BlackOasis
BlackOasis is a Middle Eastern-based threat group that appears to be a customer of Gamma Group. This threat group has targeted prominent figures in the United Nations, opposition bloggers, activists, regional news correspondents, and think tanks. A group identified by Microsoft as NEODYMIUM is reportedly associated closely with BlackOasis’ operations, but evidence that the group names are aliases has not been confirmed.
This is a collection of rules based on the presence of indicators of compromise publicly reported as associated with this malicious actor.
- Suspicious DNS Request - BlackOasis Related Domain Observed
- Suspicious Process - BlackOasis Related Binary Executed
- Suspicious Web Request - BlackOasis Related Domain Observed
Suspicious DNS Request - BlackOasis Related Domain Observed
Description
This detection identifies a request to resolve a domain publicly known to be associated with this specific malicious actor. Please be aware that malicious actors will often use compromised legitimate websites for malicious purposes.
Recommendation
The alert may be related to normal web browsing activity by the end user. Review the alert in question. If necessary, rebuild the host from a known, good source and have the user change their password.
Suspicious Process - BlackOasis Related Binary Executed
Description
This detection identifies the execution of a file with a hash publicly known to be associated with this specific malicious actor. Please be aware that malicious actors will often use common System Administration tools for malicious purposes.
Recommendation
Review the alert in question. If necessary, rebuild the host from a known, good source and have the user change their password.
Suspicious Web Request - BlackOasis Related Domain Observed
Description
This detection identifies a request to a domain publicly known to be associated with this specific malicious actor. Please be aware that malicious actors will often compromise legitimate websites to use for malicious purposes.
Recommendation
The alert may be related to normal web browsing activity by the end user. Review the alert in question. If necessary, rebuild the host from a known, good source and have the user change their password.