APT / THREAT GROUP

Powersniff

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

A malware of the gozi group, developed on the base of isfb. It uses Office Macros and PowerShell in documents distributed in e-mail messages.

Threat Analysis

Powersniff is a known-sophistication threat actor of undetermined national origin, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.

External References

→https://afyonluoglu.org/PublicWebFiles/Reports-TR/2017%20FireEye%20M-Trends%20Report.pdf

→https://atr-blog.gigamon.com/2019/07/23/abadbabe-8badf00d-discovering-badhatch-and-a-detailed-look-at-fin8s-tooling/

→https://content.fireeye.com/m-trends/rpt-m-trends-2017

→https://lokalhost.pl/gozi_tree.txt

→https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/powersniff-malware-used-in-macro-based-attacks/

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group

Aliases3

Also Known As

win.powersniffPowersniffPUNCHBUGGY

External Intelligence

Malpedia: win.powersniff

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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