Understanding the OilRig attack's exfiltration

- [Narrator] One of the most sophisticated attacks of…recent times is the refreshed OilRig Campaign,…that came out of Iran.…This was first detected in 2015.…And has been used against critical infrastructure;…banks, airlines, and government agencies.…It resurfaced in November 2017 with a number of…enhancements to its TTP's. Its tools,…techniques, and procedures.…In particular, its introduced new exfiltration methods.…

The OilRig Campaign used a number…of common tools in its attack.…Many of which were taken from public source…get up sites and customized for the Campaign.…These include the SmartFile client software,…which it uses to upload and download…files, and execute commands.…It uses a freeware scripting tool called…AutoIT and a remote desktop access tool called Myrtille.…An interpeter payload called RPCEXE is used…indicating the attack also leverages…the Metasploit platform.…

It also uses an innovative Google drive…based remote access tool,…which is named services.exe.…And which is installed into the…systems 32 folder of infected hosts.…