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OilRig APT Activity
Detects OilRig activity as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report
Known false positives
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | |
| Persistence | |
| Privilege Escalation | |
| Defense Impairment | |
| Command & Control |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688: A new process has been created. |
Rule body
title: OilRig APT Activity
id: ce6e34ca-966d-41c9-8d93-5b06c8b97a06
related:
- id: 53ba33fd-3a50-4468-a5ef-c583635cfa92 # System
type: similar
- id: c0580559-a6bd-4ef6-b9b7-83703d98b561 # Security
type: similar
- id: 7bdf2a7c-3acc-4091-9581-0a77dad1c5b5 # Registry
type: similar
status: test
description: Detects OilRig activity as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report
references:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180402134442/https://nyotron.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Nyotron-OilRig-Malware-Report-March-2018C.pdf
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis, Jonhnathan Ribeiro, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
date: 2018-03-23
modified: 2023-03-08
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.execution
- attack.persistence
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.g0049
- attack.t1053.005
- attack.s0111
- attack.t1543.003
- attack.t1112
- attack.command-and-control
- attack.t1071.004
- detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_schtasks:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'SC Scheduled Scan'
- '\microsoft\Taskbar\autoit3.exe'
selection_temp:
Image|contains: '\Windows\Temp\DB\'
Image|endswith: '.exe'
selection_service:
Image: 'C:\Windows\system32\Service.exe'
CommandLine|contains:
- 'i'
- 'u'
selection_autoit:
ParentImage|endswith: '\local\microsoft\Taskbar\autoit3.exe'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'nslookup.exe'
- '-q=TXT'
condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: critical
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
1 of selection_*Stage 1: selection_schtasks
selection_schtasks:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'SC Scheduled Scan'
- '\microsoft\Taskbar\autoit3.exe'
Stage 2: selection_temp
selection_temp:
Image|contains: '\Windows\Temp\DB\'
Image|endswith: '.exe'
Stage 3: selection_service
selection_service:
Image: 'C:\Windows\system32\Service.exe'
CommandLine|contains:
- 'i'
- 'u'
Stage 4: selection_autoit
selection_autoit:
ParentImage|endswith: '\local\microsoft\Taskbar\autoit3.exe'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'nslookup.exe'
- '-q=TXT'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:match |
Image | ends_with |
| field:"Image" kind:ends_with value:".exe" |
Image | eq |
| field:"Image" kind:eq value:"C:\Windows\system32\Service.exe" |
Image | match |
| field:"Image" kind:match value:"\Windows\Temp\DB\" |
ParentImage | ends_with |
| field:"ParentImage" kind:ends_with value:"\local\microsoft\Taskbar\autoit3.exe" |