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.

In its recent activity, the decoy pdf is a job description for “Engineering Manager, Product Security” at Coinbase (an American company) with a filename: Coinbase_online_careers_2022_07.exe 

Impact

• Information Theft and Espionage
• Exposure of Sensitive Data

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• fc5d8c6ccf10d0b900baa394d2ead97d
• f8656dd7fb6f1281d7f686420db35157

SHA-256

• 798020270861fdd6c293ae8ba13e86e100ce048830f86233910a2826facd4272
• a65618516f5d27002434c2f7f9fa0534df1b3205b1a3c63179a65e9e4f60a1cc

SHA-1

• 041afaf8ef2a8556aac3fb051e52d19219552e9d
• a7ccc7dc4d37ae4d6cc2d45b23522f6aee079348

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.