pikabot | 267895bb452a1cc607155917f13672d66e394ec30e34f5689d427e6cd81ca15b

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
153s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240412-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240412-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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23-04-2024 12:30

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General

Target

DISTINCTIOQ.jar
Size

337KB
MD5

e3201b7efe4dee74389d9c358f3c1798
SHA1

560a5875a00a75829ce916564f6dc3eee13d2c42
SHA256

267895bb452a1cc607155917f13672d66e394ec30e34f5689d427e6cd81ca15b
SHA512

d90e4db4066625e48509225e3e4028187c40fe401afafef92e20e967ea3370d0b41b170658936781ca1e1ca68b6d02766f9d97b2f5c910e8d33731828bb5e21b
SSDEEP

6144:nAqn4qfVev93QG4B9XQdKuPKwdWBsw3eO8RQrFXg3iWA5iHDXVP:AA4qfA93BdTk3OeFXg3iDWhP

Score

10^/10

pikabot botnet discovery

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

pikabot

https://45.76.251.190:5567

https://131.153.231.178:2221

https://95.179.135.3:2225

https://155.138.147.62:2223

https://86.38.225.109:13724

https://172.232.189.219:2224

https://198.44.187.12:2224

https://104.156.233.235:2226

https://103.82.243.5:13721

https://86.38.225.106:2221

https://45.32.248.100:2226

https://23.226.138.161:5242

https://37.60.242.85:9785

https://104.129.55.105:2223

https://45.32.21.184:5242

https://178.18.246.136:2078

https://108.61.78.17:13719

https://86.38.225.105:13721

https://172.232.189.10:1194

https://172.232.162.97:13719

Signatures

PikaBot
PikaBot is a botnet that is distributed similarly to Qakbot and written in c++.
botnet pikabot
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

1396 regsvr32.exe
Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
discovery

File and Directory Permissions Modification
T1222

Processes:

icacls.exe

pid process

3692 icacls.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

description pid process target process

PID 1396 set thread context of 3432 1396 regsvr32.exe ctfmon.exe

pid	process
3692	icacls.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1396 set thread context of 3432	1396	regsvr32.exe	ctfmon.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid	process
1396	regsvr32.exe
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Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

1396 regsvr32.exe
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

1396 regsvr32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes:

java.exeregsvr32.exeregsvr32.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 516 wrote to memory of 3692	516	java.exe	icacls.exe
PID 516 wrote to memory of 3692	516	java.exe	icacls.exe
PID 516 wrote to memory of 2524	516	java.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 516 wrote to memory of 2524	516	java.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1396	2524	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1396	2524	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1396	2524	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 3432	1396	regsvr32.exe	ctfmon.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 3432	1396	regsvr32.exe	ctfmon.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 3432	1396	regsvr32.exe	ctfmon.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 3432	1396	regsvr32.exe	ctfmon.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 3432	1396	regsvr32.exe	ctfmon.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 3432	1396	regsvr32.exe	ctfmon.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 3432	1396	regsvr32.exe	ctfmon.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 3432	1396	regsvr32.exe	ctfmon.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DISTINCTIOQ.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:516

C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage /grant "everyone":(OI)(CI)M
2⤵
- Modifies file permissions
PID:3692

C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\regsvr32.exe
regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\761790.png
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2524

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
/s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\761790.png
3⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1396

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ctfmon.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ctfmon.exe -p 1234"
4⤵
PID:3432

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

File and Directory Permissions Modification

T1222

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\3903daac9bc4a3b7.timestamp
Filesize
46B

MD5
f4d5af9e16fd9b39fe6f70766e3038d7

SHA1
bdf8cc41f9ebf9fd756a4c2a318e7edf858a8940

SHA256
27e9d9f575a06a9709cbed672c0d81107ff3397fdb2c1862d99b3fe59da41fe0

SHA512
b367ace617b42bbf124243e1cdc9507f1b0142c5e7e5ba9d1d576d90ce61c7b5b7f9678b65ef3bc7583db916c875fc9a70b152964715c35a2ea885fcd41faab7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\761790.png
Filesize
476KB

MD5
68fa8377c75a2b457e33f538021a4db6

SHA1
c9af9f7ea0e773ec5bc585abf7d471a0bd130081

SHA256
839550463e4e5ce3fa738378529b1e818405967413a4351d3790eee5c10a3ef2

SHA512
94567f7688dbe46b8c29b7a5061927b3fb8f83f58817b85fe509c035c4724fd1e81308f04195c1a464ad194f5362ea544678492d08a49d25bf56a6db4d10b824

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memory/516-4-0x000001F80D9E0000-0x000001F80E9E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.0MB

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memory/516-12-0x000001F80D9C0000-0x000001F80D9C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1396-19-0x0000000001170000-0x00000000011A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
208KB

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memory/1396-22-0x0000000001170000-0x00000000011A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
208KB

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memory/3432-20-0x0000000001280000-0x0000000001298000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/3432-26-0x0000000001280000-0x0000000001298000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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