North Korean Cyber-Attacks and Collateral Damage

2018-02-15 Alienvault

https://www.alienvault.com/blogs/security-essentials/north-korean-cyber-attacks-and-collateral-damage

WannaCry is presented as a highly destructive ransomware outbreak with strong evidence linking it to Lazarus, reportedly operating from North Korea, and the source uses it to examine wider collateral damage from worm-like malware connected to DPRK cyber activity. AlienVault details Rivts, a USB and hard-drive file-infecting worm first publicly seen from the Voice of Korea site, whose infection logic references DPRK Korea Computer Center software such as Nnr60.exe and Hana80.exe. The report assesses several explanations for Rivts and says the most likely is that it was developed inside the DPRK, while noting it may have been a prototype or learning project without an identified backdoor component. It also contrasts Rivts with Faedevour, a worm served through a compromised KCNA site and later found on IBM and Lenovo installation USB media, showing how worms can keep spreading long after their original operation or accidental release.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
EMAIL [email protected] 2018-02-15 2020-02-26
EMAIL [email protected] 2018-02-15 2020-02-26
HASH f024ff4176f0036f97ebc95decfd1d5e 2018-02-15 2020-02-25
YARA rivts_pdb 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
HASH ff4721e6edad7d3bec8e0c4d4a8c1d26 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
HASH 78d3c8705f8baf7d34e6a6737d1cfa18 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
HASH fffa05401511ad2a89283c52d0c86472 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
HASH 4b584695ba08e680452be6016886637a 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
HASH 344d3ec0d84d2853e416c664dd577f44 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
EMAIL [email protected] 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
URL http://www.vok.rep.kp/CBC/CBC_d… 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
DOMAIN a-gwas-01.slyip.net 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
DOMAIN a-gwas-01.dyndns.org 2018-02-15 2018-02-15
HASH 3844ec6ec70347913bd1156f8cd159b8 2015-10-26 2018-02-15

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