MS 사칭 피싱과 Dead-drop C2 기반 APT37 NarwhalRAT 분석

2026-06-14 Genians Analysis of APT37 NarwhalRAT Leveraging MS-Themed Phishing and Dead-drop C2

https://www.genians.co.kr/blog/threat_intelligence/narwhalrat

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APT37-linked operators used Microsoft account security-themed spear phishing against Korean users to deliver NarwhalRAT through a ZIP-contained malicious LNK, obfuscated BAT scripts, copied curl execution, and a Python embedded runtime. The malware chain downloads Python bytecode disguised as .cat files, decrypts a PE payload, and runs it in memory through Python ctypes with Anti-VM checks and scheduled-task persistence. NarwhalRAT stages data under a hidden %APPDATA%\naverwhale directory, supports keylogging, screenshots, microphone recording, USB collection, file transfer, remote command execution, and dynamic C2 reconfiguration. Its infrastructure combines Korean relay sites such as daehoat.com and novel21.co.kr with pCloud API-based dead-drop resolver behavior, and Genians ties the TTPs closely to prior APT37 Python backdoor activity.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
URL http://www.novel21.co.kr/data/e… 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
URL http://www.daehoat.com/wp-conte… 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
IPv4 218.150.78.231 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
IPv4 121.254.222.10 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
DOMAIN webhostingkorea.com 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
IPv4 61.100.9.206 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
DOMAIN novel21.co.kr 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
IPv4 211.239.157.126 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
DOMAIN fe01.co.kr 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
IPv4 218.150.78.198 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
DOMAIN daehoat.com 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
IPv4 121.254.222.80 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
DOMAIN crwellfood.com 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
HASH b6b0602310bb2d4360c52685119aac1b 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
HASH 7eb9cee1f696727752169f25cf79a338 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
HASH 7cef19f9c4480adac0cd4702ff98f46c 2026-06-14 2026-06-14
HASH 3715092aa00f380cefe8b4d2eddb7d08 2026-06-14 2026-06-14

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