Overview of AppleSeed Dropper

2022-06-05 Cyber And Ramen

https://cyberandramen.net/2022/06/05/overview-of-appleseed-dropper/

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Cyber and Ramen analyzes an AppleSeed dropper tied to Kimsuky activity and distributed as a fake router firmware upgrade installer. The sample shows a decoy upgrade prompt and opens iptime.com while creating files under AppData and ProgramData, silently invoking regsvr32, and using mshta to contact leomin.dothome.co[.]kr/update/?mode=login. The chain creates self-deleting BAT files and establishes persistence through an AutoUpdate DLL registered under the current user Run key. The hunting guidance focuses on mshta URL execution, executable creation in suspicious user paths, silent regsvr32 use, and YARA or network signatures for the dropper, backdoor, and update endpoint.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH 851e33373114fef45d0fe28c6934fa73 2022-05-31 2022-07-08
DOMAIN leomin.dothome.co.kr 2022-05-31 2022-07-08
YARA NK_APT_AppleSeed_Backdoor 2022-06-05 2022-06-05
YARA NK_APT_AppleSeed_Dropper 2022-06-05 2022-06-05
HASH e240465ca0c31373dc7f1af2bfc08bd… 2022-06-05 2022-06-05
HASH e0ea745b9d6fe7c222a0ee4962905f9… 2022-06-05 2022-06-05
URL http://leomin.dothome.co.kr/upd… 2022-05-31 2022-06-05

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