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
- Inception (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- Kaspersky — 92016 (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0442 (report)