RogueRobin

MITRE ATT&CK: S0270 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: RogueRobin

First seen
2018-07-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor, rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:53:38

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:sa

Context

RogueRobin is a payload used by DarkHydrus that has been developed in PowerShell and C#.

Detection coverage

  • 498 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Regsvr32 (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Command Obfuscation (attack-pattern)
  • Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
  • Bidirectional Communication (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • System Checks (attack-pattern)
  • Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • PowerShell (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Management Instrumentation (attack-pattern)
  • Shortcut Modification (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com — Unit42 New Threat Actor Group Darkhydrus Targets Middle East Government (report)
  • Palo Alto Unit 42 — Darkhydrus Delivers New Trojan That Can Use Google Drive For C2 Communications (report)
  • docs.google.com — Edit (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Ps1.Roguerobin (report)
  • ironnet.com — Dns Tunneling Series Part 3 The Siren Song Of Roguerobin (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0270 (report)

External references