Names | POWERSOURCE | |
Category | Malware | |
Type | Backdoor | |
Description | (FireEye) POWERSOURCE is a heavily obfuscated and modified version of the publicly available tool DNS_TXT_Pwnage. The backdoor uses DNS TXT requests for command and control and is installed in the registry or Alternate Data Streams. Using DNS TXT records to communicate is not an entirely new finding, but it should be noted that this has been a rising trend since 2013 likely because it makes detection and hunting for command and control traffic difficult. | |
Information | <https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/03/fin7_spear_phishing.html> | |
MITRE ATT&CK | <https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0145/> | |
Malpedia | <https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/ps1.powersource> |
Last change to this tool card: 23 April 2020
Download this tool card in JSON format
Changed | Name | Country | Observed | ||
APT groups | |||||
Carbanak, Anunak | 2013-Apr 2023 | ||||
FIN7 | 2013-Jul 2024 |
2 groups listed (2 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)
Digital Service Security Center Follow us on |
Report incidents |
|
+66 (0)2-123-1227 | ||
[email protected] |