VBShower

MITRE ATT&CK: S0442 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: VBShower

First seen
2019-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor, downloader
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:53:49

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications

Context

VBShower is a backdoor that has been used by Inception since at least 2019. VBShower has been used as a downloader for second stage payloads, including PowerShower.

Detection coverage

  • 168 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Visual Basic (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Kaspersky — 92016 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0442 (report)

External references