Procedure examples

Stuxnet uses an RPC server that contains a file dropping routine and support for payload version updates for P2P communications within a victim network.

Havoc has the ability to copy files from one location to another.

Emotet has copied itself to remote systems using the `service.exe` filename.

Olympic Destroyer attempts to copy itself to remote machines on the network.

SameCoin can copy its wiper executable to remote machines within the same Active Directory.

BlackCat can replicate itself across connected servers via `psexec`.

Lucifer can use certutil for propagation on Windows hosts within intranets.

LockerGoga has been observed moving around the victim network via SMB, indicating the actors behind this ransomware are manually copying files form computer to computer instead of self-propagating.

DustySky searches for network drives and removable media and duplicates itself onto them.

Operators deploying Netwalker have used psexec to copy the Netwalker payload across accessible systems.

WannaCry attempts to copy itself to remote computers after gaining access via an SMB exploit.

VIRTUALPIE has file transfer capabilities.

Shamoon attempts to copy itself to remote machines on the network.

BlackByte Ransomware spreads itself laterally by writing the JavaScript launcher file to mapped shared folders.

IPsec Helper can download additional payloads from command and control nodes and execute them.

OutSteel can download the Saint Bot malware for follow-on execution.

VIRTUALPITA is capable of file transfer and arbitrary command execution.

Qilin has used PsExec to distribute a second encryptor, named encryptor_1.exe, across the targeted environment.

INC Ransomware can push its encryption executable to multiple endpoints within compromised infrastructure.

HermeticWizard can copy files to other machines on a compromised network.

Impacket has used its `wmiexec` command, leveraging Windows Management Instrumentation, to remotely stage and execute payloads in victim networks.

BITSAdmin can be used to create BITS Jobs to upload and/or download files from SMB file servers.

cmd can be used to copy files to/from a remotely connected internal system.

esentutl can be used to copy files to/from a remote share.

Expand can be used to download or upload a file over a network share.

ftp may be abused by adversaries to transfer tools or files between systems within a compromised environment.

PsExec can be used to download or upload a file over a network share.