Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
135s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
25/10/2026, 07:54
General
- Target 2026-10-24_ca58a4be75d1a2f036f7c86ee968f893_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe
- Size 259KB
- Sample261025-jrt6fsvs3l
- SHA256 53d107f27bb99c859575f9cf2f3abedcc98b048e4f03338f04a763d925a4bf2e
Malware Config
Extracted
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sakula
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www.polarroute.com
Signatures
- Family: Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
- Sakula payload 4 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
- Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-24_ca58a4be75d1a2f036f7c86ee968f893_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-24_ca58a4be75d1a2f036f7c86ee968f893_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.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
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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
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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\2026-10-24_ca58a4be75d1a2f036f7c86ee968f893_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.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
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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
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
MediaCenter.exe
memory/2688-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp
memory/4808-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp
memory/4808-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp