MAR-10322463-7.v1 - AppleJeus: Ants2Whale
2021-02-17 • USCISA •
CISA, the FBI, and the U.S. Treasury attribute Ants2Whale to North Korea’s Lazarus Group and describe it as an AppleJeus variant used in cryptocurrency-targeting operations. The macOS installer presents a functional cryptocurrency application while deploying Ants2Whale and a persistent helper component through a LaunchDaemon. The two executables communicate with `45.147.231.77:3000` and `qnalytica.com/wp-rss.php`, respectively. CISA published file hashes, domains, and command-and-control infrastructure for detection and response.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASH | d5ac680e14b013e0624470da7f46e84… | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-18 |
| HASH | bb430087484c1f4587c54efc75681eb… | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-18 |
| DOMAIN | ants2whale.com | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-18 |
| DOMAIN | qnalytica.com | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-18 |
| IPv4 | 45.147.231.77 | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-18 |
| URL | https://www.qnalytica.com/wp-rs… | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-17 |
| URL | http://45.147.231.77:3000 | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-17 |
| HASH | eb9b518f95658c605b1bb3a548d7bfe… | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-17 |
| HASH | 34e134d614a0d5b0e4d94d63336aa8b… | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-17 |
| HASH | d4d1bcdfb67ee30303f30137db752b94 | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-17 |
| HASH | bda62d09606bbf5a0ee17dac06f1f3c… | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-17 |
| HASH | 939ec41183bbe1f4fb65c924323543e… | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-17 |
| HASH | 022298cf16c0c44d7b01b5de2cf84023 | 2021-02-17 | 2021-02-17 |
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