Hacker groupG0049
OilRig
Also tracked as COBALT GYPSY, IRN2, APT34, Helix Kitten, Evasive Serpens, Hazel Sandstorm, EUROPIUM, ITG13, Earth Simnavaz, Crambus, TA452
OilRig is a suspected Iranian threat group that has targeted Middle Eastern and international victims since at least 2014. The group has targeted a variety of sectors, including financial, government, energy, chemical, and telecommunications. It appears the group carries out supply chain attacks, leveraging the trust relationship between organizations to attack their primary targets. The group works on behalf of the Iranian government based on infrastructure details that contain references to Iran, use of Iranian infrastructure, and targeting that aligns with nation-state interests.
- Known attack methods
- 76
- Origin
- Iran
- First seen
- 2014
- Source
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, mapped onto the ATT&CK matrix. Each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
Used by this groupNot documented for this groupIn brackets: sub-techniques this group uses, of those that exist.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques · 5 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 2 used
Execution
20 techniques · 5 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 4 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 1 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 7 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 4 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 4 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 12 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 6 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 6 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 1 used
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development6
Initial access4
Execution9
Persistence4
Privilege escalation1
Stealth10
Defense impairment4
Credential access8
Discovery14
- T1007System Service Discovery
- T1012Query Registry
- T1016System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1033System Owner/User Discovery
- T1046Network Service Discovery
- T1049System Network Connections Discovery
- T1057Process Discovery
- T1069.001Local Groups
- T1069.002Domain Groups
- T1082System Information Discovery
- T1087.001Local Account
- T1087.002Domain Account
- T1120Peripheral Device Discovery
- T1201Password Policy Discovery
Lateral movement2
Collection6
Command and control7
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Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
BONDUPDATERHelminthISMInjectorMangoODAgentOilBoosterOilCheckOopsIEPOWRUNERPowerExchangeQUADAGENTRDATRGDoorSEASHARPEESampleCheck5000SideTwistSolarZeroCleare
Tools
Legitimate or dual-use software the group is documented using. Most of it is software your own administrators use too, which is the point.
LaZagneMimikatzNetPsExecRegSysteminfoTasklistcertutilftpipconfignetstatngrok
Campaigns
Juicy MixOuter Space