OopsIE
MITRE ATT&CK: S0264 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: OopsIE
- First seen
- 2017-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- trojan, rat
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:49:05
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services energy-and-utilities
Targeted regions: country_code:sa country_code:ae
Context
OopsIE is a Trojan used by OilRig to remotely execute commands as well as upload/download files to/from victims.
Detection coverage
- 406 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
- Data Transfer Size Limits (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (attack-pattern)
- Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- System Checks (attack-pattern)
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- Archive via Custom Method (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Visual Basic (attack-pattern)
- Archive via Utility (attack-pattern)
- Scheduled Task (attack-pattern)
- Software Packing (attack-pattern)
- System Time Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- OilRig (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- Palo Alto Unit 42 — Evasive Serpens (report)
- docs.google.com — Edit (report)
- cyware.com — Apt34 The Helix Kitten Cybercriminal Group Loves To Meow Middle Eastern And International Organizations 48Ae (report)
- ptsecurity.com — Antisandbox Techniques (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Oopsie (report)
- researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com — Unit42 Oopsie Oilrig Uses Threedollars Deliver New Trojan (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0264 (report)
- researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com — Unit42 Oilrig Targets Middle Eastern Government Adds Evasion Techniques Oopsie (report)