Evidence of Stronger Ties Between North Korea and SWIFT Banking Attacks

2016-05-27 • Anomali •

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Anomali Labs identified five additional malware samples that shared subroutines previously reported in SWIFT intrusion malware and Lazarus Group Operation Blockbuster tooling. The overlaps were found with a YARA search and position-independent code function hashing across a large malware repository, with the search returning no false positives in the described dataset. The related samples included SWIFT BanSwift, a fake Foxit Reader sample submitted from Vietnam, SMBWorm, a memory dump containing SMBWorm, an unknown hkcmd tool, and a backdoor posing as a Korean Microsoft Office 2007 component. The small result set and shared Lazarus Wipe File routine strengthened the evidence connecting the SWIFT banking intrusions to other malware associated with North Korean activity.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH 4d4b17ddbcf4ce397f76cf0a2e230c9… 2014-12-04 2023-11-02
HASH e2ecec43da974db02f624ecadc94baf… 2014-12-04 2023-05-02
HASH 4cf164497c275ae0f86c28d7847b10f… 2016-05-13 2020-03-09
HASH 4659dadbf5b07c8c3c36ae941f71b63… 2016-04-25 2020-03-09
HASH ae086350239380f56470c19d6a200f7… 2016-04-25 2020-03-09
HASH 5b7c970fee7ebe08d50665f278d47d0… 2016-04-25 2020-03-09
HASH eff542ac8e37db48821cb4e5a7d95c0… 2016-05-27 2018-11-01
YARA AnomaliLABS_Lazarus_wipe_file_r… 2016-05-27 2016-05-27
HASH bdcfa3b6ca6b351e76241bca17e8f30… 2016-05-27 2016-05-27
HASH ab9031e553b439290b9852ad39651c0… 2016-05-27 2016-05-27
HASH ebb6d7009fafbfc5dd53ac6e55fb306… 2016-05-27 2016-05-27
HASH ddebee8fe97252203e6c943fb4f9b37… 2016-05-27 2016-05-27
HASH 138464214c78a73e3714d784697745a… 2016-05-27 2016-05-27
HASH 8ebe1659d4df02d6f166e3e23a26499… 2016-05-27 2016-05-27
HASH 4a1798f9458928429bcab3413f95100… 2016-05-27 2016-05-27
HASH 764189cf2707175251df6837da12797… 2016-05-27 2016-05-27
HASH b07b37f0246bd436addbe5d702b1248… 2016-04-25 2016-05-27
HASH f6cb8343444771c3d03cc90e3ac5f76… 2014-12-04 2016-05-27

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