pikabot | a13a66488151b47508a2dd043f8010ad91b96638c0b1a6f83ebbb82c4cb4fc5e

General

Target

launcher.bat
Size

58B
MD5

f627a4b4c2c27385f8f82152aa576808
SHA1

a8d71fc8958dda6dea7165c46721061bd659da81
SHA256

4f2b4b4a37ccd633ee482dba7190ef279d53d103cdb14bbf1d0cf3cf60cc2a1f
SHA512

e9c1a0f88ad85199f63224142c35309fb0a15ae3d696706f8eece9e0026533068351fe8d7f3f9ea928ef590ac71c9bf81f887c70a214d3236271b7e01aba1e2b

Score

10^/10

pikabot botnet

Malware Config

Signatures

Detects PikaBot botnet 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral4/memory/2940-6-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral4/memory/2940-8-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral4/memory/2940-9-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral4/memory/2940-11-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral4/memory/2940-14-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral4/memory/2940-15-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2

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

Processes:

rundll32.exe

description pid process target process

PID 1156 set thread context of 2940 1156 rundll32.exe SearchProtocolHost.exe
Gathers network information 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059

Processes:

ipconfig.exenetstat.exe

pid process

2900 ipconfig.exe
3544 netstat.exe
Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
ransomware

Processes:

NOTEPAD.EXE

pid process

2964 NOTEPAD.EXE
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

SearchProtocolHost.exe

pid process

2940 SearchProtocolHost.exe
2940 SearchProtocolHost.exe
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exe

pid process

1156 rundll32.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1156 set thread context of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe

pid	process
2900	ipconfig.exe
3544	netstat.exe

pid	process
2964	NOTEPAD.EXE

pid	process
2940	SearchProtocolHost.exe
2940	SearchProtocolHost.exe

pid	process
1156	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 28 IoCs

Processes:

whoami.exenetstat.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1920	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3544	netstat.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exerundll32.exerundll32.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 4836	2144	cmd.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 4836	2144	cmd.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 4836 wrote to memory of 1156	4836	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 4836 wrote to memory of 1156	4836	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 4836 wrote to memory of 1156	4836	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1156 wrote to memory of 2940	1156	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\launcher.bat"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2144

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe RIRS.dll,Excpt
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4836

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe RIRS.dll,Excpt
3⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1156

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SearchProtocolHost.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe"
4⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2940

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\whoami.exe
whoami.exe /all
5⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1920

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe
ipconfig.exe /all
5⤵
- Gathers network information
PID:2900

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netstat.exe
netstat.exe -aon
5⤵
- Gathers network information
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3544

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:4576

C:\Windows\System32\NOTEPAD.EXE
"C:\Windows\System32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\launcher.bat
1⤵
- Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
PID:2964

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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Downloads

memory/1156-0-0x0000000002A50000-0x0000000002A53000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/1156-1-0x0000000002E00000-0x0000000002ED2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/2940-6-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/2940-8-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/2940-9-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/2940-11-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/2940-14-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/2940-15-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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