CHRYSENE
Also known as OilRig, Greenbug
Adversaries abusing ICS (based on Dragos Inc adversary list). This threat actor targets organizations involved in oil, gas, and electricity production, primarily in the Gulf region, for espionage purposes. According to one cybersecurity company, the threat actor “compromises a target machine and passes it off to another threat actor for further exploitation.”
Targets: Private sector, Iraq, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Israel
CVEs in recent coverage
No CVEs named alongside this actor in the last 90 days.
Recent victims
No leak-site posts on record for this group.
Recent activity
No posts or advisories have named this actor recently.
References
- https://dragos.com/adversaries.html
- https://dragos.com/media/2017-Review-Industrial-Control-System-Threats.pdf
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/chrysene
From the MISP threat-actor galaxy, MITRE ATT&CK and RansomLook (CC BY 4.0). Activity is any post or advisory Watch Floor collected that names the actor or one of its aliases.