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POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351)

POWERSOURCE is a PowerShell backdoor that is a heavily obfuscated and modified version of the publicly available tool DNS_TXT_Pwnage. It was observed in February 2017 in spearphishing campaigns against personnel involved with United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings at various organizations. The malware was delivered when macros were enabled by the victim and a VBS script was dropped. (Citation: FireEye FIN7 March 2017) (Citation: Cisco DNSMessenger March 2017)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware NTFS File Attributes - T1564.004 (f2857333-11d4-45bf-b064-2c28d8525be5) Attack Pattern 1
DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware 1
POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 1
POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware DNSMessenger (b376580e-aba1-4ac9-9c2d-2df429efecf6) Malpedia 1
POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 1
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware 1
DNSMessenger (ee8ccb36-2596-43a3-a044-b8721dbeb2ab) RAT POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware 1
NTFS File Attributes - T1564.004 (f2857333-11d4-45bf-b064-2c28d8525be5) Attack Pattern Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern 2
DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 2
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
DNSMessenger (ee8ccb36-2596-43a3-a044-b8721dbeb2ab) RAT TEXTMATE - S0146 (4f6aa78c-c3d4-4883-9840-96ca2f5d6d47) Malware 2
DNSMessenger (ee8ccb36-2596-43a3-a044-b8721dbeb2ab) RAT DNSMessenger (b376580e-aba1-4ac9-9c2d-2df429efecf6) Malpedia 2
DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern TEXTMATE - S0146 (4f6aa78c-c3d4-4883-9840-96ca2f5d6d47) Malware 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern TEXTMATE - S0146 (4f6aa78c-c3d4-4883-9840-96ca2f5d6d47) Malware 3
TEXTMATE - S0146 (4f6aa78c-c3d4-4883-9840-96ca2f5d6d47) Malware DNSMessenger (b376580e-aba1-4ac9-9c2d-2df429efecf6) Malpedia 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 4