Hunting Kimsuky: Multi-Language LNK Lures Delivering Persistent Backdoors

2026-10-21 • Nextron Systems •

https://github.com/NextronSystems/iocs/tree/master/reports/Hunting%20Kimsuky:%20Multi-Language%20LNK%20Lures%20Delivering%20Persistent%20Backdoors

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APT-C-55 (Kimsuky) used multilingual LNK lures to execute layered batch or PowerShell chains that established scheduled-task persistence, collected host and user data, and exfiltrated it through attacker infrastructure. The campaign abused renamed copies of certutil, curl, and NirCmd, used GitHub for payload hosting and configuration, and opened decoy documents to preserve the lure. A separate Windows-only supply-chain path embedded malicious test code in a cloned pybroker repository and activated when developers ran pytest.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH 52fd47ca5f9a4bd2f5a87b4e9de502a… 2026-10-21 2026-10-21
HASH 50de7ddaf89d5aec643a449f7bb20e3… 2026-10-21 2026-10-21
HASH 2705441758889528e6cf333182799b2… 2026-10-21 2026-10-21
HASH 85d3c1500e80b4782f3c1488adacfd1… 2026-10-21 2026-10-21
HASH 4555744f4a328cddca885938f8fee83… 2026-10-21 2026-10-21
HASH 8fb56f3d63e5dbc55695fe6e043707a… 2026-10-21 2026-10-21
HASH c470bef115787abcc9a1d1df9213a07… 2026-10-21 2026-10-21
HASH 01f1a70bfc0016d3fceefb3b2133977… 2026-10-21 2026-10-21
URL https://pythoncomunity.wasmer.a… 2026-10-15 2026-10-21
URL http://pythons.mywebcommunity.o… 2026-10-15 2026-10-21
DOMAIN mf3goke.getenjoyment.net 2026-10-11 2026-10-21
HASH 0fc425836eb854914525302b59cb830… 2026-09-09 2026-10-21

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