NORTH KOREA IS THE THREAT

2022-08-30 Avertium

https://explore.avertium.com/resource/north-korea-is-the-threat

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Avertium describes sustained 2022 North Korean threat activity involving Lazarus/APT38, H0ly Gh0st, PLUTONIUM and Kimsuky across cryptocurrency, ransomware and espionage operations. Lazarus activity cited from CISA used social engineering and trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows and macOS to steal private keys and enable fraudulent blockchain transactions. The H0ly Gh0st ransomware section links the financially motivated group to North Korean activity through Microsoft reporting on communication with Lazarus/PLUTONIUM, shared infrastructure, similar controller naming and tools, while describing SiennaBlue and SiennaPurple ransomware variants, double extortion and possible exploitation of public-facing web applications such as CVE-2022-26352. The Kimsuky sections describe SHARPEXT browser-extension theft from logged-in email sessions and phishing chains that verify victims before delivering malicious documents, HTA payloads, scheduled tasks and profiling logic against Korean peninsula-related targets.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH 99fc54786a72f32fd44c7391c2171ca… 2022-07-14 2024-03-17
EMAIL [email protected] 2022-07-14 2024-03-17
DOMAIN mail2tor.com 2022-07-14 2024-03-17
DOMAIN matmq3z3hiovia3voe2tix2x54sghc3… 2022-07-14 2024-03-17
HASH bea866b327a2dc2aa104b7ad7307008… 2022-07-14 2023-02-09
HASH f8fc2445a9814ca8cf48a979bff7f18… 2022-07-14 2023-02-09
HASH 4433edb19f368e56d903a4ed0aa25a2e 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 23b5811baa6cc9e562185571579ce5bc 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 8e6d7d7385eb2867bda605e5e3ac4e5… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH c4b29c58d2b2173a184c857d494f72a… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH bb3a0dc01309162971ad6a11c5cb159… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 8b6d472fa9ec0023d7a35bdd7b8b2d4f 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 07b2457f6e71d0b75693b6fecf9c88e7 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 7953f5b1ed7b0b0ac778a2d47f44195c 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 4b77fa3e1fe5a5d880467418f13ae6c… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
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HASH 0ec2cfae9709b12236052e43356e37d… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
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HASH feab39a0e08849ef1c748931943dfb6… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 3361fa242eb7e6162fd4682471f4e952 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH a2f513d27c18a885490e0e824c48d6c… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH bb6662ed3f058a737674be6749c7e6f2 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
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HASH b63335a46a5096de1783da08b8709ce… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
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HASH cf4ad12ef7de85a4a2d468082c51066… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH e4df8b86d669e1eb36add172972bcb27 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 62b0fa29bcc317c59c5f5e7fd3a867bc 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 157e31eb70e2f28059f100f85317fcce 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 2c73cf2356a9005850fb2d07d024b2f2 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH 2450961c630bc9a047a8b529323c558… 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH b18d2d4e77fc567306d406c75b75dc53 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
DOMAIN duo.com 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
DOMAIN the-sun.com 2022-08-30 2022-08-30
HASH b237b484c5c0fb020952e99b1134a527 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 596251e844abdaa77eeca905f0cb7677 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 8289771e7eeffd28fb8a9e1bdeb3e86c 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 238e6952a990fd3f6b75569feceb26a2 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 8735788b2422c7ab910953178af57376 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 809f60589ee8be7daf075446c2180eaa 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 85f24b0f10b77b033e6e66ae8b7d55fc 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 96f5ef3d58a750a6db60f2e0566dc6e6 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 7a3e966d30fe5d52cfe97d998e8c49cb 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH c0097cfa2e05ab1d18cf3dad93d98050 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 490b2496434e6a20dae758d0b6fc6e00 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
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HASH 75ae786fe89491dc57509801c212fa8b 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH c4a69dab3f8369d2f823c538590de345 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 40de99fb06e52e3364f2cd70f100ff71 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 3265b2d5e61971c43a076347fb405c4b 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH a871511ef8abae9f103a3dfe77b12b6d 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH 5b5247ee7b43f51092ab07a1d1a31936 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH edde6a385c86f60342831f24c3651925 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
HASH d9f2acfed7ede76f110334e2c572b74e 2022-08-25 2022-08-30
URL http://matmq3z3hiovia3voe2tix2x… 2022-07-14 2022-08-30
IPv4 193.56.29.123 2022-07-14 2022-08-30
HASH c32f40f304777df7cfab428a54bb818b 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
HASH bd416ea51f94d815b5b5b66861cbdcc5 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
HASH 114f22f3dd6928bed5c779fa918a8f11 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
HASH 728b908e90930c73edeb1bf58b6a3a64 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
HASH e732bc87033a935bd2d3d56c7772641b 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
HASH 0c2dde41d508941cf215fe8f1f7e03a7 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
HASH 1a536709554860fcc2c147374556205d 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
HASH 90f2b7845c203035f0d7096aa28dda83 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
HASH 2677f9871cb340750e582cb677d40e81 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
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HASH a225b7aff737dea737cd969fb307df23 2022-04-26 2022-08-30
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HASH 352d1850f2f6030fa4481728df25754… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
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HASH 76a87057cb72139ed2a2c6776949aab… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH 1fd8fef169bf48cfdcf506151264128c 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH 556abc167348fe96abfbf5079c3ad488 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH c17234de3a14deadf84c7acc6143454… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH 210db61d1b11c1d233fd8a0645946074 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
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HASH 06d29b5f1611303a792bb335ecafdd2… 2022-04-11 2022-08-30
HASH 56df55ef50e9b9c891437c7148a0764a 2021-11-19 2022-08-30
HASH 5498c3eb2fb335aadcaf6c5d60560c5… 2021-11-10 2022-08-30

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