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TF-MAL-ps1.powgoop

📛 Threat Title

Malware family: PowGoop

Category: PowGoop First seen: Last updated: Source: ThreatFox Malwares

Description

ThreatFox malware family `ps1.powgoop`. Printable name: PowGoop.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

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domain ps1.powgoop VT: VT base fetch failed: SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='www.virustotal.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/v3/domains/ps1.powgoop (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: certificate is not yet valid (_ssl.c:992)')))

IOC database

Type
domain
Value
ps1.powgoop
First seen
Last seen
Attached to this threat
Appears in
1 threat
Description
Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-ps1.powgoop

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Threat Hunt — feed corroboration

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Details From VirusTotal

VirusTotal: VT base fetch failed: SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='www.virustotal.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/v3/domains/ps1.powgoop (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: certificate is not yet valid (_ssl.c:992)')))

References (1)

Remediations (10)

  • web:243246587.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na2.net

    Public Availability: This report is intended for public awareness and does not include confidential exploit code, live malware samples, or sensitive customer-specific information.

  • web:attack.mitre.org

    PowGoop is a loader that consists of a DLL loader and a PowerShell-based downloader; it has been used by MuddyWater as their main loader. [1] [2]

  • web:cybersecuritynews.com

    Two sophisticated Linux rootkits are posing increasingly serious threats to network security by exploiting eBPF technology to hide their presence from traditional detection systems. BPFDoor and Symbiote, both originating from 2021, represent a dangerous class of malware that combines advanced kernel-level access with powerful evasion capabilities. In 2025 alone, security researchers detected ...

  • web:unit42.paloaltonetworks.com

    Iranian threat group Boggy Serpens' cyberespionage evolves with AI-enhanced malware and refined social engineering. Unit 42 details their persistent targeting.

  • web:www.cisa.gov

    Of the 23 malware samples analyzed, 14 files were identified as variants of the POWGOOP malware family . Two files were identified as JavaScript files that contain a PowerShell beacon.

  • web:www.fortinet.com

    FortiGuard Labs discovered new Symbiote and BPFDoor variants exploiting eBPF filters to enhance stealth through IPv6 support, UDP traffic, and dynamic port hopping for covert C2 communication.

  • web:www.hsdl.org

    Of the 23 malware samples analyzed, 14 files were identified as variants of the POWGOOP malware family . Two files were identified as JavaScript files that contain a PowerShell beacon.

  • web:www.ic3.gov

    TLP: WHITE programs into running malware—and obfuscating PowerShell scripts to hide command and control (C2) functions. FBI, CISA, CNMF, and NCSC-UK have observed MuddyWater actors recently using various malware—variants of PowGoop , Small Sieve, Canop

  • web:www.picussecurity.com

    Recently, MuddyWater has been observed to use various malware variants of PowGoop , Small Sieve, Canopy (also known as Starwhale), Mori, and POWERSTATS. Malware Used by MuddyWater 1. PowGoop DLL Loader PowGoop malware is a malicious DLL loader that disguises itself as a legitimate Google Update executable. PowGoop malware is made of 3 components.

  • web:www.securityscientist.net

    A deep dive into MuddyWater — Iran's MOIS-linked APT. Learn their TTPs, malware arsenal (POWERSTATS, PowGoop , Small Sieve), targets, and how to defend against them.

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