김수키 그룹의 3단 콤보 위협 분석
2025-06-09 • Genians • Cyber threat report on Kimsuky, AppleSeed •
https://www.genians.co.kr/blog/threat_intelligence/triple-combo
Genians analyzed a March-April 2025 AppleSeed campaign attributed in the source to Kimsuky, a North Korea-linked state-sponsored group targeting Korean Facebook, email, and Telegram users. The operators approached North Korea-related workers and activists with Korean-language lures about defector volunteer activities, then delivered password-protected EGG archives through Messenger, email links or attachments, and Telegram follow-up when phone numbers were available. The malware chain used an obfuscated JSE file to create a decoy PDF and a malicious DLL, decoded payload data with Microsoft.XMLDOM, PowerShell, and certutil, and loaded DLLs with regsvr32 using the parameter tgvyh!@#12. Follow-on components used VMProtect packing, HKCU Run persistence under TripServiceUpdate, DLL placement in AppData Roaming paths, system information collection, UAC and admin-right checks, mutex creation, RSA-protected RC4 encryption, ZIP packaging, and external transmission of collected data. The case matters because it shows Kimsuky adapting AppleSeed delivery to trusted social contacts and Korea-specific tooling while maintaining a detailed Windows persistence and collection workflow.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASH | f960ce07c519d1e64a46c7f573eac39b | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 2a388f3428a6d44a66f5cb0b210379a0 | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | cb5a57021b10d281720cc353697518e… | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 07015af18cf8561866bc5b07e6f70d9a | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 5a223c70b65c4d74fea98ba39bf5d127 | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | fb3c652e795f08cc2529ed33ec1dc114 | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | afadab22f770956712e9c47460911dad | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | c1958894129800843f627bc791ae046… | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | bfb02dee62c38c3385df92b308499b31 | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | b128c5db5d973be60f39862ba8bfb152 | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 84f4f2e77b6e59c1fe54360842821fb… | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 5b8f6d76e9f63920654266814daa12e… | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | f4d59b1246e861a2a626cb56c55651f0 | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 779f2f4839b9be4f0b8c96f117181334 | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 568f7628e6b7bb7106a1a82aebfd348d | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | bb633f41f4ed17f4ea163aebbfcff1b… | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 46fd22acea614407bf11d92eb6736dc7 | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | onsungtong.n-e.kr | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | nauji.n-e.kr | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | jieun.dothome.co.kr | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | afcafe.kro.kr | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | nomera.n-e.kr | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | nocamoto.o-r.kr | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | woana.n-e.kr | 2025-06-09 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | d66c69b99e978727d5ffdf75ab0c969… | 2025-01-21 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | vamboo.n-e.kr | 2025-01-21 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | de60612226ea59961e655ad83d23fb5… | 2024-08-07 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 24a42a912c6ad98ab3910cb1e031edb… | 2024-06-07 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 3314b6ea393e180c20db52448ab6980… | 2024-06-07 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | download.uberlingen.com | 2024-06-07 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 6a38c84efe52d8e7298d62809ef59a2… | 2024-02-08 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | peras1.n-e.kr | 2024-02-08 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | hyper.cadorg.p-e.kr | 2023-11-01 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | ddd13d9ddcef9c3e96be9280a756907… | 2022-06-30 | 2025-06-09 |
| HASH | 6d8c5194c7e728b394c5f419d666ed8… | 2022-06-30 | 2025-06-09 |
| DOMAIN | dirwear.000webhostapp.com | 2022-06-30 | 2025-06-09 |