PowerExchange can exfiltrate files via its email C2 channel.2
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PowerExchange S1173
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 27 November 2024
- Last modified
- 27 November 2024
PowerExchange is a PowerShell backdoor that has been used by OilRig since at least 2023 including against government targets in the Middle East.[1]
5
TechniquesBottom 23%
4
Tactics32nd 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 S1173
PowerExchange can use PowerShell to execute commands received from C2.3
PowerExchange can receive and send back the results of executed C2 commands through email.4
PowerExchange can decode Base64-encoded files and call WriteAllBytes to write the files to compromised hosts.5
PowerExchange can decode and decrypt C2 commands received via email.6
Standing S1173
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
Techniques5Bottom 23%
23rd percentile · 77% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics432nd pct
32nd percentile · 68% 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 / technique20med48th pct
48th percentile · 52% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique11med
Detection coverage S1173
450 distinct rules cover the 5 techniques recorded for this tool. The 466 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 450 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 332 Sigma · 118 Splunk.
5 covered by at least one rule450 distinct rules in total
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