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
- Agrius (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- Palo Alto Unit 42 — Agonizing Serpens Targets Israeli Tech Higher Ed Sectors (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1136 (report)