Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
143s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
23/08/2026, 00:50
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 89KB
- Sample260823-a67knawtfw
- SHA256 4fdea48591588d5b1627faeddbed54fb39196fb5d866f3fb090710c8d7ca0949
- MD5 c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4
- SHA1 91f73eab66cc85402a36b6ca9ac80e86910ce5cd
- SHA512 ac67843e20cfdb63e3adbbc7065c3888a2b45447b4988ad680e93a7397bd70289faca194fea2327026a862378ea8714c4bb2f4367c9f4646b180f934f4b9ae9d
- SSDEEP 1536:VQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrC:O29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30Be
- TLSH T13D937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217B8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- 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/0x000d00000001c517-3.dat family_sakula - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1488 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" 2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_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 2448 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 2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_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 2448 cmd.exe 6088 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 6088 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2696 2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2696 wrote to memory of 1488 2696 2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 89 PID 2696 wrote to memory of 2448 2696 2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 91 PID 2448 wrote to memory of 6088 2448 cmd.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_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:2696 -
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:1488
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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\2026-08-22_c4e76e84f8699dbe3a28de3bf090e7d4_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:2448 -
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:6088
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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 3efc71c2b2d61aa8a33af2fe2f0b82c80234de274198be0497ff16b084eea37f
- MD5 03d6397964fa6d4903b30dcc89deb755
- SHA1 854df71b00ac7d0e738e2536374c7691916c1fa5
- SHA512 25c7e3f6f73ac80971b623ec5e01e7c133735de3cd5815ba6d4eb19d877bcc5dda8381dd7c60cbc2c5420d3daca453da0e97fa0c15f7d23cbed1ad43dd07cad2
- SSDEEP 1536:VQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+ees52z30rtrq:O29DkEGRQixVSjLaes5G30Bm
- TLSH T136937C11B9C1C072E00510346969D7B35B7F752217A8D997BB841FBEBE613C09A3BACA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH