Rewterz Threat Alert – Lazarus APT Group – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Lazarus APT is one of North Korea’s most sophisticated threat actors, operating since at least 2009. Initially, they concentrated on South Korea. It has recently shifted its focus to worldwide targets and began initiating assaults for monetary gain. This actor has been linked to attacks in South Korea, the United States, Japan, and a number of other nations. Lazarus APT is suspected of being behind a number of diverse efforts, including cyberespionage, attacks on financial institutions, government agencies, and the military.

This group is said to be behind the wiper attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November 2014 as part of Novetta’s Operation Blockbuster campaign. Lazarus Group’s malware is linked to other known campaigns such as Operation Flame, Operation Troy, DarkSeoul, Operation 1Mission, and Ten Days of Rain.

Decoy doc: Sr. Engineering Manager position at Digital Asset Capital Management

Impact

• Information Theft and Espionage
• Exposure of Sensitive Data

Indicators of Compromise

Domain Name

• doc[.]filesaves[.]cloud

Filename

• DACM Opportunities[.]gdoc[.]lnk
• პაროლი[.]lnk

MD5

• 85fe6affdb218b2d09a59e08e80eb1fa
• de097c5ab5e31ac16b4466cd56e9bd2d

SHA-256

• 2d9d95bed6a6108802fa7c750cb66f2acce7b124f790ba552ec009c4d1d20744
• cda63761c4305452ae097b31f01704d4bfd4fd9c88c5c44ff2ddb58c70485fe1

SHA-1

• 724cda52f18c86272eb82444644e6ebf0a8d4123
• 21d230bcc2f38fbd01ddfceb5315fc12e40b712d

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.