Rewterz Threat Alert – Lazarus APT Group – Active IOCs

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

Following samples of Lazarus group, a state-sponsored threat actor 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. Previously these campaigns were specifically crafted to target Russian organizations but now they’ve shifted their tilt towards Asia pacific region.

Impact

• Credential theft
• Exposure of sensitive data
• Information theft and espionage

Indicators of Compromise

Filename

• 서울경제 TV – 김연주 작가[.]hwp_

MD5

• 664e0cad3d4eefabec4497872a49f19e

SHA-256

• 7d132628f66246d8f0b27299b403179e810f19626a53dd64b1d96df446932da1

SHA-1

• 8f81dad0b7ee645a69a39d3cfa08e740c4b1d722

URL

• https[:]//tpddata[.]com/flash/gcoin4[.]swf
• hxxps[:]//tpddata[.]com/flash/gcoin2[.]swf

Remediation

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