RotaJakiro has used the filename systemd-daemon in an attempt to appear legitimate.3
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RotaJakiro S1078
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Linux
- Created
- 14 June 2023
- Last modified
- 12 October 2023
RotaJakiro is a 64-bit Linux backdoor used by APT32. First seen in 2018, it uses a plugin architecture to extend capabilities. RotaJakiro can determine it's permission level and execute according to access type (root or user).[1][2]
17
Techniques72nd pct
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 S1078
Depending on the Linux distribution and when executing with root permissions, RotaJakiro may install persistence using a .conf file in the /etc/init/ folder.4
RotaJakiro sends device and other collected data back to the C2 using the established C2 channels over TCP. 5
RotaJakiro can monitor the /proc/[PID] directory of known RotaJakiro processes as a part of its persistence when executing with non-root permissions. If the process is found dead, it resurrects the process. RotaJakiro processes can be matched to an associated Advisory Lock, in the /proc/locks folder, to ensure it doesn't spawn more than one process.6
RotaJakiro executes a set of commands to collect device information, including uname. Another example is the cat /etc/*release | uniq command used to collect the current OS distribution.7
RotaJakiro uses a custom binary protocol using a type, length, value format over TCP.8
Standing S1078
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
Techniques1772nd pct
72nd percentile · 72% 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 / technique8medBottom 11%
11th percentile · 89% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique3med
Detection coverage S1078
188 distinct rules cover the 17 techniques recorded for this tool. The 196 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 188 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 122 Sigma · 66 Splunk.
15 covered by at least one rule2 with no coverage188 distinct rules in total
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