{
  "family": "hakopsbot",
  "sample_count": 1,
  "category": "advanced_threat",
  "description": "<h3>Executive Summary</h3>\nHakopsbot is a specialized Information Stealer (InfoStealer) and Keylogger designed specifically to harvest sensitive authentication credentials and personal data from infected Windows systems. Often created using commercial or freely available \"builder\" tools found on cybercriminal forums, Hakopsbot focuses on silently capturing user inputs and exfiltrating saved passwords from web browsers and email clients.\n\n<h3>Infection Vector and Technical Capabilities</h3>\nHakopsbot is typically distributed via low-sophistication phishing campaigns, often masquerading as game cheats, software \"cracks,\" or generic malicious email attachments (like zip files containing executable screensavers). \n\nOnce active, it operates entirely in the background to harvest data:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global Keylogging:</strong> The malware utilizes Windows API hooking (such as `SetWindowsHookEx`) to intercept all keystrokes globally, capturing passwords typed into banking sites, social media, and corporate VPN portals before they are even encrypted by the browser.</li>\n<li><strong>Credential Dumping:</strong> Hakopsbot actively targets the credential stores of popular web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) and FTP/Email clients (FileZilla, Outlook), extracting saved usernames, passwords, and active session cookies.</li>\n<li><strong>Data Exfiltration:</strong> The stolen data is typically compiled into a hidden text or log file and periodically exfiltrated to the attacker via SMTP (emailing the logs to a disposable address) or by uploading it to a compromised FTP server.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h3>Threat Assessment</h3>\nAn active Hakopsbot infection is a severe data privacy and security breach. While the malware itself does not destroy data, the theft of valid corporate credentials can immediately lead to catastrophic secondary attacks, including unauthorized VPN access, data breaches, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud.\n\n<h3>Incident Response and Remediation</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mandatory Credential Reset:</strong> The absolute most critical step is an immediate reset of all passwords that were typed or saved on the infected machine. This includes corporate Active Directory accounts, personal email, and financial institutions.</li>\n<li><strong>MFA Enforcement:</strong> Ensure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is strictly enforced across all external-facing corporate portals to mitigate the risk of stolen passwords being reused.</li>\n<li><strong>Antivirus Sweeps and EDR:</strong> Utilize enterprise EDR to identify the execution path of the keylogger, remove the executable, and delete the hidden log files containing the exfiltrated keystrokes.</li>\n</ul>",
  "cta": "Published by the SystemHelpdesk team.",
  "aliases": [
    "Keylogger.Hakopsbot",
    "Spyware.Hakops",
    "Trojan.PWS.Hakops"
  ],
  "enrichment_level": "insufficient_information",
  "faq": [],
  "faq_count": 0,
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1056.001",
    "T1552.001",
    "T1048"
  ],
  "cisa_advisory": null,
  "last_updated": "2026-07-02T07:41:56Z",
  "type": "Keylogger / InfoStealer",
  "target_industries": [
    "Global / Opportunistic"
  ],
  "motivation": "Opportunistic",
  "threat_actors": [
    "Unknown / Cybercriminal"
  ],
  "target_geographies": [
    "Global"
  ]
}