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
07/08/2026, 01:58
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 89KB
- Sample260807-cdzepade64
- SHA256 531ea9fa3b96cbed053949671ebf072a988e1a9c7cbcae8b19a9a1c7e3cea93c
- MD5 06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a
- SHA1 5ca3a506cf1a832c959212131fb47106cdeab559
- SHA512 038a444bcd797ad445d5ab7572a3051f84315213bcc1134da7f58c6b47b48361ed4291848cab5ad4f4cf868de828c00837805ea227c121b0c8837a803abb7b74
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrC:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30Bm
- TLSH T146937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- 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/0x0009000000024540-2.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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2280 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" 2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_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 2204 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 MediaCenter.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 2204 cmd.exe 1332 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1332 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4116 2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4116 wrote to memory of 2280 4116 2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 85 PID 4116 wrote to memory of 2204 4116 2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 95 PID 2204 wrote to memory of 1332 2204 cmd.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_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:4116 -
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:2280
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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\2026-08-07_06702c962e9b3112f42e4ba2ad3a983a_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:2204 -
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:1332
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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 d79c8ac1903fdf10f96390548908db81674278939c1d7605b567b522020dff93
- MD5 5310cd7506a534e5732bd17c51f55536
- SHA1 917c5d361c1fb6a57400ddfe6383e6ed869e1f0e
- SHA512 b29dcc57d00cb8ac20109cf4b4a1e5058b1fc1e7b5a9f9ab6cb15377d46a06ce1a565138e6009ebc219a38cf59f99ef01dbd0e4a804e55e1c5c5eba50a9d7756
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtri:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30Be
- TLSH T1A4937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH