From fake interview to signed ClickOnce: inside a three-payload Windows chain
2026-08-13 • Have IBeen Squatted •
A fake Web3 recruiter compromised a cryptocurrency employee through a Google Apps Script assessment that delivered a signed ClickOnce package, two credential stealers, and a persistent Go RAT with hVNC. Exact overlap in an SSL.com signing certificate and a Go-loader SHA-256 links the chain to contemporaneous activity described publicly as DPRK-nexus cryptocurrency targeting, while broader infrastructure resembles a traffer and malware-as-a-service ecosystem that has adopted DPRK-associated lures. The evidence does not resolve whether the operator was DPRK-linked or a criminal customer of shared delivery services. The intrusion exposed wallet keys, browser sessions, cloud and developer credentials, and resulted in a six-chain wallet drain followed by consolidation of about 22.6 ETH.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPv4 | 91.219.238.169 | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| HASH | 99c4dcc677942513ff39846aba051d1… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| DOMAIN | vi-yaminnay.sbs | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| IPv4 | 45.125.67.42 | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| IPv4 | 31.76.7.137 | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| HASH | 112a2a6496d2235c7a73e53bdea9775… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| DOMAIN | diegovalanire.digital | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| HASH | 487f15344db40bca9c8cd853d76cd3e… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| HASH | a7dc0a626d84e17f16d5fc1096e4478… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| HASH | 839f6d29d0a0a79bb5ce0a8a0326f3d… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| HASH | fafa019e18d44a47c615da188d7d56a… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| HASH | 12730a7dd9af98f14441d476c10eb34… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| HASH | 7866058c7dff4bcf691492ec4d4348f… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| URL | https://gapidriver.com/api/rest… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| URL | https://gapidriver.com/api/get.… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| URL | https://gapidriver.com/installe… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| DOMAIN | gapidriver.com | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |
| URL | https://n-cfjznllwrpfpmyyinhdgw… | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-13 |