 wrote to memory of 4756 552 2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 91 PID 4756 wrote to memory of 2808 4756 cmd.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_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:552 -
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:1640
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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\2026-08-06_9adf7e041232d29e8f76ce241fe07469_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:4756 -
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:2808
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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 a198799ec17aeb4af516fc2a586c49057a3fa9c93fd3e31cfed57e695d86b7b8
- MD5 1b92d7b23657b1b3885169a02af944ac
- SHA1 5e37d44fc607a6d393b7dcc148110f4c255d5d5b
- SHA512 25863d9e6c0b009367f6261937a2871f08919e8576b1a039a0749f3f8b82ab44f915fd28a4906ae453797d7f4c037211bcc358df9d94adb1834db89e28c2d1b6
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrt:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30BJ
- TLSH T1F6937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH