PS1

MITRE ATT&CK: S0613 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: PS1

Malware type
loader
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Related IoCs
4 (3 malicious)
Last IoC activity
2026-08-21 18:54:30
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:10:12

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities

Targeted regions: country_code:cr

Context

PS1 is a loader that was used to deploy 64-bit backdoors in the CostaRicto campaign.

Recent IoC activity

3 malicious indicators in Maltiverse are attributed to PS1 (S0613). The 3 most recently updated:

TypeIndicatorUpdatedSources
IP address 212.56.35.232 2026-08-21 3
URL http://193.112.251.31:8888/PowerView.ps1 2026-01-14 1
URL https://212.56.35.232/ 2025-08-14 1

Detection coverage

  • 269 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Dynamic-link Library Injection (attack-pattern)
  • PowerShell (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

  • CostaRicto (campaign)

Reports & references

  • blogs.blackberry.com — The Costaricto Campaign Cyber Espionage Outsourced (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0613 (report)

External references