Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
143s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/10/2026, 16:48
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
General
- Target 2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Size 79KB
- Sample261022-vbftnsdx7x
- SHA256 16403cd5a70b6bfb6024c202f3631d9048ef4b628df21556b02dfa63d6248347
- MD5 952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035
- SHA1 0db84558a026a84847fc2e68ff225f5eb7ad34ab
- SHA512 322c4f1d7f194ecdf20d994f86a4f7bed680f05619123e2f2238f8ffde0d0bca2014e31601b5d03a06734668913cda5a2abd7e243f8515505b36f35782dc2745
- SSDEEP 1536:1oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RP0jwHVz30rtron:W0hpgz6xGhTjwHN30BEn
- TLSH T18C835B27B691C033E062113445B9E6635A7EB9324B7CC1877B8607BEBE702C0997AF56
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Sakula payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000400000001dbac-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-1-5-21-747854149-4118156852-591593384-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 860 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" 2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_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 3452 cmd.exe - Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname MediaCenter.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain MediaCenter.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 2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.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 3452 cmd.exe 4452 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4452 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4480 2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4480 wrote to memory of 860 4480 2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 84 PID 4480 wrote to memory of 3452 4480 2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 93 PID 3452 wrote to memory of 4452 3452 cmd.exe 95
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_amadey_elex_karagany_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_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:4480 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:860
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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\2026-10-21_952c801d3c8726c19a530df59c741035_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:3452 -
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:4452
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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 79KB
- SHA256 ca769a5ec79618203eaaf16ecd10a64fdfd936bd06fc867c028857d0731b4231
- MD5 73fc9cc0ab5cdcf0ff2af83c88395740
- SHA1 7e0b9aaa6257a03d8d88c942dabc20cc8fbac727
- SHA512 bcf35be3d18994fd53f03316024b4e625fab7232a26199e9cc9e0714f849bb0f00a0bb458f6f8a6967ce4f53ad44720ea2390af3cf6957215d67cae6cfbeec87
- SSDEEP 1536:1oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RP0jwHVz30rtroe:W0hpgz6xGhTjwHN30BEe
- TLSH T152835B27B691C033E062113445B9E6635A7EB9324B7CC1877B8607BEBE703C0997AF56
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH