Labyrinth Chollima APT Adversary Simulation

2025-02-16 S3N4T0R

https://medium.com/@S3N4T0R/labyrinth-chollima-apt-adversary-simulation-b4f6a79bb68f

The article presents an adversary simulation based on Labyrinth Chollima activity targeting people in the energy and aerospace sectors with job-description lures. The simulated chain uses a password-protected ZIP containing an encrypted PDF and a trojanized SumatraPDF viewer, mirroring reporting about victims being instructed to open the lure with the bundled application. A modified DLL is loaded by SumatraPDF to decrypt and display the job document while loading the MISTPEN payload in memory. The simulation also describes a BURNBOOK launcher in a modified DLL, a network connectivity check to google.com, and BEAR-C2 listener use to receive the backdoor connection and support exfiltration.

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Type Value First Seen Last Seen
URL https://sumatra-pdf-portable.en… 2025-02-16 2025-02-16
DOMAIN sumatra-pdf-portable.en.uptodow… 2025-02-16 2025-02-16

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