Rewterz Threat Alert – Suspected Kimsuky Shared Hosted Phishing Related Domains

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

The Kimsuky group is a threat group that is known to have been behind the KHNP (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power) cyber terrorism attacks in 2014 and is still active as of 2020. Also known as King of spear phishing the group is active and hunting. Researchers inspected a malicious lure document discussing North Korean defectors. This lure document contained a UPX packed binary that reached out to wave[.]posadadesantiago[.]com. The spear-phishing email used in the attack was designed with the purpose of stealing portal account information and attaching malicious code. The main targets of the attack are government and military officials or reporters.

Impact

• Credential theft
• Exposure of sensitive data 

Indicators of Compromise

Domain Name

• taplist[.]work
• dorey[.]work
• com-ssl[.]work
• poulsen[.]work
• vpstop[.]work
• sslserver[.]work
• idiolos[.]work
• default[.]tokyo
• org-vip[.]work
• verdall[.]xyz
• unrepong[.]work
• com-option[.]work
• org-view[.]work
• desk-top[.]work
• rtyuio[.]work
• webmain[.]work
• com-vps[.]work
• com-active[.]work
• dutaley[.]work
• account-protect[.]work
• com-download[.]work
• org-view[.]pw
• jp-ssl[.]work
• org-vps[.]work
• exiweng[.]work
• kinac[.]work
• com-sslnet[.]work
• robezo[.]work
• intemet[.]work

Hostname

• www[.]registry[.]ohchr[.]tlsmain[.]work
• www[.]intranet[.]ohchr[.]tlsmain[.]work
• 1drv[.]ms[.]doc-view[.]pw
• mail[.]doc-view[.]pw
• registry[.]ohchr[.]tlsmain[.]work
• onedrive[.]sslport[.]work
• wave[.]posadadesantiago[.]com

MD5

• 9f5edb6d8a230c06512464fe84db0056

SHA-256

• 252d1b7a379f97fddd691880c1cf93eaeb2a5e5572e92a25240b75953c88736c

SHA1

• a7461e60ae7297c20e1af5f83c42e34da2602b91

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls. 
• Search for IOCs in your environment.