DEADWOOD
MITRE ATT&CK: S1134 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: Agrius, DETBOSIT, SQLShred, DEADWOOD
- First seen
- 2019-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- wiper
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:21:12
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector
Targeted regions: country_code:sa
Context
DEADWOOD is wiper malware written in C++ using Boost libraries. DEADWOOD was first observed in an unattributed wiping event in Saudi Arabia in 2019, and has since been incorporated into Agrius operations.
Detection coverage
- 2 YARA rules
- 88 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Disk Content Wipe (attack-pattern)
- Embedded Payloads (attack-pattern)
- Data Destruction (attack-pattern)
- Masquerade Task or Service (attack-pattern)
- Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
- Service Execution (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- System Time Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Account Access Removal (attack-pattern)
- Disk Structure Wipe (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
Detection rules
- DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_DEADWOOD (yara-rule)
- MALPEDIA_Win_Deadwood_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- assets.sentinelone.com — Evol Agrius (report)
- CrowdStrike — The Anatomy Of Wiper Malware Part 1 (report)
- sentinelone.com — Sentinellabs From Wiper To Ransomware The Evolution Of Agrius (report)
- ESET — Fantasy New Agrius Wiper Supply Chain Attack (report)
- CrowdStrike — The Anatomy Of Wiper Malware Part 3 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Deadwood (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1134 (report)