pikabot | 59f42ecde152f78731e54ea27e761bba748c9309a6ad1c2fd17f0e8b90f8aed1

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Analysis

max time kernel
119s
max time network
104s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
submitted
21-02-2023 11:37

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General

Target

59f42ecde152f78731e54ea27e761bba748c9309a6ad1c2fd17f0e8b90f8aed1.dll
Size

1.0MB
MD5

46808efd5331489a931e51792623caca
SHA1

1e7e75bcee397e9c447edb7a7a20a5c81eee8a87
SHA256

59f42ecde152f78731e54ea27e761bba748c9309a6ad1c2fd17f0e8b90f8aed1
SHA512

33fcf014dba7718a7e99a4860854b6067e525c8e1ab187dd9468fd4913fe7fe450b89beb5c915e424288857ce6137f96ef970d26b9bd061991d1d6a97e63b853
SSDEEP

24576:oYwf5ZRmacuzNSmFa10450twvOUqEB7PBd3X3m+r:WcCzNfveyUdPBdH3l

Score

10^/10

pikabot botnet evasion

Malware Config

Signatures

Detects PikaBot botnet 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/620-133-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DDC000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot
behavioral2/memory/620-137-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DDC000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot

PikaBot
PikaBot is a botnet that is distributed similarly to Qakbot and written in c++.
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Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4524 created 3112	4524	regsvr32.exe	41

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	WWAHost.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4524 set thread context of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
5032	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4524	regsvr32.exe
4524	regsvr32.exe

Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4524	regsvr32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 4524	3052	regsvr32.exe	81
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 4524	3052	regsvr32.exe	81
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 4524	3052	regsvr32.exe	81
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 620	4524	regsvr32.exe	84
PID 620 wrote to memory of 4560	620	WWAHost.exe	85
PID 620 wrote to memory of 4560	620	WWAHost.exe	85
PID 620 wrote to memory of 4560	620	WWAHost.exe	85
PID 4560 wrote to memory of 5032	4560	cmd.exe	87
PID 4560 wrote to memory of 5032	4560	cmd.exe	87
PID 4560 wrote to memory of 5032	4560	cmd.exe	87

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\59f42ecde152f78731e54ea27e761bba748c9309a6ad1c2fd17f0e8b90f8aed1.dll
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3052
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
  /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\59f42ecde152f78731e54ea27e761bba748c9309a6ad1c2fd17f0e8b90f8aed1.dll
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4524

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:3112
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WWAHost.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WWAHost.exe"
  2⤵
  - Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:620
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    cmd.exe /C "ping localhost && copy /b /y %SystemRoot%\System32\ActivationManager.dll %appdata%\Microsoft\nonresistantOutlivesDictatorial\AphroniaHaimavati.dll"
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4560
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping localhost
      4⤵
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:5032

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

Remote System Discovery

T1018

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/620-133-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DDC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/620-137-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DDC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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