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
11/11/2026, 01:12
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
General
- Target 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 331KB
- Sample261111-bkhvvadb67
- SHA256 7c0513f2295ed529f708089be7678f94cc446b12ca57b15f6775968410ae464c
- MD5 22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05
- SHA1 338aac7033ea2d9469a74903d6e1acf3b4562015
- SHA512 60229e4e970bf140b6a3f1c68bfd9ef4d2d15a225b89d3672d7b8be4ca6c4449b3d1a4ab3c38acde3aa028541ec1d14ec18c433d65f937e507fc7f50aea7c080
- SSDEEP 6144:Nj9c2WYd30BKmiPVpU3ypIPr3D3StNynyS/S:NSI2HG
- TLSH T180742983F29B4699DC10037D94738E2247B7ED2A48685A7B52FCF527E9B33C9056DC0A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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sakula
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www.savmpet.com
Signatures
- Sakula payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00090000000243da-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-1-5-21-1696934516-3600988056-1840298893-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3480 AdobeUpdate.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\AdobeUpdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\AdobeUpdate.exe" 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_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 1580 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 AdobeUpdate.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain AdobeUpdate.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 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeUpdate.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 1580 cmd.exe 4400 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4400 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4480 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4480 wrote to memory of 3480 4480 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 86 PID 4480 wrote to memory of 1580 4480 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 95 PID 1580 wrote to memory of 4400 1580 cmd.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_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:4480 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3480
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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\2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_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:1580 -
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:4400
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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\AdobeUpdate.exe
- Size 331KB
- SHA256 15467bcf0f9a2709ba10df7252870c647d3187efde3739adfcaaea17e0dfe0b0
- MD5 6ffc2e629ce5f94c0b5515628a70d244
- SHA1 5bdfedc884edc8e664581111a57d5c42ee63854b
- SHA512 d954109d34d258958c2f94924ff6ff37b1a86c19565b1d5b4aa186ca515ce11df1c92789f96d42bf5adf6df9022f62e2e04d7d2d08046c39dd647bcd4c158f58
- SSDEEP 6144:Nj9c2WYd30BKmiPVpU3ypIPr3D3StNynyS/K:NSI2HW
- TLSH T1FD742983F29B4699DC10037D94738E2247B7ED2A48685A7B52FCF527E9B33C9056DC0A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH