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TEXTMATE - S0146 (4f6aa78c-c3d4-4883-9840-96ca2f5d6d47)

TEXTMATE is a second-stage PowerShell backdoor that is memory-resident. It was observed being used along with POWERSOURCE in February 2017. (Citation: FireEye FIN7 March 2017)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
TEXTMATE - S0146 (4f6aa78c-c3d4-4883-9840-96ca2f5d6d47) Malware DNSMessenger (b376580e-aba1-4ac9-9c2d-2df429efecf6) Malpedia 1
TEXTMATE - S0146 (4f6aa78c-c3d4-4883-9840-96ca2f5d6d47) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 1
TEXTMATE - S0146 (4f6aa78c-c3d4-4883-9840-96ca2f5d6d47) Malware DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern 1
TEXTMATE - S0146 (4f6aa78c-c3d4-4883-9840-96ca2f5d6d47) Malware DNSMessenger (ee8ccb36-2596-43a3-a044-b8721dbeb2ab) RAT 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern 2
DNSMessenger (ee8ccb36-2596-43a3-a044-b8721dbeb2ab) RAT DNSMessenger (b376580e-aba1-4ac9-9c2d-2df429efecf6) Malpedia 2
DNSMessenger (ee8ccb36-2596-43a3-a044-b8721dbeb2ab) RAT POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware 2
DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware 3
POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware NTFS File Attributes - T1564.004 (f2857333-11d4-45bf-b064-2c28d8525be5) Attack Pattern 3
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware 3
POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 3
DNSMessenger (b376580e-aba1-4ac9-9c2d-2df429efecf6) Malpedia POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware 3
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware 3
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern POWERSOURCE - S0145 (17e919aa-4a49-445c-b103-dbb8df9e7351) Malware 3
NTFS File Attributes - T1564.004 (f2857333-11d4-45bf-b064-2c28d8525be5) Attack Pattern Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern 4
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 4
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 4