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)