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 Boeing BDS MSE.docx. Previously these campaigns were specifically crafted to target Russian organizations but now they’ve shifted their tilt towards Asia pacific region

Impact

• Information Theft and Espionage
• Exposure of Sensitive Data

Indicators of Compromise

Filename

• Boeing BDS MSE[.]docx

MD5

• 606695bae4f0eb5ba0f35b8897b9f57a

SHA-256

• 65b5709f67bb0fac31ec977f98cda6f89f4b38703ee5aeef0b633c33669ea88a

SHA-1

• 749f24447e2f724a54fcee18d8276695c8f2aa8c

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.