KOCTOPUS has obfuscated scripts with the BatchEncryption tool.2
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KOCTOPUS S0669
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 6 December 2021
- Last modified
- 17 November 2024
KOCTOPUS's batch variant is loader used by LazyScripter since 2018 to launch Octopus and Koadic and, in some cases, QuasarRAT. KOCTOPUS also has a VBA variant that has the same functionality as the batch version.[1]
20
TechniquesTop 20%
8
TacticsTop 20%
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 S0669
KOCTOPUS has been disguised as legitimate software programs associated with the travel and airline industries.3
KOCTOPUS has used PowerShell commands to download additional files.4
KOCTOPUS has used VBScript to call wscript to execute a PowerShell command.6
KOCTOPUS can delete created registry keys used for persistence as part of its cleanup procedure.7
Standing S0669
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
Techniques20Top 20%
80th percentile · 80% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics8Top 20%
80th percentile · 80% 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 / technique41medTop 13%
87th percentile · 87% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique5.5med
Detection coverage S0669
1291 distinct rules cover the 20 techniques recorded for this tool. The 1418 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 1291 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 865 Sigma · 426 Splunk.
19 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage1291 distinct rules in total
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