BFG Agonizer

MITRE ATT&CK: S1136 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: BFG Agonizer

First seen
2021-05-01 00:00:00
Malware type
wiper
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:11:49

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:il country_code:sa

Context

BFG Agonizer is a wiper related to the open-source project CRYLINE-v.5.0. The malware is associated with wiping operations conducted by the Agrius threat actor.

Detection coverage

  • 37 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Shutdown/Reboot (attack-pattern)
  • Compromise Host Software Binary (attack-pattern)
  • Disk Structure Wipe (attack-pattern)
  • Inhibit System Recovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Palo Alto Unit 42 — Agonizing Serpens Targets Israeli Tech Higher Ed Sectors (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1136 (report)

External references