Lazarus Group (APT38) Targets Crypto Sector with Sophisticated Phishing Campaign

2025-08-28 Kucoin

https://www.kucoin.com/zh-hant/blog/en-breaking-lazarus-group-apt38-targets-crypto-sector-with-sophisticated-phishing-campaign

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KuCoin links recent fake-recruiter phishing against cryptocurrency-sector personnel to Lazarus Group/APT38, with lures delivered through LinkedIn, Telegram, and X. Non-technical victims are pushed through a fake interview site that claims a missing camera driver and instructs them to run macOS or Windows commands that download payloads from technudge[.]pro. The macOS chain stages files under /var/tmp/CDrivers, launches cloud.sh, opens a fake ChAudioFixer app, and installs a LaunchAgent for persistence, while the Windows chain expands cdrivWin.zip and runs update.vbs through wscript.exe. The Windows package includes Python-based components such as nvidia.py, auto.py, api.py, and command.py for cookie, saved-password, crypto-wallet theft, encrypted communication to 38.146.28[.]177:8080, and remote-control functions. Technical targets are also steered toward malicious repositories, npm packages such as matrix-charts and rtklog, and a GitLab clone flow that the article says abuses CVE-2025-48384.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
DOMAIN api.ipify.org 2019-12-11 2026-03-17
IPv4 38.146.28.177 2025-08-28 2026-01-21
DOMAIN quiz-nest.com 2025-06-18 2025-09-04
DOMAIN slowmist.medium.com 2022-08-16 2025-09-01
HASH c184aa82bd9e70445003a4f3dd4de0b3 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH a6add56c8c3cda2a4a247632aa7fc3ea 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH 61c88b66dc906667ecb9387c0678a1dd 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH 7b84d1d1ad0887dd0e545d0ba86c4e6… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH c17aa46954ed1b9cd147e674de3f255… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH 0a03ca9e4b836d54005335e8cedda91… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH cd68b8c00708844fefaff84f23f97a6… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH 35195bb1f3247be5532a9f0d3712cc13 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH 6f7a0864e4b2e9c09121b5a26dd0782… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH df994bd9153914e66ceee3f8bcb93527 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH f0b2095e384e253bff6fff3a2060811… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
HASH 5c9af548cb39a3a2b4f7a91aad0cdccc 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
URL https://aptiscore.com 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
URL https://gitlab.tresalabs.com:84… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
URL https://aptiscore.com/invite/Lr… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
URL https://technudge.pro/adriv-arm… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
URL https://technudge.pro/adrivmac-… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
URL https://technudge.pro/adrivwin-… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
URL https://technudge.pro/adriv-int… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
URL https://guest:glpat-2xxxxxxyx@g… 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
URL https://technudge.pro 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
DOMAIN easyhiringtool.com 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
DOMAIN gitlab.tresalabs.com 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
DOMAIN aptiscore.com 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
DOMAIN technudge.pro 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
DOMAIN assessmentbay.com 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
DOMAIN fireblocksinsight.com 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
IPv4 212.85.29.149 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
IPv4 212.85.29.40 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
IPv4 51.210.235.45 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
IPv4 51.210.235.42 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
IPv4 78.110.166.82 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
IPv4 31.220.40.22 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
IPv4 46.202.196.24 2025-08-28 2025-08-28
DOMAIN provevidskillcheck.com 2025-06-18 2025-08-28
DOMAIN doodles.skillquestions.com 2025-06-18 2025-08-28
DOMAIN evalswift.com 2025-03-31 2025-08-28
URL https://api.ipify.org 2025-02-03 2025-08-28
DOMAIN api.jz-aws.info 2025-01-05 2025-08-28

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