LolZarus: Lazarus Group Incorporating Lolbins into Campaigns

2022-02-08 • Qualys •

https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/02/08/lolzarus-lazarus-group-incorporating-lolbins-into-campaigns

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Qualys analyzed a Lazarus campaign, dubbed LolZarus, that used Lockheed Martin-themed job phishing documents against defense-sector targets. The documents shared author and macro-flow traits with earlier Lazarus lures, decoded embedded shellcode, hijacked execution through WMVCORE.dll and the KernelCallbackTable, and displayed a decoy job document. The payload created a C:\WMAuthorization staging directory, scheduled periodic VBS-based beacons, and used renamed LOLBins such as mshta/wscript, with related variants using wuauclt, wmic, and pcalua. Reported infrastructure included markettrendingcenter.com for decoy retrieval and beaconing, while the campaign demonstrated Lazarus’ continued use of legitimate Windows binaries for stealthy execution.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
DOMAIN markettrendingcenter.com 2022-01-27 2023-10-04
DOMAIN lm-career.com 2022-01-27 2023-10-04
HASH 0d01b24f7666f9bccf0f16ea97e41e0… 2022-01-27 2022-04-01
HASH 829eceee720b0a3e505efbd3262c387… 2022-01-27 2022-04-01
HASH e8305bdd528b4ef83a311db1825f88d… 2022-02-08 2022-02-08
URL https://markettrendingcenter.co… 2022-02-08 2022-02-08
DOMAIN advantims.com 2022-02-08 2022-02-08
HASH 0160375e19e606d06f672be6e43f70f… 2022-01-27 2022-02-08
URL https://markettrendingcenter.co… 2022-01-27 2022-02-08
HASH f188eec1268fd49bdc7375fc5b77ded… 2021-01-23 2022-02-08
HASH cabb45c99ffd8dd189e4e3ed5158fac… 2021-01-23 2022-02-08
URL https://www.advantims.com/GfxCP… 2021-01-23 2022-02-08

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