Illicit Brand Impersonation | A Threat Hunting Approach

2023-08-01 Sentinel One

https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/illicit-brand-impersonation-a-threat-hunting-approach/

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SentinelOne described threat-hunting methods for illicit brand impersonation, using VirusTotal NetIoc rules and repeated infrastructure traits such as favicons, outgoing links, trackers, hostnames, and URL patterns. The DPRK-relevant portion notes that APT campaigns can be tracked by similar reuse, citing SentinelOne's earlier work on Kimsuky's ReconShark-related reconnaissance activity. Rather than attributing the whole article to Kimsuky, the usable finding is that defenders can monitor brand-impersonation infrastructure patterns and organization-themed hostnames to surface Kimsuky and other actor activity. The source also contrasts this APT hunting approach with commodity phishing examples such as AWS and USPS impersonation.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
DOMAIN bit-albania.com 2023-08-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN namsouth.com 2023-06-30 2024-02-28
YARA apt_nk_kimsuky_phishing_script 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
YARA usps_phisher_tracker 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
YARA aws_monitor_2 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
YARA aws_monitor 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
HASH 256fa5009e8e82258876325b7d36f41… 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN reasope.org 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN usps-onlines.biz 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN hankevin.cafe24.com 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN csmss.org 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN flash-x32-adobe-add-on.exedl.ne… 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN super-trackings.com 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN educacionit.com 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN absolutemedia.net 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN jacobsenfamilyholdings.com 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN tracking-checks.me 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN blogtify.com 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN vt.net 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN aprendizajevirtual.une.net.co 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN voesami.com 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN stmwa.de 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN hetclick.biz 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN renaissancenft.io 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN kevinspie.co.kr 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN diy-trackng.com 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN uspps-onlynee.biz 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN goodstracks.me 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN usps.tracking-check.me 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN chromatogramma.ru 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
IPv4 174.138.30.233 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
IPv4 217.219.131.139 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
IPv4 108.179.214.134 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
IPv4 167.172.113.157 2023-08-01 2023-08-01
DOMAIN okbus.or.kr 2021-03-26 2023-08-01

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