Kimsuky disguised as a Korean company signed with a valid certificate to distribute Troll Stealer

2024-02-07 • S2W •

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S2W Talon assesses that Kimsuky or a closely related cluster distributed Troll Stealer through installers masquerading as SGA Solutions security software on a Korean download page. The dropper and decoy installer were signed with a valid D2innovation Co.,LTD certificate, dropped a VMProtect-packed Go DLL, and ran it through rundll32 while showing the victim a normal TrustPKI or NX_PRNMAN installer. Troll Stealer gathers SSH, FileZilla, Microsoft Sticky Notes, GPKI, browser, screenshot, and system data, encrypts the files, and sends them to C2 endpoints such as qi.limsjo.p-e.kr and ai.limsjo.p-e.kr. S2W links the malware to Kimsuky tradecraft through similarities with AppleSeed and AlphaSeed, while noting that some TTP differences leave room for a closely aligned operator.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH ff3718ae6bd59ad479e375c602a8181… 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
HASH 61b8fbea8c0dfa337eb7ff978124ddf… 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
HASH 2e0ffaab995f22b7684052e53b8c64b… 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
HASH f8ab78e1db3a3cc3793f7680a90dc1d… 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
HASH 955cb4f01eb18f0d259fcb962e36a33… 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
URL http://qi.limsjo.p-e.kr/index.p… 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
URL http://ol.negapa.p-e.kr/index.p… 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
URL http://ai.negapa.p-e.kr/index.p… 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
URL http://ar.kostin.p-e.kr/index.p… 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
DOMAIN ai.negapa.p-e.kr 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
DOMAIN ar.kostin.p-e.kr 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
DOMAIN ol.negapa.p-e.kr 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
DOMAIN qi.limsjo.p-e.kr 2024-01-30 2024-07-15
HASH bc4c1c869a03045e0b594a258ec3801… 2024-02-07 2024-05-16
IPv4 216.189.159.197 2024-02-07 2024-03-25
HASH 6eebb5ed0d0b5553e40a7b1ad739589… 2024-01-30 2024-03-25
HASH a8c24a3e54a4b323973f61630c92eca… 2024-01-30 2024-03-25
DOMAIN ai.kostin.p-e.kr 2024-01-30 2024-03-25
DOMAIN coolsystem.co.kr 2024-01-30 2024-03-25
DOMAIN ai.limsjo.p-e.kr 2024-01-30 2024-03-25
URL http://ai.limsjo.p-e.kr/index.p… 2024-01-30 2024-03-05
URL http://ai.kostin.p-e.kr/index.p… 2024-01-30 2024-03-05
URL http://coolsystem.co.kr/admin/m… 2024-01-30 2024-03-05
HASH 97df5304f53fec6a5d2d2bd75b9310a… 2023-11-21 2024-03-05

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