---
action: global
title: Chafer Activity
description: Detects Chafer activity attributed to OilRig as reported in Nyotron report in March 2018 
references:
    - https://nyotron.com/nyotron-discovers-next-generation-oilrig-attacks/
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.g0049
    - attack.t1053
    - attack.s0111
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1112
date: 2018/03/23
modified: 2019/03/01
author: Florian Roth, Markus Neis
detection:
    condition: 1 of them
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: critical
---
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection_service:
        EventID: 7045
        ServiceName:
            - 'SC Scheduled Scan'
            - 'UpdatMachine'
---
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
detection:
    selection_service:
        EventID: 4698
        TaskName:
            - 'SC Scheduled Scan'
            - 'UpdatMachine'
---
logsource:
   product: windows
   service: sysmon
detection:
    selection_reg1:
        EventID: 13 
        TargetObject: 
            - '*SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UMe'
            - '*SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UT'
        EventType: 'SetValue'
    selection_reg2:
        EventID: 13 
        TargetObject: '*\Control\SecurityProviders\WDigest\UseLogonCredential'
        EventType: 'SetValue'
        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000001)'
---
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_process1:
        CommandLine: 
            - '*\Service.exe i'
            - '*\Service.exe u'
            - '*\microsoft\Taskbar\autoit3.exe'
            - 'C:\wsc.exe*'
    selection_process2:
        Image: '*\Windows\Temp\DB\\*.exe'
    selection_process3:
        CommandLine: '*\nslookup.exe -q=TXT*'
        ParentImage: '*\Autoit*'