Cross-Chain TxDataHiding Crypto Heist: A Very Chainful Process (Part 2)

2025-10-27 Ransom ISAC

https://ransom-isac.org/blog/cross-chain-txdatahiding-crypto-heist-part-2/

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Ransom-ISAC analyzed a suspected DPRK-affiliated campaign that used a weaponized private GitHub repository to compromise cryptocurrency and developer environments. The attack chain combined DEV#POPPER.js, a cross-platform JavaScript payload, with OmniStealer, a Python stealer targeting wallets, private keys, browser credentials, development secrets, and source code. A key technique was Cross-Chain TxDataHiding, where malware queried TRON or Aptos transaction data to recover a BSC transaction hash and then pulled encrypted payload data from Binance Smart Chain transaction input. This multi-chain design increases takedown resistance and complicates detection because command data is distributed across immutable blockchain infrastructure and backup paths.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
IPv4 23.27.202.27 2025-10-20 2026-06-12
DOMAIN api.trongrid.io 2025-10-27 2026-05-31
DOMAIN fullnode.mainnet.aptoslabs.com 2025-10-27 2026-05-31
IPv4 23.27.20.143 2025-10-20 2026-04-21
IPv4 136.0.9.8 2025-10-20 2026-04-21
IPv4 166.88.4.2 2025-10-20 2026-04-21
DOMAIN bsc-dataseed.binance.org 2025-10-27 2026-04-11
DOMAIN bsc-rpc.publicnode.com 2025-10-27 2026-04-11
DOMAIN ip-api.com 2022-11-14 2026-01-21
URL http://ip-api.com/json 2024-07-31 2026-01-20
URL https://bsc-dataseed.binance.org 2025-10-27 2026-01-14
HASH f3c46284d1f89f33427b332a7b93571… 2025-10-27 2025-11-13
HASH 16df15306f966ae5c5184901747a320… 2025-10-27 2025-11-13
URL https://api.trongrid.io/v1/acco… 2025-10-27 2025-11-13
YARA Actor_APT_DPRK_Unknown_MAL_Indi… 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
YARA Actor_APT_DPRK_Unknown_MAL_Scri… 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
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YARA Actor_APT_DPRK_Unknown_MAL_Scri… 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
HASH 7a62286e68d879b45da710e1daa4959… 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
HASH be037400670fbf1c32364f762975908… 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
HASH 3f0e5781d0855fb460661ac63257376… 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
HASH d33f78662df123adf2a178628980b60… 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
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HASH f46c86c886bbf9915f4841a8c27b38c… 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
EMAIL [email protected] 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
DOMAIN bootstrap.pypa.io 2025-10-27 2025-10-27
HASH be21bf4ad94c394202e7b52a1b461ed… 2025-10-20 2025-10-27
HASH 236ff897dee7d21319482cd67815bd2… 2025-10-20 2025-10-27
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