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DanBot S1014

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 3 June 2022
Last modified: 11 April 2024

DanBot is a first-stage remote access Trojan written in C# that has been used by HEXANE since at least 2018.[1]

Techniques61st pct

TacticsTop 20%

Threat groupunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

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

MITRE reference S1014

Data from Local System T1005↗

DanBot can upload files from compromised hosts.2

Collection22 detection rules

VNC T1021.005↗

DanBot can use VNC for remote access to targeted systems.3

Lateral Movement1 detection rules

Encrypted/Encoded File T1027.013↗

DanBot can Base64 encode its payload.4

Stealth1 detection rules

Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location T1036.005↗

DanBot files have been named UltraVNC.exe and WINVNC.exe to appear as legitimate VNC tools.5

Stealth27 detection rules

Scheduled Task T1053.005↗

DanBot can use a scheduled task for installation.6

Execution · Persistence · Privilege Escalation79 detection rules

Windows Command Shell T1059.003↗

DanBot has the ability to execute arbitrary commands via cmd.exe.7 8

Execution61 detection rules

Standing S1014

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

Techniques1461st pct

61st percentile · 61% 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 / technique34medTop 18%

82nd percentile · 82% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.

Tests / technique3.5med

Detection coverage S1014

582 distinct rules cover the 14 techniques recorded for this tool. The 617 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 582 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 385 Sigma · 197 Splunk.

14 covered by at least one rule582 distinct rules in total

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MITRE reference S1014

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