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Sykipot S0018

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 31 May 2017
Last modified: 25 April 2025

Sykipot is malware that has been used in spearphishing campaigns since approximately 2007 against victims primarily in the US. One variant of Sykipot hijacks smart cards on victims. [1] The group using this malware has also been referred to as Sykipot. [2]

Techniques51st pct

Tactics68th pct

Threat groupsNone recorded

CampaignsNone recorded

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

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Sykipot S0018

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 31 May 2017
Last modified: 25 April 2025

Techniques51st pct

Tactics68th pct

Threat groupsNone recorded

CampaignsNone recorded

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

Sykipot MITRE reference S0018

System Service Discovery T1007 ↗

Sykipot may use net start to display running services.3

Discovery13 detection rules

System Network Configuration Discovery T1016 ↗

Sykipot may use ipconfig /all to gather system network configuration details.4

Discovery25 detection rules

Remote System Discovery T1018 ↗

Sykipot may use net view /domain to display hostnames of available systems on a network.5

Discovery39 detection rules

System Network Connections Discovery T1049 ↗

Sykipot may use netstat -ano to display active network connections.6

Discovery17 detection rules

Dynamic-link Library Injection T1055.001 ↗

Sykipot injects itself into running instances of outlook.exe, iexplore.exe, or firefox.exe.7

Privilege Escalation · Stealth12 detection rules

Keylogging T1056.001 ↗

Sykipot contains keylogging functionality to steal passwords.8

Credential Access · Collection3 detection rules

Standing S0018

Reach is how much of ATT&CK this malware 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.

Tactics768th pct

68th percentile · 68% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.

Threat groups061% 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 / technique13medBottom 25%

25th percentile · 75% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.

Tests / technique8med72nd pct

72nd percentile · 72% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many atomic tests per technique or fewer.

Data comps / technique4med54% tie · 11 values

54% of the population shares a single value across only 11 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Mitigations / technique0medBottom 17%

17th percentile · 83% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more mitigations per technique.

5 of 8 axes carry an honest rank on this page. Coverage medians are taken across this malware’s 11 Enterprise techniques.

Range

Technique Campaign use over its cumulative rule count.

Campaigns · 0Sigma rules (cumulative) · 120Splunk ESCU (cumulative) · 84