sakula | d80a6d483eb0ac8280cefb374d8e8af6427dd06d472cc103c864c24604e55202

General

Target
2026-11-09_0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe
Size 304KB
Sample261111-ebq2mseb85
SHA256 d80a6d483eb0ac8280cefb374d8e8af6427dd06d472cc103c864c24604e55202
MD5 0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2
SHA1 54a46226663608f69ed29645819b11541758d5b0
SHA512 020c09df0a9e621f8851be61c69cb7060c7f02f02079a42c5a2a266d216591073fcde65fe8f7d17803f4928bc847dbcbe4c76e142b6e61e74eb61a64167da86f
SSDEEP 6144:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N/Y:0RfQn+w8EYiBlk
TLSH
T16B646C346ACE84B1E34644B2A8B397E64676BC3C5F1ACA1FE7887F1D19732C06591D0B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery execution sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sakula

C2

www.polarroute.com

Signatures

Family: Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula

Sakula payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4156-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0005000000016b39-4.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4156-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4896-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4896	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe"	2026-11-09_0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
4288	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.

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-11-09_0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
248	PING.EXE
4288	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
248	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4156	2026-11-09_0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4156 wrote to memory of 4896	4156	2026-11-09_0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe	89
PID 4156 wrote to memory of 4288	4156	2026-11-09_0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe	91
PID 4288 wrote to memory of 248	4288	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2_amadey_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4156
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4896
- 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_0b2bcec23a0c00d6a7d77da77f6c91b2_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
  PID:4288
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:248

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

Windows Command Shell

1

T1059.003

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

2

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 304KB
SHA256 4c8ae53895bfff8b49c16cb00e9f794b51e0b1de9ced00317c369871e1b9f58c
MD5 dc31341c70eddc63fb33c513804cb274
SHA1 d1ca485917a85c61953a93d7f067f6330e87ef30
SHA512 4c05ce63e55dc558f879afc9cdb724932109588bfdb5d8beaeb2f9cb64ebda5818494a6931141de4c0a22c0289914fb9829eb9422ddd34f18d3483b21760d6e8
SSDEEP 6144:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N/f:0RfQn+w8EYiBlT
TLSH
T128646C346ACE84B1E34644B2A8B397E64676BC3C5F1ACA1FE7887F1D19732C06591D0B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/4156-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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memory/4156-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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memory/4896-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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