Analysis of NodeLinkRAT, a New North Korea-Linked RAT Abusing Public Note Services as C2

2026-11-15 • Genians •

https://www.genians.co.kr/en/blog/threat_intelligence/nodelinkrat

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Genians attributes a multistage cyberespionage campaign targeting South Korean policy and security professionals to Kimsuky with moderate confidence. A reply-based spearphishing lure delivered a disguised LNK that established scheduled-task persistence and repeatedly executed attacker-controlled code retrieved from a public note page. The actor rotated among XenoRAT, reconnaissance and document-theft scripts, Dropbox and MEGA exfiltration, and NodeLinkRAT, a JavaScript RAT executed through an officially signed Node.js runtime. Attribution rests on overlaps in account assets, phishing infrastructure, custom XenoRAT build fingerprints, target selection, and previously documented Kimsuky activity.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
EMAIL [email protected] 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
DOMAIN inmain.22web.org 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
DOMAIN nid.weffm.p-e.kr 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
DOMAIN oppsite.dothome.co.kr 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
IPv4 185.27.134.207 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
IPv4 207.148.112.166 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
IPv4 211.223.14.75 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
HASH a15df586bf29e7c1a5db64d603cee382 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
HASH a151531b792b1df1eec8d3a6a8e1ded5 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
HASH 6985f297c03520a5852734a385322d8d 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
HASH ef317291bf88651666133abe84f115f0 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
HASH cbcb66b530fb4f03d7dc9d55271b2ce4 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
HASH 7575d230350299cfde0c4f993d761333 2026-11-15 2026-11-15
IPv4 103.81.116.10 2026-10-29 2026-11-15
DOMAIN epaper.dothome.co.kr 2026-10-29 2026-11-15
DOMAIN owna.loveslife.biz 2024-12-02 2026-11-15
IPv4 185.27.134.120 2024-12-02 2026-11-15

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