H3XA — Operational Evidence

TypeMalware

External ID—

First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

Confidence

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[QUADAGENT](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0269) is a PowerShell backdoor used by [OilRig](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0049). (Citation: Unit 42 QUADAGENT July 2018)

Labels

malware

18 recorded

Relationships

uses

from OilRig

Group

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to Command Obfuscation

Technique

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to Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Technique

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to DNS

Technique

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to Fallback Channels

Technique

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to File Deletion

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to Fileless Storage

Technique

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to Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location

Technique

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to Modify Registry

Technique

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to PowerShell

Technique

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to Query Registry

Technique

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to Scheduled Task

Technique

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to Standard Encoding

Technique

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to System Network Configuration Discovery

Technique

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to System Owner/User Discovery

Technique

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to Visual Basic

Technique

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to Web Protocols

Technique

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to Windows Command Shell

Technique

3 external

References

mitre-attack

S0269

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QUADAGENT

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Unit 42 QUADAGENT July 2018

https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/07/unit42-oilrig-targets-technology-service-provider-government-agency-quadagent/

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