KOCTOPUS
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 06/12/2021 23:38
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:06
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 21 attack patterns (mitre), 1 intrusion sets (apt)
Description
[KOCTOPUS](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0669)'s batch variant is loader used by [LazyScripter](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0140) since 2018 to launch [Octopus](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0340) and [Koadic](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0250) and, in some cases, [QuasarRAT](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0262). [KOCTOPUS](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0669) also has a VBA variant that has the same functionality as the batch version.(Citation: MalwareBytes LazyScripter Feb 2021)
Marking (TLP)
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