Operation AppleJeus: Lazarus hits cryptocurrency exchange with fake installer and macOS malware

2018-08-23 Kaspersky

https://securelist.com/operation-applejeus/87553/

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Kaspersky describes Operation AppleJeus, a Lazarus campaign that targeted a cryptocurrency exchange through a trojanized Celas Trade Pro cryptocurrency trading application. The victim installed the application from a legitimate-looking website after receiving a download link by email, and the Windows installer launched a signed Updater.exe that collected host and process information before contacting www.celasllc[.]com/checkupdate.php. The updater disguised encrypted data transfer as GIF-like upload content, used hardcoded XOR and RC4 keys, and downloaded an additional payload when the server returned HTTP 200. The operation also included a macOS version with a hidden autoupdater launched through a dot-prefixed plist, making this notable as one of the first observed Lazarus malware operations against macOS. The report matters because it shows Lazarus using supply-chain-style software trojanization against cryptocurrency targets and expanding beyond Windows-only tooling.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
DOMAIN celasllc.com 2018-08-15 2024-03-05
HASH bbbcf6da5a4c352e8846bf91c3358d5c 2018-08-23 2021-12-21
HASH 0bdb652bbe15942e866083f29fb6dd62 2018-08-23 2021-12-21
HASH d7089e6bc8bd137a7241a7ad297f975d 2018-08-23 2021-12-21
IPv4 185.142.236.213 2018-08-23 2021-02-17
HASH 48ded52752de9f9b73c6bf9ae81cb429 2018-08-23 2020-01-08
HASH 6b061267c7ddeb160368128a933d38be 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 94dfcabd8ba5ca94828cd5a88d6ed488 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH abec84286df80704b823e698199d89f7 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 56f5088f488e50999ee6cced1f5dd6aa 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 5ad7d35f0617595f26d565a3b7ebc6d0 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH cd6796f324ecb7cf34bc9bc38ce4e649 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH cafda7b3e9a4f86d4bd005075040a712 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 6cb34af551b3fb63df6c9b86900cf044 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 9e740241ca2acdc79f30ad2c3f50990a 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 81c3a3c5a0129477b59397173fdc0b01 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH ffae703a1e327380d85880b9037a0aeb 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 4126e1f34cf282c354e17587bb6e8da3 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH e1ed584a672cab33af29114576ad6cce 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 0a15a33844c9df11f12a4889ae7b7e4b 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH c501ea6c56ba9133c3c26a7d5ed4ce49 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 14b6d24873f19332701177208f85e776 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH cea1a63656fb199dd5ab90528188e87c 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH 21694c8db6234df74102e8b5994b7627 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH d8484469587756ce0d10a09027044808 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
EMAIL [email protected] 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
URL https://www.domains4bitcoins.co… 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
URL https://libertyvps.net/ 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
URL https://www.changeip.com/ 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
DOMAIN libertyvps.net 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
IPv4 80.82.64.91 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
IPv4 185.142.239.173 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
IPv4 185.142.236.226 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
IPv4 196.38.48.121 2018-08-23 2018-08-23
HASH b054a7382adf6b774b15f52d971f3799 2018-08-15 2018-08-23
URL https://www.celasllc.com/checku… 2018-08-15 2018-08-23

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