The North Korean Kimsuky APT keeps threatening South Korea evolving its TTPs

2020-03-03 Yoroi

https://blog.yoroi.company/research/the-north-korean-kimsuky-apt-keeps-threatening-south-korea-evolving-its-ttps/

Yoroi analyzed a Kimsuky-attributed infection chain that began with a Windows screensaver-style .scr loader and delivered a second-stage DLL disguised with a .tmp.db extension. The malware copied itself as AutoUpdate.dll under a Windows Defender-themed path, set HKCU RunOnce persistence, and used a temporary batch file to remove the initial artifact while displaying a legitimate Korean CV-form HWP document as a decoy. AutoUpdate.dll injected components into explorer.exe using process enumeration, VirtualAllocEx, WriteProcessMemory, and CreateRemoteThread, helping the operation blend into a trusted process. The implant contacted suzuki.datastore.pe.hu every 15 minutes with multiple HTTP requests and user-agent values, sending compromised-host information back to the C2. The report ties the sample to Kimsuky based on similarities with previously documented TTPs while noting differences in embedded resources.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
YARA injectedDLL 2020-03-03 2020-03-03
YARA AutoUpdate_dll 2020-03-03 2020-03-03
YARA loader 2020-03-03 2020-03-03
HASH 817ef0d9d3584977d1114b7e92012b6… 2020-03-03 2020-03-03
HASH 757dfeacabf4c2f771147159d261178… 2020-03-03 2020-03-03
HASH caa24c46089c8953b2a5465457a6c20… 2020-03-03 2020-03-03
HASH bbad65136d73cbd5262bc88571677b5… 2020-03-03 2020-03-03
HASH d21523b7b8f6584305a0a6a83cd65c8… 2020-03-03 2020-03-03

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