SideTwist

MITRE ATT&CK: S0610 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: SideTwist

First seen
2021-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:22:13

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services energy-and-utilities

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:sa country_code:il

Context

SideTwist is a C-based backdoor that has been used by OilRig since at least 2021.

Detection coverage

  • 266 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
  • Fallback Channels (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Data Obfuscation (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • research.checkpoint.com — Irans Apt34 Returns With An Updated Arsenal (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Sidetwist (report)
  • nsfocusglobal.com — Apt34 Unleashes New Wave Of Phishing Attack With Variant Of Sidetwist Trojan (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0610 (report)

External references