OilRig APT Activity
Detects OilRig activity as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report
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1title: OilRig APT Activity
2id: ce6e34ca-966d-41c9-8d93-5b06c8b97a06
3related:
4 - id: 53ba33fd-3a50-4468-a5ef-c583635cfa92 # System
5 type: similar
6 - id: c0580559-a6bd-4ef6-b9b7-83703d98b561 # Security
7 type: similar
8 - id: 7bdf2a7c-3acc-4091-9581-0a77dad1c5b5 # Registry
9 type: similar
10status: test
11description: Detects OilRig activity as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report
12references:
13 - https://web.archive.org/web/20180402134442/https://nyotron.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Nyotron-OilRig-Malware-Report-March-2018C.pdf
14author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis, Jonhnathan Ribeiro, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
15date: 2018-03-23
16modified: 2023-03-08
17tags:
18 - attack.persistence
19 - attack.g0049
20 - attack.t1053.005
21 - attack.s0111
22 - attack.t1543.003
23 - attack.defense-evasion
24 - attack.t1112
25 - attack.command-and-control
26 - attack.t1071.004
27 - detection.emerging-threats
28logsource:
29 category: process_creation
30 product: windows
31detection:
32 selection_schtasks:
33 CommandLine|contains|all:
34 - 'SC Scheduled Scan'
35 - '\microsoft\Taskbar\autoit3.exe'
36 selection_temp:
37 Image|contains: '\Windows\Temp\DB\'
38 Image|endswith: '.exe'
39 selection_service:
40 Image: 'C:\Windows\system32\Service.exe'
41 CommandLine|contains:
42 - 'i'
43 - 'u'
44 selection_autoit:
45 ParentImage|endswith: '\local\microsoft\Taskbar\autoit3.exe'
46 CommandLine|contains|all:
47 - 'nslookup.exe'
48 - '-q=TXT'
49 condition: 1 of selection_*
50falsepositives:
51 - Unlikely
52level: critical
References
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