H3XA — Operational Evidence

TypeMalware

External ID—

First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

Confidence

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[PowerDuke](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0139) is a backdoor that was used by [APT29](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0016) in 2016. It has primarily been delivered through Microsoft Word or Excel attachments containing malicious macros. (Citation: Volexity PowerDuke November 2016)

Labels

malware

16 recorded

Relationships

uses

from APT29

Group

uses

to Application Window Discovery

Technique

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to Data Destruction

Technique

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to File and Directory Discovery

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to File Deletion

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to Ingress Tool Transfer

Technique

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to NTFS File Attributes

Technique

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to Process Discovery

Technique

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to Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Technique

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Technique

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to Steganography

Technique

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to System Information Discovery

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to System Network Configuration Discovery

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to System Owner/User Discovery

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to System Time Discovery

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to Windows Command Shell

Technique

3 external

References

mitre-attack

S0139

PowerDuke

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Volexity PowerDuke November 2016

https://www.volexity.com/blog/2016/11/09/powerduke-post-election-spear-phishing-campaigns-targeting-think-tanks-and-ngos/