Sigma rule: OilRig APT Activity

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-711ca05e533b, updated 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
OilRig APT Activity
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/proc_creation_win_apt_oilrig_mar18.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects OilRig activity as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

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_*

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/proc_creation_win_apt_oilrig_mar18.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "OilRig APT Activity" 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/proc_creation_win_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 Activity",
entity page, dataset version ref-711ca05e533b, updated 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/ce6e34ca-966d-41c9-8d93-5b06c8b97a06 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule ce6e34ca-966d-41c9-8d93-5b06c8b97a06, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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