MITRE ATT&CK / Software / S0145

POWERSOURCE

ID
S0145
Type
Malware
Associated names
DNSMessenger
Platforms
Windows
Source
attack.mitre.org
MITRE last modified
17 Apr 2025

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. [1] [2]

Techniques used (6)

Groups using it (1)

References

  1. FireEye FIN7 March 2017
  2. Cisco DNSMessenger March 2017