CARROTBALL

MITRE ATT&CK: S0465 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: CARROTBALL

First seen
2019-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
downloader
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:51:37

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Context

CARROTBALL is an FTP downloader utility that has been in use since at least 2019. CARROTBALL has been used as a downloader to install SYSCON.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 184 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • File Transfer Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Malicious File (attack-pattern)
  • Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Carrotball_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Carrotball (report)
  • Palo Alto Unit 42 — The Fractured Statue Campaign U S Government Targeted In Spear Phishing Attacks (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0465 (report)

External references