PUNCHBUGGY has hashed most its code's functions and encrypted payloads with base64 and XOR.4
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PUNCHBUGGY S0196
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 18 April 2018
- Last modified
- 16 April 2025
PUNCHBUGGY is a backdoor malware used by FIN8 that has been observed targeting POS networks in the hospitality industry. [1][2] [3]
17
Techniques72nd pct
7
Tactics68th pct
1
Threat groupunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0196
PUNCHBUGGY mimics filenames from %SYSTEM%\System32 to hide DLLs in %WINDIR% and/or %TEMP%.56
PUNCHBUGGY has used PowerShell scripts.7
PUNCHBUGGY has used python scripts.8
PUNCHBUGGY can delete files written to disk.910
PUNCHBUGGY enables remote interaction and can obtain additional code over HTTPS GET and POST requests.111213
Standing S0196
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques1772nd pct
72nd percentile · 72% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics768th pct
68th percentile · 68% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
Threat group161% tie · 22 values
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Campaigns085% tie · 8 values
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique27med68th pct
68th percentile · 68% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique11med
Detection coverage S0196
797 distinct rules cover the 17 techniques recorded for this tool. The 929 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 797 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 586 Sigma · 211 Splunk.
17 covered by at least one rule797 distinct rules in total
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