pikabot | 0cd962aba91336f6b82e54c35a7afa922981cfe776607cb2a2e1b072871fe2d1

General

Target

Punta.exe
Size

1.0MB
MD5

f61d5fb45db0f9b6073f9e77d172bba3
SHA1

74d9aa7d3a56fc20145e83d33d8ed92a127fe382
SHA256

0cd962aba91336f6b82e54c35a7afa922981cfe776607cb2a2e1b072871fe2d1
SHA512

a0f7183cdbca71ec035e85626a9f9d0cd278597fd6a3c7262e30eb5cf77a8a2a14ea7d105ee5f51de9aa884575d67e52ca777fe80418cf1bfba4ee2030f3b46b
SSDEEP

24576:UkdMJtCwN/TZyUsxmFQHIxkxa4U6TrZV:UkkvR84FQHUEUEH

Score

10^/10

pikabot botnet

Malware Config

Signatures

Detects PikaBot botnet 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1152-2-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/1152-4-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/1152-5-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/1152-7-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/1152-8-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp	family_pikabot_v2
behavioral2/memory/1152-10-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-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:

Punta.exe

description pid process target process

PID 1980 set thread context of 1152 1980 Punta.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

1456 ipconfig.exe
3104 netstat.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

SearchProtocolHost.exe

pid process

1152 SearchProtocolHost.exe
1152 SearchProtocolHost.exe
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs

Processes:

Punta.exe

pid process

1980 Punta.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1980 set thread context of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe

pid	process
1456	ipconfig.exe
3104	netstat.exe

pid	process
1152	SearchProtocolHost.exe
1152	SearchProtocolHost.exe

pid	process
1980	Punta.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 28 IoCs

Processes:

whoami.exenetstat.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5088	whoami.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3104	netstat.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes:

Punta.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1152	1980	Punta.exe	SearchProtocolHost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Punta.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Punta.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1980

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SearchProtocolHost.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1152

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\whoami.exe
whoami.exe /all
3⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5088

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe
ipconfig.exe /all
3⤵
- Gathers network information
PID:1456

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netstat.exe
netstat.exe -aon
3⤵
- Gathers network information
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3104

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

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

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/1152-2-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1152-4-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1152-5-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1152-7-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1152-8-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1152-10-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1980-0-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000CE2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
648KB

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memory/1980-1-0x0000000000F20000-0x0000000000FE7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
796KB

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memory/1980-6-0x0000000000F20000-0x0000000000FE7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
796KB

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Resubmissions

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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