HWBP Evasion

2026-06-016 minElastic Security Labshigh

PHANTOMPULSE is a sophisticated RAT attributed to DPRK-aligned actors that utilizes hardware breakpoints to bypass AMSI, WLDP, and ETW. It establishes a resilient, sinkhole-able command and control channel by resolving C2 URLs from blockchain transaction inputs and employs multiple process injection and UAC bypass techniques.