Google Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited by Lazarus Group by Using Phony DeFi Game – Active IOCs

2024-10-24 Rewterz

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Lazarus used a fake DeFi tank game, DeTankZone, to target Bitcoin and cryptocurrency users while exploiting the Google Chrome zero-day CVE-2024-4947 from detankzone[.]com. The campaign began around February 2024 and was identified after researchers found a new Manuscrypt backdoor variant on a Russian customer system, with delivery supported by spear-phishing emails, LinkedIn personas, and social media promotion. The exploit abused Chrome's Maglev JIT/type confusion path to access Chrome process memory, exposing browsing history, saved passwords, tokens, and cookies, and the attackers also used a V8 sandbox-escape issue to execute shellcode. The shellcode gathered CPU, BIOS, OS, anti-VM, and anti-debugging data and sent it to Lazarus C2 for reconnaissance, indicating victim triage before follow-on activity. The report links the operation to cryptocurrency theft risk because the targeting and Lazarus tradecraft aligned with prior financially motivated campaigns.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
DOMAIN detankzone.com 2024-10-23 2025-08-25
DOMAIN ccwaterfall.com 2024-05-28 2024-10-24

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