pikabot | c6ec3cec1720ba9522fe779be24fd5503d22fc3ac0c53224652b1ad1beca2f3d

General

Target

fa5710fea9ff93e8d446803066d2cf74088f67db96336c000fbff597982eb128.dll
Size

795KB
MD5

c83fe58088ef5f05342367e71eb28873
SHA1

8af8c027cb0f56b6775115383f4d5bdf010a6352
SHA256

fa5710fea9ff93e8d446803066d2cf74088f67db96336c000fbff597982eb128
SHA512

0089a1ed148c7ea705ef9bdcaa3231ebf8d78d6e5e32a487ad4dff5aebcae33470aa1c5074d6ed55d7be37ae80526d826a1ce1c93faa6f7181848f0a0d23292d
SSDEEP

24576:/tR2jQOoVmT/QrwFbxE6Elpq5nOkcJofEXmi:1TMT/jb+Bl05nBcJocXmi

Score

10^/10

pikabot botnet

Malware Config

Signatures

Detects PikaBot botnet 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3728-0-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/3728-2-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/3728-3-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/3728-4-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/3728-5-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/3728-7-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-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 3456 set thread context of 3728 3456 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

3144 ipconfig.exe
1640 netstat.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

SearchProtocolHost.exe

pid process

3728 SearchProtocolHost.exe
3728 SearchProtocolHost.exe
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exe

pid process

3456 rundll32.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3456 set thread context of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe

pid	process
3144	ipconfig.exe
1640	netstat.exe

pid	process
3728	SearchProtocolHost.exe
3728	SearchProtocolHost.exe

pid	process
3456	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 28 IoCs

Processes:

whoami.exenetstat.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4696	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	netstat.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exerundll32.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 3456	3548	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 3456	3548	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 3456	3548	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 3456 wrote to memory of 3728	3456	rundll32.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fa5710fea9ff93e8d446803066d2cf74088f67db96336c000fbff597982eb128.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3548

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fa5710fea9ff93e8d446803066d2cf74088f67db96336c000fbff597982eb128.dll,#1
2⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3456

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SearchProtocolHost.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe"
3⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:3728

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\whoami.exe
whoami.exe /all
4⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4696

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe
ipconfig.exe /all
4⤵
- Gathers network information
PID:3144

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netstat.exe
netstat.exe -aon
4⤵
- Gathers network information
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1640

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/3728-0-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/3728-2-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/3728-3-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/3728-4-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/3728-5-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/3728-7-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000069F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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