BlueNoroff Hidden Risk | Threat Actor Targets Macs with Fake Crypto News and Novel Persistence
2024-11-07 • Sentinel One •
SentinelLabs links the Hidden Risk campaign to DPRK BlueNoroff activity targeting cryptocurrency businesses on macOS. The campaign uses phishing emails with fake cryptocurrency news and a malicious application disguised as a PDF, including lures such as "Hidden Risk Behind New Surge of Bitcoin Price." The Swift first stage opens a decoy PDF from Google Drive, then retrieves an x86-64 Mach-O backdoor from actor controlled infrastructure such as matuaner[.]com. The malware abuses zshenv for persistence, a technique SentinelLabs highlights as novel in this activity and as part of the broader RustBucket, ThiefBucket, and KandyKorn lineage.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPv4 | 23.254.253.75 | 2024-11-07 | 2026-05-19 |
| HASH | bd2aa5805b76f272b43a595b3d73e29… | 2024-11-07 | 2025-10-28 |
| DOMAIN | matuaner.com | 2024-11-07 | 2025-01-20 |
| DOMAIN | buy2x.com | 2024-08-16 | 2025-01-20 |
| HASH | e3c505b2457b1ac51c32bf428df070b… | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-15 |
| HASH | 75c81169d679fab821d77ea672f5a87… | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-15 |
| HASH | 274f4412999f561428930bd6ff38cd8… | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-15 |
| HASH | 54bbf9a07b0b89c0501359077aa98d7… | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-15 |
| DOMAIN | analysis.arkinvst.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| DOMAIN | maelstromfund.org | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| DOMAIN | atajerefoods.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| IPv4 | 144.172.74.23 | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| IPv4 | 144.172.74.141 | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| IPv4 | 172.86.108.47 | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| IPv4 | 45.61.135.105 | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| IPv4 | 45.61.128.122 | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| IPv4 | 45.61.140.26 | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| IPv4 | 216.107.136.10 | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-08 |
| DOMAIN | meet.selinicapital.xyz | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | meeting.sellinicapital.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | info.customer-app.xyz | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | sellinicapital.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | arkinvst.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | verify.selinicapital.info | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | email.sellinicapital.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | info.ankanimatoka.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | sendmailed.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | tvdhoenn.net | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | doc.solanalab.org | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | meeting.zoom-client.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | selinicapital.info | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | customer-app.xyz | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | drogueriasanjose.net | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | xu10.1056.uk | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | pixelmonmmo.net | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | selincapital.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | mc.tvdhoenn.net | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | meet.selinicapital.info | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | online.selinicapital.info | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | zoom-client.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | sendmailer.org | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | nodnote.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | kalpadvisory.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | dourolab.xyz | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | mg21.1056.uk | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | shh5.baranftw.xyz | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | cardiagnostic.net | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | online.zoom-client.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | meet.sellinicapital.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | community.selincapital.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | evalaskatours.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | delphidigital.org | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | meet.caladangroup.xyz | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |
| DOMAIN | hwsrv-1225327.hostwindsdns.com | 2024-11-07 | 2024-11-07 |