Rewterz Threat Alert – Lazarus APT Group – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Following samples of Lazarus group aka Guardians of Peace, a state-sponsored North Korean threat actor group targeting financial organizations for their gains have been active again and actively targeting different organizations via phishing emails dropping malicious word documents which enables macro when downloaded and executed. The malicious file suspected of being used as an attachment has the name Profit and Loss Statement. zip and Profit and Loss Statement.xlsx.lnk. Previously these campaigns were specifically crafted to target Russian organizations but now they’ve shifted their tilt towards Asia pacific region

Impact

• Exposure of Sensitive Data
• Information Theft and Espionage

Indicators of Compromise

Filename

• Exchange Project Management Plan_Q3[.]2021 [.]zip

MD5

• 42e6310ffbdd24cf9a2b5d200190359e

SHA-256

• a488b6bc2f4674c3a8fada86cc2794888713e61278c7c47d27f9706be0d18f4d

SHA-1

• 8197b6f95fb3c84c61a919644caeddcccc4a84a4

Remediation

• Always be suspicious about emails sent by unknown senders.
• Never click on links/attachments sent by unknown senders.
• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.