Kimsuky Threat Group Uses RDP to Control Infected Systems

2023-10-17 Ahnlab

https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/57873/

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AhnLab details Kimsuky activity in which presumed spear phishing led to BabyShark installation and later deployment of RDP-control tooling on compromised Windows systems. The group used scripts and loaders such as hwp.bat, k.ps1, OneNote.vbs, pow.ps1, and desktop.r7u to collect information, log keystrokes, decrypt payloads, and inject code into legitimate processes. Additional payloads included multiple.exe, which changes termsrv.dll, enables multiple RDP sessions, and creates a hidden IIS_USER administrator account. A RevClient component receives C2 commands, can manage user accounts, and forwards attacker traffic to local RDP, with 5.61.59.53:2086 shown as the main C2 endpoint.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH c8d589ac5c872b12e502ec1fc2fee0c7 2023-10-16 2024-10-01
IPv4 5.61.59.53 2023-10-16 2024-08-22
HASH be2f73a637258aa872bdf548daf55336 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
HASH 7313dc4d9d6228e442fc6ef9ba5a1b9a 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
HASH 02804d632675b2a3711e19ef217a2877 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
HASH 116a71365b83cc38211ccfc8059b363e 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
HASH ad9a3e893abdac7549a7d66ca32142e8 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
HASH 0d6717c3fa713c5f5f5cb0539b94b84f 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
HASH 2dbe8e89310b42e295bfdf3aad955ba9 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
HASH 0d691673af913dc0942e55548f6e2e4e 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
URL https://onessearth.online/up/up… 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
URL https://powsecme.co/up/upload_d… 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
DOMAIN onessearth.online 2023-10-16 2023-10-17
DOMAIN powsecme.co 2023-10-16 2023-10-17

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