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POWERTON S0371

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 16 April 2019
Last modified: 25 April 2025

POWERTON is a custom PowerShell backdoor first observed in 2018. It has typically been deployed as a late-stage backdoor by APT33. At least two variants of the backdoor have been identified, with the later version containing improved functionality.[1]

Techniques29th pct

Tactics41st pct

Threat groupunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

MITRE reference S0371

Security Account Manager T1003.002↗

POWERTON has the ability to dump password hashes.2

Credential Access36 detection rules

PowerShell T1059.001↗

POWERTON is written in PowerShell.3

Execution297 detection rules

Web Protocols T1071.001↗

POWERTON has used HTTP/HTTPS for C2 traffic.4

Command and Control57 detection rules

Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription T1546.003↗

POWERTON can use WMI for persistence.5

Persistence · Privilege Escalation15 detection rules

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder T1547.001↗

POWERTON can install a Registry Run key for persistence.6

Persistence · Privilege Escalation46 detection rules

Symmetric Cryptography T1573.001↗

POWERTON has used AES for encrypting C2 traffic.7

Command and Controlno detection rules

Standing S0371

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

Techniques629th pct

29th percentile · 71% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.

Tactics541st pct

41st percentile · 59% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.

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 / technique41medTop 13%

87th percentile · 87% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.

Tests / technique5.5med

Detection coverage S0371

448 distinct rules cover the 6 techniques recorded for this tool. The 452 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 448 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 350 Sigma · 98 Splunk.

5 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage448 distinct rules in total

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MITRE reference S0371

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