Pisloader has a command to collect the victim's IP address.2
tool
Pisloader S0124
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 31 May 2017
- Last modified
- 25 April 2025
Pisloader is a malware family that is notable due to its use of DNS as a C2 protocol as well as its use of anti-analysis tactics. It has been used by APT18 and is similar to another malware family, HTTPBrowser, that has been used by the group. [1]
9
Techniques44th pct
6
Tactics53rd pct
1
Threat groupunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0124
Pisloader obfuscates files by splitting strings into smaller sub-strings and including "garbage" strings that are never used. The malware also uses return-oriented programming (ROP) technique and single-byte XOR to obfuscate data.3
Pisloader uses cmd.exe to set the Registry Run key value. It also has a command to spawn a command shell.4
Pisloader has a command to collect victim system information, including the system name and OS version.6
Pisloader has commands to list drives on the victim machine and to list file information for a given directory.7
Standing S0124
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
Techniques944th pct
44th percentile · 56% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
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 / technique46medTop 10%
90th percentile · 90% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique9med
Detection coverage S0124
472 distinct rules cover the 9 techniques recorded for this tool. The 496 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 472 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 364 Sigma · 108 Splunk.
9 covered by at least one rule472 distinct rules in total
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