Lazarus supply‑chain attack in South Korea

2020-11-16 • ESET •

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/11/16/lazarus-supply-chain-attack-south-korea/

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ESET described a Lazarus supply-chain attack in South Korea that abused WIZVERA VeraPort, software commonly used by government and banking websites to install required security components. The attackers compromised websites that already supported VeraPort and replaced legitimate bundled software with Lazarus malware, relying on VeraPort’s acceptance of any valid code-signing certificate rather than verifying the signer’s identity. Two observed samples, Delfino.exe and MagicLineNPIZ.exe, were camouflaged as South Korean security software and signed with certificates issued to ALEXIS SECURITY GROUP and DREAM SECURITY USA. The campaign shows Lazarus using trusted domestic software-distribution workflows and stolen certificates to deliver malware under restrictive preconditions.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH 5ce3cdfb61f3097e5974f5a07cf0bd2… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH fc8e3b582708394cf0d781a8ec50349… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH 8edb488b5f280490102241b56f1a8a7… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH 9f7b4004018229fad8489b17f60aadb… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH 22374140d9ae97230882619014b5422… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH dc72d464289102caaf47ec318b6110e… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH aa374fa424cc31d2e5ec8ece2ba745c… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH 2a2839f69ec1ba74853b11f8a8505f7… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH 91f6fdf97a9aab278ec63156a8deeca… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH fac3fb1c20f2a56887bdba892e47070… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH 2d86377d4cc3e6c85bab00dd407f8c5… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH e50ad1a7a30a385a9d0a2c0a483d85d… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH 4c8def294478b7d59ee95c61fae3d965 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL http://www.pgak.net/service/eng… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL http://www.style1.co.kr/main/vi… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL https://www.gncaf.or.kr/cafe/ca… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL http://www.fored.or.kr/home/boa… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL http://www.pcdesk.co.kr/Freeboa… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL http://www.erpmas.co.kr/Member/… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL https://www.quecue.kr/okproj/ex… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL http://www.cowp.or.kr/html/boar… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL http://www.gongsinet.kr/comm/co… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL http://www.ikrea.or.kr/main/mai… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL https://www.hstudymall.co.kr/ea… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL https://www.wowpress.co.kr/cust… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL https://www.zndance.com/shop/po… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL http://www.goojoo.net/board/ban… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
URL https://www.hsbutton.co.kr/bbs/… 2020-11-16 2020-11-16
HASH f46d277baf0bb8d63805ff51367d34a… 2016-02-24 2020-11-16

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