S0270: RogueRobin
RogueRobin is a payload used by DarkHydrus that has been developed in PowerShell and C#. [1][2]
Security context for executives and security teams
S0270: RogueRobin describes [RogueRobin](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0270) is a payload used by [DarkHydrus](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0079) that has been developed in PowerShell and C#. (Citation: Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018)(Citation: Unit42 DarkHydrus Jan 2019)
Executive priority
S0270: RogueRobin is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.
Technical view
Security teams should validate S0270: RogueRobin by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.
Likely telemetry
- Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
- Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry
Detection direction
- Validate whether S0270: RogueRobin appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
- Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
- Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.
Mitigation priorities
- Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
- Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
- Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits
Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.
This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
RogueRobin
RogueRobin is a payload used by DarkHydrus that has been developed in PowerShell and C#. [1][2]
How security teams should use this page
Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.
Techniques used
This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.
| Domain | ID | Name | Relationship / procedure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | T1547.009 | Shortcut ModificationSub-technique | RogueRobin establishes persistence by creating a shortcut (.LNK file) in the Windows startup folder to run a script each time the user logs in.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1047 | Windows Management Instrumentation | RogueRobin uses various WMI queries to check if the sample is running in a sandbox.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | RogueRobin can save a new file to the system from the C2 server.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1016 | System Network Configuration Discovery | RogueRobin gathers the IP address and domain from the victim’s machine.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1218.010 | Regsvr32Sub-technique | RogueRobin uses regsvr32.exe to run a .sct file for execution.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1033 | System Owner/User Discovery | RogueRobin collects the victim’s username and whether that user is an admin.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1027.010 | Command ObfuscationSub-technique | The PowerShell script with the RogueRobin payload was obfuscated using the COMPRESS technique in `Invoke-Obfuscation`.[1]CitationGitHub Invoke-Obfuscation |
| Enterprise | T1132.001 | Standard EncodingSub-technique | RogueRobin base64 encodes strings that are sent to the C2 over its DNS tunnel.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1102.002 | Bidirectional CommunicationSub-technique | RogueRobin has used Google Drive as a Command and Control channel. [2] |
| Enterprise | T1059.003 | Windows Command ShellSub-technique | RogueRobin uses Windows Script Components.[2][1] |
| Enterprise | T1497.001 | System ChecksSub-technique | RogueRobin uses WMI to check BIOS version for VBOX, bochs, qemu, virtualbox, and vm to check for evidence that the script might be executing within an analysis environment. [1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1518.001 | Security Software DiscoverySub-technique | RogueRobin enumerates running processes to search for Wireshark and Windows Sysinternals suite.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1057 | Process Discovery | RogueRobin checks the running processes for evidence it may be running in a sandbox environment. It specifically enumerates processes for Wireshark and Sysinternals.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1082 | System Information Discovery | RogueRobin gathers BIOS versions and manufacturers, the number of CPU cores, the total physical memory, and the computer name.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1059.001 | PowerShellSub-technique | RogueRobin uses a command prompt to run a PowerShell script from Excel.[1] To assist in establishing persistence, RogueRobin creates |
| Enterprise | T1113 | Screen Capture | RogueRobin has a command named |
| Enterprise | T1140 | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | RogueRobin decodes an embedded executable using base64 and decompresses it.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1547.001 | Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique | RogueRobin created a shortcut in the Windows startup folder to launch a PowerShell script each time the user logs in to establish persistence.[1] |
Groups, software, and campaigns
G0079: DarkHydrus
DarkHydrus is a threat group that has targeted government agencies and educational institutions in the Middle East since at least 2016. The group heavily leverages open-source tools and custom payloads for carrying out attacks. [1] [2]
All related ATT&CK context
Object version and sync metadata
The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(3)
| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.0 | 2.2 | Current bundle | 1ae914f8cfcb… | ||
| 19.2 | 2.2 | Older bundle | 1ae914f8cfcb… | ||
| 19.1 | 2.2 | Older bundle | 1ae914f8cfcb… |
Mirrored ATT&CK source object
The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.
External references and citations
MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.
- [1]Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018
Falcone, R., et al. (2018, July 27). New Threat Actor Group DarkHydrus Targets Middle East Government. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
Open source URL - [2]Unit42 DarkHydrus Jan 2019
Lee, B., Falcone, R. (2019, January 18). DarkHydrus delivers new Trojan that can use Google Drive for C2 communications. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
Open source URL - [3]RogueRobin
(Citation: Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018)
- [4]mitre-attackS0270Open source URL
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