Analysis of the threat case of kimsuky group using 'ClickFix' tactic

2025-07-01 Genians

https://www.genians.co.kr/en/blog/threat_intelligence/suky-castle

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Genians links early 2025 ClickFix activity to Kimsuky and assesses it as an extension of the group's BabyShark campaign. The activity targeted South Korean experts in diplomacy, national security, and international politics through sustained spear-phishing, including impersonation of journalists and an aide to a senior U.S. national security official. One infection chain delivered an encrypted archive containing a malicious VBS file that opened a decoy document, downloaded from konamo.xyz, established persistence with a scheduled task, collected process and user details, and contacted a BabyShark-pattern C2 endpoint. A later variant replaced the VBS delivery with a ClickFix-style secure-document lure that instructed users to copy and paste an authentication code into PowerShell, using reverse-order obfuscation to hide the executed command. The report shows Kimsuky adapting public ClickFix tradecraft into targeted social-engineering operations against South Korean policy-focused targets.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH dc15ab39b2171cb22e4afd55d92c299… 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH fcde319b752cacec40ffba130067de0d 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH ad6104a503b46bf6ea505fe8b3182970 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH 137e32ad4601e0dd8e1dc5e10a90ad5… 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH bf795a376233032d05766a396b3d6e08 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH 56233bac07f4f9c43585e485e70b6169 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH 8ff155a2962c77e9da05bd0476af36be 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH 627b856884604880a5c009ebf7173efb 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH ca13c54987293ae7efc22b14e1153c1e 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH 40ce5cf6be259120d179f51993aec854 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH 6f6076ce4e71066fbe5c81027073323… 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH 3297e3606d6466bc7f741a4df2b9e96a 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN login.androclesproject.o-r.kr 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN voanews.co.com 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN mspro.kro.kr 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN msprovider.menews.o-r.kr 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN nid.naver.rkfd.com 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN konamo.xyz 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN securedrive-overseas-state.bit-… 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN kida.plusdocs.kro.kr 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN e-securedrive.assembly.twoon.co… 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
DOMAIN online.lecture-site.kro.kr 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
IPv4 162.0.229.227 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
IPv4 1.223.129.234 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
IPv4 65.254.248.151 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
IPv4 106.243.157.158 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
IPv4 211.170.73.245 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
IPv4 112.74.194.45 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
IPv4 103.149.98.248 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
IPv4 118.193.69.151 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
IPv4 157.7.184.11 2025-07-01 2025-07-01
HASH 11f1c10237a2e2af59b1f6fffd29c0a… 2025-05-19 2025-07-01
HASH 12bfe00206b2e83c7ff79b657d3c56df 2025-05-19 2025-07-01
HASH 8298bf2a7cfc11322ed5426a624cc32… 2025-05-19 2025-07-01
HASH 42f306b905ece8875bdf16d276b8e4c… 2025-04-18 2025-07-01
IPv4 103.149.98.247 2025-04-18 2025-07-01
HASH 85db55aab78103f7c2d536ce79e923c… 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
DOMAIN securedrive.fin-tech.com 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
DOMAIN accounts-porfile.serveirc.com 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
DOMAIN account-profile.servepics.com 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
DOMAIN securedrive.servehttp.com 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
DOMAIN securedrive.privatedns.org 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
IPv4 210.179.30.213 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
IPv4 115.92.4.123 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
IPv4 118.194.228.184 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
IPv4 121.179.161.231 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
IPv4 172.86.111.75 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
IPv4 38.180.157.197 2025-04-17 2025-07-01
DOMAIN temuco.xyz 2024-10-04 2025-07-01

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