Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
138s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
14/08/2026, 19:52
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 89KB
- Sample260814-ylmlrazhmf
- SHA256 31f3dc772394cd5d09f09fa14cb4e85a1f376f125510ad9fbb9378752cdd2001
- MD5 04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28
- SHA1 46a241b9efeead14a9f3a69d0d595a55ab3777c2
- SHA512 4bb53e96caa62f33611ac371519c47a176cf8ddf0673c1e823cdf69ff144d967f9c60f60263fd3a13a2897b57731e08431b555e427752ea60f310d2361363e3a
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrx:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30B9
- TLSH T139937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- 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/0x0008000000024549-1.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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4916 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" 2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_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 740 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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MediaCenter.exe - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 3352 PING.EXE 740 cmd.exe - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 3352 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4124 2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4124 wrote to memory of 4916 4124 2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 84 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 740 4124 2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 88 PID 740 wrote to memory of 3352 740 cmd.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_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:4124 -
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:4916
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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\2026-08-14_04647b8982f5a493c5b896413c7c0b28_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:740 -
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:3352
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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 e9b25a04c737f3f83d5c8ee6a1e8fd4ccbac17796bee093f10a077f5f67534fc
- MD5 08b90449ffdf8031ae441914a75e5bed
- SHA1 4c0d01d578f7ea718f933d380fac36507a92550f
- SHA512 658b0a2e86dfa31ff7d756c0976dd9c0e6d884e095c8f614f7bc140fea5250b21b3c6cd5c23eac58c2c5d76384c53bc7263043979a09c84fdb0f7d81093bd3fb
- SSDEEP 1536:PQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrH:w29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30BT
- TLSH T157937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH