OilBooster

MITRE ATT&CK: S1172 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: OilBooster

First seen
2022-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
downloader
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:28:56

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

Targeted regions: country_code:il

Context

OilBooster is a downloader written in Microsoft Visual C/C++ that has been used by OilRig since at least 2022 including against target organizations in Israel to download and execute files and for exfiltration.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 247 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration to Cloud Storage (attack-pattern)
  • Hidden Window (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Bidirectional Communication (attack-pattern)
  • Inter-Process Communication (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
  • Fallback Channels (attack-pattern)
  • Asymmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • SEKOIA_Apt_Oilrig_Oilbooster_Strings (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • ESET — Oilrig Persistent Attacks Cloud Service Powered Downloaders (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1172 (report)

External references