Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
128s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-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 behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c46b-3.dat family_sakula - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4440 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 3544 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 3544 cmd.exe 2672 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 2672 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5936 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5936 wrote to memory of 4440 5936 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 89 PID 5936 wrote to memory of 3544 5936 2026-11-09_22567f6d5123f9c83a109a112f85ae05_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 91 PID 3544 wrote to memory of 2672 3544 cmd.exe 93
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⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5936 -
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:4440
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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:3544 -
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:2672
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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 79c50c3679f7778fc1331c01b584352dbad27742634f75af519a66d624c8eb05
- MD5 bda40895c4f7720547fb2fb872ccd35b
- SHA1 ec89e26837a4b10b30e39ee6a040b5014a8bcbef
- SHA512 64da6f62c71df16d44266a7aa9e2e5455d019d819f9e6daca3a089c595f4a48d16020e84033445c29285a48d0644b969cb5c2a3fc2e284e018fc30c3fece7df1
- SSDEEP 6144:Nj9c2WYd30BKmiPVpU3ypIPr3D3StNynyS/u:NSI2HC
- TLSH T1BA742983F29B4699DC10037D94738E2247B7ED2A48685A7B52FCF527E9B33C9056DC0A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH