Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
12/08/2026, 19:26
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 89KB
- Sample260812-x5yyfstdjg
- SHA256 b1734a154240815f7cc5f6204520c4f9bf3b0e5d79b18f59784e69e10920030a
- MD5 0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b
- SHA1 2b38a00d3b55af5d67660f57e54cc9b93955fd48
- SHA512 0a2fdc8df0f3fad83c9d05fc2ab833472997119ff2d7bdae0c3fc2ae5fb98b2f3ce00f57400bbd4456d00c129d7747fcfeccd66704afa64ea8f153e87653a22f
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtr3:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30B7
- TLSH T1F3937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217ACD997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- 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/0x000800000002420b-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-1-5-21-889581200-2041691093-2048517887-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2508 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" 2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_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 4696 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 2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_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 4696 cmd.exe 1528 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1528 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1648 2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1648 wrote to memory of 2508 1648 2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 85 PID 1648 wrote to memory of 4696 1648 2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 105 PID 4696 wrote to memory of 1528 4696 cmd.exe 107
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_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:1648 -
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:2508
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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\2026-08-12_0ebebc70a4abe242b5e2dd0e89d2227b_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:4696 -
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:1528
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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 e661fc341c54ea24ff2b9087312490b3fe940f7ca1344e595687331c250b4dcc
- MD5 ccd35094ebe135d31bda9f8033c03b72
- SHA1 8c286578ad715800b2862d9ff21dcbdcc0bcd425
- SHA512 b3af5f71e9668fe9878ac8bbcdab3cff75232256b91c7c383f9a8f629bb0e4d71c4fdf9b5fea16f9733dc20f166c1cfe1a618c44cdd686ee19c70b505af56b0c
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrZ:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30B1
- TLSH T1E4937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH