CARROTBAT
MITRE ATT&CK: S0462 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: CARROTBAT
- First seen
- 2017-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- dropper
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-07-21 05:37:24
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:51:41
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Context
CARROTBAT is a customized dropper that has been in use since at least 2017. CARROTBAT has been used to install SYSCON and has infrastructure overlap with KONNI.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
- 149 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- Command Obfuscation (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Carrotbat_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- Palo Alto Unit 42 — The Fractured Statue Campaign U S Government Targeted In Spear Phishing Attacks (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Carrotbat (report)
- Palo Alto Unit 42 — Unit42 The Fractured Block Campaign Carrotbat Malware Used To Deliver Malware Targeting Southeast Asia (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0462 (report)