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 Salary_Lockheed_Martin_job_opportunities_confidential.doc . 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

Domain Name

• markettrendingcenter[.]com

Filename

• Salary_Lockheed_Martin_job_opportunities_confidential[.]doc

MD5

• a27a9324d282d920e495832933d486ee
• 59094cd94c1af3071ad0f08a9e76c611
• 225eb44d83165371c58532817186a37f

SHA-256

• 0160375e19e606d06f672be6e43f70fa70093d2a30031affd2929a5c446d07c1
• 4ac481a31a2f739b9bac99efde80b2e73f98eed335a68d252387c39991d7f8ae
• cfb5fe6bb352a664ddab76fd04dd3abb9703a7d59d193eef72e428b8bd2daf6f

SHA-1

• 0ab8602cee94f36739b6649467ced514301e58fa
• 3eab607b2a7da49dd11673ec13005a543dd0ace8
• 0ebbcd74a0f6ed5cf8e165ebcb8c16f0be8e413c

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.