APT Actors Embed Malware within macOS Flutter Applications

2024-11-12 Jamf

https://www.jamf.com/blog/jamf-threat-labs-apt-actors-embed-malware-within-macos-flutter-applications/

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Jamf Threat Labs found macOS malware samples it assesses as tied to DPRK activity, including Go, Py2App Python and Flutter variants that initially appeared clean on VirusTotal. The Flutter sample was a signed minesweeper style app, "New Updates in Crypto Exchange (2024-08-28).app", that contacted mbupdate[.]linkpc[.]net, a domain Jamf says has appeared in DPRK malware, to retrieve a second stage. Reversing showed Dart code embedded in the Flutter App dylib and strings indicating osascript support; in testing, the app executed reversed AppleScript returned by the server. Jamf also noted similar Golang and Python variants, temporary Apple notarization for some samples, and infrastructure and techniques overlapping prior DPRK macOS malware, while saying it was unclear whether the samples had been used against victims.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH a5a530fdecf65f6a48db6c496957116… 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
HASH e96a23042a0ed4217d6a90b2ecdcee2… 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
HASH 9803e2946f19710f4f78cf5c3fea520… 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
HASH 435db426ea6410309487b2a1b3565e4… 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
HASH d62198d7d26bea9cebd71b2f04b02fe… 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
HASH 55a746c1d61cd4db4018c468749e61c… 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
HASH bfd3f0046b4c4221dfb5ae459c7ec34… 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
HASH f3d0b74410e6eb732579ba55b4e79fd… 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
HASH ab0a04e2a492fe19410ba395879a6c9… 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
DOMAIN mbupdate.linkpc.net 2024-11-12 2024-11-13
HASH 32c7980f1b651c1a1d677645e9dd2c3… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
HASH 5bf18435eb0dbb31e4056549f6ec880… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
HASH 1311c88e8eb37022c84af06550e3581… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
HASH 710f84c42ba79de7eebb2021383105a… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
HASH 4fe5b7d3dd5674a5f441a776194f603… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
HASH 2460c6ac4d55c34e3cc11c53f2e8c13… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
HASH 8d5b34c0654bf359a375afedd7f1a07… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
HASH ca61355572098d3d831b12a9ae022fe… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
HASH 5d5c63b7bd6f02ecab0ba23ffc3a5a2… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
URL https://mbupdate.linkpc.net/upd… 2024-11-12 2024-11-12
IPv4 172.86.102.98 2024-11-12 2024-11-12

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