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

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