Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution, Campaign C0037 (original) (raw)

Domain ID Name Use
Enterprise T1059 .003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution installation via JavaScript will launch follow-on commands via cmd.exe.[1]
.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution initial delivery included obfuscated JavaScript objects stored in password-protected ZIP archives.[1]
Enterprise T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution used highly obfuscated JavaScript files as one initial installer for Pikabot.[1]
Enterprise T1589 .002 Gather Victim Identity Information: Email Addresses Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution utilizes thread spoofing of existing email threads in order to execute spear phishing operations.[1]
Enterprise T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution used Curl.exe to download the Pikabot payload from an external server, saving the file to the victim machine's temporary directory.[1]
Enterprise T1566 .001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution attached password-protected ZIP archives to deliver Pikabot installers.[1]
Enterprise T1218 .011 System Binary Proxy Execution: Rundll32 Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution utilizes rundll32.exe to execute the final Pikabot payload, using the named exports Crash or Limit depending on the variant.[1]
Enterprise T1204 User Execution Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution requires users to interact with malicious attachments in order to start Pikabot installation.[1]
.001 Malicious Link Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution distributed a PDF attachment containing a malicious link to a Pikabot installer.[1]
.002 Malicious File Water Curupira Pikabot Distribution delivered Pikabot installers as password-protected ZIP files containing heavily obfuscated JavaScript, or IMG files containing an LNK mimicking a Word document and a malicious DLL.[1]