CharmPower

MITRE ATT&CK: S0674 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: CharmPower

First seen
2022-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:53:25

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

Context

CharmPower is a PowerShell-based, modular backdoor that has been used by Magic Hound since at least 2022.

Detection coverage

  • 596 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
  • Dead Drop Resolver (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Wi-Fi Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • PowerShell (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Fallback Channels (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Web Service (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Management Instrumentation (attack-pattern)
  • Query Registry (attack-pattern)
  • Modify Registry (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • research.checkpoint.com — Apt35 Exploits Log4J Vulnerability To Distribute New Modular Powershell Toolkit (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0674 (report)

External references