PUNCHBUGGY
MITRE ATT&CK: S0196 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: ShellTea, PUNCHBUGGY
- First seen
- 2019-07-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:50:54
Targeted industries: retail-and-hospitality
Context
PUNCHBUGGY is a backdoor malware used by FIN8 that has been observed targeting POS networks in the hospitality industry.
Detection coverage
- 540 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Python (attack-pattern)
- Rundll32 (attack-pattern)
- AppCert DLLs (attack-pattern)
- Shared Modules (attack-pattern)
- Local Account (attack-pattern)
- Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
- Archive via Utility (attack-pattern)
- PowerShell (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- FIN8 (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- Mandiant — Windows Zero Day Payment Cards (report)
- Mandiant — Wbnr Know Your Enemy Unc622 Spear Phishing (report)
- blog.morphisec.com — Security Alert Fin8 Is Back (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0196 (report)