Sigma rule: OilRig APT Schedule Task Persistence - Security

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-4f687edc4123, updated 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
OilRig APT Schedule Task Persistence - Security
Status
test
Level
critical
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis, Jonhnathan Ribeiro, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
Date
2018-03-23
Modified
2023-03-08
File
rules-emerging-threats/2018/TA/OilRig/win_security_apt_oilrig_mar18.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects OilRig schedule task persistence as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report

Log source

product
windows
service
security

Detection

selection_service:
    EventID: 4698
    TaskName:
        - 'SC Scheduled Scan'
        - 'UpdatMachine'
condition: selection_service

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely

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

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2018/TA/OilRig/win_security_apt_oilrig_mar18.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "OilRig APT Schedule Task Persistence - Security" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis, Jonhnathan Ribeiro, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2018/TA/OilRig/win_security_apt_oilrig_mar18.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: OilRig APT Schedule Task Persistence - Security",
entity page, dataset version ref-4f687edc4123, updated 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/c0580559-a6bd-4ef6-b9b7-83703d98b561 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule c0580559-a6bd-4ef6-b9b7-83703d98b561, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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