H3XA — Operational Evidence

TypeMalware

External ID—

First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

Confidence

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[POWRUNER](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0184) is a PowerShell script that sends and receives commands to and from the C2 server. (Citation: FireEye APT34 Dec 2017)

Labels

malware

21 recorded

Relationships

uses

from OilRig

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to DNS

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to Domain Account

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to Domain Groups

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to File and Directory Discovery

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to Ingress Tool Transfer

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to Local Groups

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to PowerShell

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to Process Discovery

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to Query Registry

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to Scheduled Task

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to Screen Capture

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to Security Software Discovery

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to Standard Encoding

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to System Information Discovery

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to System Network Configuration Discovery

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to System Network Connections Discovery

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to System Owner/User Discovery

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to Web Protocols

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to Windows Command Shell

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to Windows Management Instrumentation

Technique

3 external

References

mitre-attack

S0184

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POWRUNER

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FireEye APT34 Dec 2017

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/12/targeted-attack-in-middle-east-by-apt34.html

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