PowerPunch can use Base64-encoded scripts.2
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PowerPunch S0685
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 18 February 2022
- Last modified
- 16 April 2025
PowerPunch is a lightweight downloader that has been used by Gamaredon Group since at least 2021.[1]
4
TechniquesBottom 17%
3
TacticsBottom 21%
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 S0685
PowerPunch has the ability to execute through PowerShell.3
PowerPunch can download payloads from adversary infrastructure.4
PowerPunch can use the volume serial number from a target host to generate a unique XOR key for the next stage payload.5
Standing S0685
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
Techniques4Bottom 17%
17th percentile · 83% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics3Bottom 21%
21st percentile · 79% 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 / technique70.5medTop 2%
98th percentile · 98% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique11med
Detection coverage S0685
424 distinct rules cover the 4 techniques recorded for this tool. The 439 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 424 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 319 Sigma · 105 Splunk.
3 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage424 distinct rules in total
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