DPRK Crypto Theft | macOS RustBucket Droppers Pivot to Deliver KandyKorn Payloads
2023-11-27 • Sentinel One •
SentinelOne links two 2023 DPRK-aligned macOS campaigns, RustBucket and KandyKorn, and reports that SwiftLoader droppers are being reused to deliver KandyKorn payloads. RustBucket used PDF viewer lures and SwiftLoader to fetch later-stage Rust malware, while KandyKorn targeted blockchain engineers through Discord social engineering and a fake cryptocurrency arbitrage bot. The observed chain includes Python scripts, SUGARLOADER, HLOADER persistence inside the Discord app bundle, configuration retrieval from com.apple.safari.ck, and in-memory execution of the KANDYKORN RAT over C2 infrastructure such as tp-globa.xyz and 23.254.226.90.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPv4 | 142.11.209.144 | 2023-11-27 | 2026-05-19 |
| IPv4 | 104.168.214.151 | 2023-11-07 | 2026-05-19 |
| IPv4 | 23.254.226.90 | 2023-11-01 | 2026-05-19 |
| HASH | 2360a69e5fd7217e977123c81d3dbb6… | 2023-11-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| HASH | c7f4aa77be7f7afe9d0665d3e705dbf… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-12-27 |
| HASH | 3ea2ead8f3cec030906dcbffe3efd5c… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-12-27 |
| HASH | c9a7b42c7b29ca948160f95f017e9e9… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-12-27 |
| HASH | 927b3564c1cf884d2a05e1d7bd24362… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-12-27 |
| HASH | 8bfa4fe0534c0062393b6a2597c3491… | 2023-11-07 | 2024-12-27 |
| HASH | f91801b458d875cfe61f927d16202b3… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-01-03 |
| HASH | 1d6cf7159c8dd98299798b0985f62dd… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-01-03 |
| HASH | d57a2e0c42c63659d6c09fc593fd5d2… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-01-03 |
| HASH | c99729c39d197dd774e6febab5ec33a… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-01-03 |
| HASH | 0753859738620c7394f04220e273974… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-01-03 |
| HASH | d2d60f678d0b881b3e079b46bdb813f… | 2023-11-27 | 2024-01-03 |
| HASH | 47b8b4d55d75505d617e53afcb6c32d… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-12-05 |
| HASH | 36001b8b9e05935756fa7525dd49d91… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-12-05 |
| HASH | c556baaac706191ce75c9263b349242… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-12-05 |
| DOMAIN | on-global.xyz | 2023-11-27 | 2023-12-05 |
| HASH | 2ade7f8def7eceba3e8f0e5d29d0a19… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 015c4b621ae7161417b59c0ca24249a… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 8a8de435d71cb0b0ae6d4b15d58b7c8… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | e9798b790d40d189586700482b8e2f5… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 55039ec59463982073cc129c06f1347… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 544891c71c30ab4d883f0548a17891a… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | ccdddfebb725c75668958401c296d06… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 51dd4efcf714e64b4ad472ea556bf1a… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 6a1196f3ff2e331ae1e64ac38922ee0… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| URL | http://on-global.xyz/Of56cYsfVV… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| URL | https://swissborg.blog/tx/10299… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| URL | http://docs-send.online/getBala… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| URL | http://tp-globa.xyz/OdhLca1mLUp… | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| DOMAIN | tp.globa.xyz | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| DOMAIN | docs-send.online | 2023-11-27 | 2023-11-27 |
| URL | http://swissborg.blog/zxcv/bnm | 2023-11-07 | 2023-11-27 |
| DOMAIN | swissborg.blog | 2023-11-07 | 2023-11-27 |
| DOMAIN | tp-globa.xyz | 2023-11-01 | 2023-11-27 |
| IPv4 | 192.119.64.43 | 2023-11-01 | 2023-11-27 |