Pikabot Distribution February 2024 passed execution from obfuscated JavaScript files to PowerShell scripts to download and install Pikabot.3
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Pikabot Distribution February 2024 C0036
- First seen
- February 2024
- Last seen
- February 2024
- Created
- 17 July 2024
- Last modified
- 31 July 2026
Pikabot was distributed in Pikabot Distribution February 2024 using malicious emails with embedded links leading to malicious ZIP archives requiring user interaction for follow-on infection. The version of Pikabot distributed featured significant changes over the 2023 variant, including reduced code complexity and simplified obfuscation mechanisms.[1][2]
4
TechniquesBottom 7%
3
TacticsBottom 13%
1
Tool or malware45th pct
0
Threat groupsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference C0036
Pikabot Distribution February 2024 utilized obfuscated JavaScript files for initial Pikabot payload download.4
Pikabot Distribution February 2024 utilized emails with hyperlinks leading to malicious ZIP archive files containing scripts to download and install Pikabot.5
Pikabot Distribution February 2024 utilized a tampered legitimate executable, grepWinNP3.exe, for its first stage Pikabot loader, modifying the open-source tool to execute malicious code when launched.6
Standing C0036
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this campaign touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 56 ATT&CK campaigns only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques4Bottom 7%
7th percentile · 93% of 56 ATT&CK campaigns have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics3Bottom 13%
13th percentile · 87% of 56 ATT&CK campaigns have more tactics spanned.
Tool or malware145th pct
45th percentile · 55% of 56 ATT&CK campaigns have more tools and malware.
Threat groups055% tie · 3 values
55% of the population shares a single value across only 3 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique24med73rd pct
73rd percentile · 73% of 56 ATT&CK campaigns have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique1.5med
Detection coverage C0036
353 distinct rules cover the 4 techniques recorded for this campaign. The 359 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 353 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 268 Sigma · 85 Splunk.
4 covered by at least one rule353 distinct rules in total
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