Severity

High

Analysis Summary

A campaign has been uncovered that looks like the work of Iran-based APT group Helix Kitten, aka OilRig and APT34. Initial analysis of likely OilRig-related observables revealed a phishing campaign targeting the oil and gas sector, as well as several other manufacturing and technology companies. While much remains unknown about this newly identified campaign. The campaign circulates around the executable sent to the users and make the inital access in the victim’s system.

Impact

Information Theft and Espionage
Credential Theft
Unauthorized Access

Indicators of Compromise

Filename

• SQLADHLP[.]EXE

MD5

• fe73a32f00c77fdb6b1f9b61e933b76b

SHA-256

• b59dea96ef94e8d32ee1a1805174318643569bbdca0d7569ede19467ff09dcdc

SHA-1

• 015a127407fc5092d52d6a91d51e4fbadc82612a

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at their respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment