The DPRK strikes using a new variant of RUSTBUCKET

2023-06-29 Elastic

https://www.elastic.co/kr/security-labs/DPRK-strikes-using-a-new-variant-of-rustbucket

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Elastic reports an active DPRK/REF9135 campaign using a newly observed RUSTBUCKET macOS variant against a cryptocurrency payment services provider. The malware family, previously attributed to BlueNorOff, had added built-in persistence and reduced signature detection; the newly found sample was undetected by VirusTotal engines at publication. The infection chain uses AppleScript and curl to retrieve a Swift Stage 2 payload from C2, then runs a Rust FAT Stage 3 binary that collects process and system information, posts it to C2, and can download and execute Mach-O binaries or shell scripts. Elastic attributes the observed intrusions with high confidence to Lazarus Group/DPRK based on host, binary, network, victimology, and infrastructure overlaps.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
DOMAIN crypto.hondchain.com 2023-06-29 2023-07-05
HASH 7887638bcafd57e2896c7c16698e927… 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
HASH 4f49514ab1794177a61c50c63b93b90… 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
HASH 788261d948177acfcfeb1f839053c8e… 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
HASH fe8c0e881593cc3dfa7a66e314b12b3… 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
HASH de81e5246978775a45f3dbda43e2716… 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
HASH 1031871a8bb920033af87078e4a418e… 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
URL https://webhostwatto.work.gd 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
DOMAIN docsend.linkpc.net 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
DOMAIN webhostwatto.work.gd 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
DOMAIN jaicvc.com 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
IPv4 64.44.141.15 2023-06-29 2023-06-29
HASH 7fccc871c889a4f4c13a977fdd5f062… 2023-05-22 2023-06-29
HASH ec8f97d5595d92ec678ffbf5ae1f60c… 2023-05-22 2023-06-29
HASH 9ca914b1cfa8c0ba021b9e00bda71f3… 2023-05-22 2023-06-29
IPv4 104.168.167.88 2023-05-22 2023-06-29

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