DPRK-NEXUS ADVERSARY TARGETS SOUTH-KOREAN INDIVIDUALS IN A NEW CHAPTER OF KITTY PHISHING OPERATION

2022-04-11 Cluster25

https://cluster25.io/2022/04/11/dprk-nexus-adversary-new-kitty-phishing/

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Cluster25 traced an April 2022 DPRK-nexus spearphishing campaign against South Korean individuals, noting similarities to the Kitty Phishing operation. The activity used Korean-language Word lures impersonating KRNIC, South Korean security firms, or cryptocurrency brands, and exploited CVE-2017-0199 template injection to fetch a weaponized document from infrastructure such as naveicoipd.tech. Embedded VBA decrypted 32-bit or 64-bit payload URLs, dropped RuntimeBroker.exe under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\TokenBroker, and used sandbox and antivirus checks before installing a final payload under C:\ProgramData\Intel\IntelRST.exe with registry persistence. The implant retrieved C2 information from a Dropbox-hosted TXT file, exfiltrated host and antivirus state to the operator domain, and used naveicoip-style DGA domains registered through hosting providers.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH 352d1850f2f6030fa4481728df25754… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH a7c17e5fa55bcc60d4cff64dd37d0a1… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH b2a3d4261b0a6845d9ee4f395261946… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH 94fb3a34ecbde3435934f4cb44d86ff… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH ae7275988753fffb29bdb254babdf46… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH 4e9ba92b357dcfa79f64f2ca829d319… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH 76a87057cb72139ed2a2c6776949aab… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH c17234de3a14deadf84c7acc6143454… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH 2fc71184be22ed1b504b75d7bde6e46… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH 06d29b5f1611303a792bb335ecafdd2… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
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HASH ab01143169a142b246441b778b78655… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH 4479c7842388f93cf2cbc4ba76ed245… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH f915bc0dc9536eaa4ffefe7781676cd… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH 96754f46e1ce19a337c3a4368e63ad1… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH a38628b4fe521655d88e4fe5a9cc074… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH 409ccb43d482d86d75e50c89ac91dcd… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH 042ce8c91c6bc7eeb32e0df4ca95f49… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH b8408322430bbd9c685f40733314f8b… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH cb74f8fb9623413ab69566a3cddbba9… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH c4e0cb278f80e2ec8f1a2473ee7d531… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH bc7d3ac47b50254420513b9eb1563cd… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH 33b6d6f52125a046d22f4198a56838a… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11
HASH 1ff3d779c207ca18a55208471b7627e… 2022-04-11 2022-04-11

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