Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
23/08/2026, 04:23
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-22_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-22_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Size 320KB
- Sample260823-ezy26asfmh
- SHA256 a2644949327c8e1ef06df4dd07f0ca32b3d46c858c5494ee8fcd658cf9b8cc35
- MD5 98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e
- SHA1 a745f3587672672b57f18bfee876e7b04ac7805d
- SHA512 38382cbe46f8dd7314c7d893672d45ed8bc4bb39323f0964fe28a719c7dbb2220d69980a387b8a23ea0424904010fe9a653de45e067e1320018046e30ead287a
- SSDEEP 1536:1oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RP0jwHVz30rtroZeBsCXKTnhxJw:W0hpgz6xGhTjwHN30BE8BsZhI
- TLSH T10B645C12B780C032D066013C85B7E7620A7EFD229A79C6477B85776F7E703915D26F2A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Sakula payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0008000000024478-2.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-1-5-21-540052884-2969440504-464782435-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-08-22_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4136 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_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.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 1272 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_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.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 1272 cmd.exe 4420 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4420 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4532 2026-08-22_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4532 wrote to memory of 4136 4532 2026-08-22_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 83 PID 4532 wrote to memory of 1272 4532 2026-08-22_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 99 PID 1272 wrote to memory of 4420 1272 cmd.exe 101
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.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:4532 -
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:4136
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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_98453ed618dfab08385673d96e47782e_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.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:1272 -
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:4420
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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 320KB
- SHA256 e7985c2186fa029af48ca0019d050ecaaef63556543a64e1ad9ad210f709f804
- MD5 d424cb27d2f8af194c1cad6873cff35f
- SHA1 438b43c7265010bbdc546f80b4fb64369543c55b
- SHA512 9fef6f4eb59695005847ca948b94316bf5fd5e2fbaed7ae15ce1d54a7eda4ced42901767da8e8323d4c6fbd3b1e95a42ae88fa53e9a297e2b03b838e71499061
- SSDEEP 1536:1oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RP0jwHVz30rtroZeBsCXKTnhxJi:W0hpgz6xGhTjwHN30BE8BsZha
- TLSH T19A645C12B780C032D066013C85B7E7A20A7EFD229A79C6477B85776F7E703915D26F2A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH