POWERTON - S0371 (e85cae1a-bce3-4ac4-b36b-b00acac0567b)

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.(Citation: FireEye APT33 Guardrail)

Cluster A	Galaxy A	Cluster B	Galaxy B	Level
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41)	Attack Pattern	POWERTON - S0371 (e85cae1a-bce3-4ac4-b36b-b00acac0567b)	Malware	1
POWERTON - S0371 (e85cae1a-bce3-4ac4-b36b-b00acac0567b)	Malware	Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription - T1546.003 (910906dd-8c0a-475a-9cc1-5e029e2fad58)	Attack Pattern	1
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	POWERTON - S0371 (e85cae1a-bce3-4ac4-b36b-b00acac0567b)	Malware	1
Security Account Manager - T1003.002 (1644e709-12d2-41e5-a60f-3470991f5011)	Attack Pattern	POWERTON - S0371 (e85cae1a-bce3-4ac4-b36b-b00acac0567b)	Malware	1
POWERTON - S0371 (e85cae1a-bce3-4ac4-b36b-b00acac0567b)	Malware	Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279)	Attack Pattern	POWERTON - S0371 (e85cae1a-bce3-4ac4-b36b-b00acac0567b)	Malware	1
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118)	Attack Pattern	Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41)	Attack Pattern	2
Event Triggered Execution - T1546 (b6301b64-ef57-4cce-bb0b-77026f14a8db)	Attack Pattern	Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription - T1546.003 (910906dd-8c0a-475a-9cc1-5e029e2fad58)	Attack Pattern	2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830)	Attack Pattern	2
Security Account Manager - T1003.002 (1644e709-12d2-41e5-a60f-3470991f5011)	Attack Pattern	OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22)	Attack Pattern	2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6)	Attack Pattern	Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	2
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	2