Lazarus and the 3CX Double Software Supply Chain Attack

2023-05-02 • Avertium •

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The 3CX compromise is presented as a Lazarus-linked double software supply-chain incident: a trojanized X_TRADER application gave UNC4736 access to a 3CX employee system, enabling lateral movement into 3CX Windows and macOS build environments and malicious code injection into the desktop app. The source ties the intrusion to North Korean activity through Mandiant, ESET, and Kaspersky reporting, including VEILEDSIGNAL, POOLRAT/SIMPLESEA discussion, Gopuram deployment to some customers, and C2 overlap with SimplexTea. It also links the 3CX operation to Lazarus Operation DreamJob tradecraft, where a fake HSBC job-offer lure for Linux users delivered the SimplexTea backdoor via cloud storage.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH cc307cfb401d1ae616445e78b610ab7… 2023-04-20 2025-12-17
HASH 5e40d106977017b1ed235419b1e59ff… 2021-02-17 2025-09-01
HASH 492a643bd1efdaca4ca125ade1b606e… 2023-04-20 2024-12-27
HASH 0ca1723afe261cd85b05c9ef424fc50… 2023-04-20 2023-05-09
HASH f638e5a20114019ad066dd0e856f97f… 2023-04-20 2023-05-09
DOMAIN journalide.org 2023-03-29 2023-05-09
DOMAIN security.com 2023-05-02 2023-05-02
HASH 480b8c9df70396f44cdca00fd860fdf… 2023-04-20 2023-05-02
HASH eebb01932de0b5605dd460cc82844d8… 2023-04-20 2023-05-02
HASH cedb9cdbad254f60cfb215b9bff84fb9 2023-04-20 2023-05-02
HASH ea31e626368b923419e8966747ca334… 2023-04-20 2023-05-02
HASH cc36b610705d96dd8a82faf8bce1e1d… 2023-04-20 2023-05-02
HASH aa4e398b3bd8645016d8090ffc77d15… 2023-03-30 2023-05-02
HASH cad1120d91b812acafef7175f949dd1… 2023-03-29 2023-05-02
HASH 9352625b3e6a3c998e328e11ad43efb… 2022-12-01 2023-05-02
HASH 4257bb11570ed15b8a15aa3fc051a58… 2021-12-02 2023-05-02
HASH 5a07b09eea34d7faa9c37e2806a556c… 2017-12-21 2023-05-02
HASH e2ecec43da974db02f624ecadc94baf… 2014-12-04 2023-05-02

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