tool

Hikit S0009

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 31 May 2017
Last modified: 17 November 2024

Hikit is malware that has been used by Axiom for late-stage persistence and exfiltration after the initial compromise.[1][2]

Techniques51st pct

Tactics53rd pct

Threat groupunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

MITRE reference S0009

Data from Local System T1005↗

Hikit can upload files from compromised machines.3

Collection22 detection rules

Rootkit T1014↗

Hikit is a Rootkit that has been used by Axiom.4 5

Stealth6 detection rules

Windows Command Shell T1059.003↗

Hikit has the ability to create a remote shell and run given commands.6

Execution61 detection rules

Web Protocols T1071.001↗

Hikit has used HTTP for C2.7

Command and Control57 detection rules

Internal Proxy T1090.001↗

Hikit supports peer connections.8

Command and Control8 detection rules

Ingress Tool Transfer T1105↗

Hikit has the ability to download files to a compromised host.9

Command and Control129 detection rules

Standing S0009

Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool 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 825 ATT&CK software entries 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

Techniques1151st pct

51st percentile · 51% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.

Tactics653rd pct

53rd percentile · 53% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.

Threat group161% tie · 22 values

61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Campaigns085% tie · 8 values

85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Coverage

Rules / technique22med53rd pct

53rd percentile · 53% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.

Tests / technique3med

Detection coverage S0009

426 distinct rules cover the 11 techniques recorded for this tool. The 435 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 426 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 308 Sigma · 118 Splunk.

9 covered by at least one rule2 with no coverage426 distinct rules in total

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MITRE reference S0009

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