PowerShower

Malware
2 incidents First seen 2026-05-22 Last seen 2026-06-11
Overview

PowerShower is a PowerShell backdoor used by Inception for initial reconnaissance and to download and execute second stage payloads.

Threat ecosystem
Actors Malware Campaigns CVEs
Tap a node for a quick look · double-tap to open its profile
At a glance
peak priority 145 16 techniques 1 groups use it Windows in ATT&CK since 2020-05-08 updated 2025-04-25 · v1.0
Activity by month (incidents)
2026-052026-06
Sectors targeted
government · 2cryptocurrency · 1defense · 1energy · 1finance · 1technology · 1
Countries targeted
BY · 2AR · 1AT · 1BE · 1BG · 1BR · 1CA · 1CH · 1CN · 1CY · 1CZ · 1DE · 1
Origin
CN · 1IR · 1KP · 1RU · 1
Kinds of incident
Data Breach · 1Exploited Vulnerability · 1Malware & Botnets · 1Phishing & Social Engineering · 1
Techniques seen in incidents
Lateral Movement · 2Phishing · 2T1059.001 - PowerShell · 2T1059.006 - Python · 2Exfiltration · 1Extortion · 1Impersonate · 1Ransomware · 1Reconnaissance · 1Social Engineering · 1Spoofing · 1T1059.007 - JavaScript · 1T1558.003 - Kerberoasting · 1T1566 - Phishing · 1
Related actors
Contagious Interview · 1Equation · 1
Related CVEs
CVE-2018-0802 · 1CVE-2026-49494 · 1
ATT&CK techniques by tactic (16)
execution T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.005 Visual Basic
persistence T1112 Modify Registry T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
privilege escalation T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
discovery T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery T1033 System Owner/User Discovery T1057 Process Discovery T1082 System Information Discovery
collection T1560.001 Archive via Utility
command and control T1071.001 Web Protocols T1132.001 Standard Encoding
exfiltration T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
stealth T1070.004 File Deletion T1564.003 Hidden Window
defense impairment T1112 Modify Registry
Groups that use it
Inception