Multi-universe of adversary: Multiple campaigns of Lazarus group and its connect

2021-12-21 • Kaspersky •

https://www.seongsupark.com/post/vb2021-%ED%8E%98%EC%9D%B4%ED%8D%BC-%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80-%EB%B2%88%EC%97%AD%EB%B3%B8-multi-universe-of-adversary-multiple-campaigns-of-lazarus-group-and-its-connect

This Korean translation of a VB2021 paper explains how Lazarus activity fragmented after 2018 into multiple clusters that share roots in Manuscrypt but differ in delivery, tooling, and mission focus. It describes AppleJeus attacks against cryptocurrency targets, ThreatNeedle infections delivered through watering holes, spearphishing documents, and trojanized software, and DeathNote/Dream Job operations that shifted from cryptocurrency exchanges toward defense-industry lures. The excerpt also covers Bookcode supply-chain and watering-hole activity, CookieTime malware using encoded cookie values and steganographic command delivery, and the MATA/Dacls framework across Windows, Linux, and macOS. The report is useful for DPRK tracking because it emphasizes cluster boundaries, overlapping payloads such as Manuscrypt/Fallchill and COPPERHEDGE, and the need to avoid treating every Lazarus-linked intrusion as a single homogeneous campaign.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
HASH ec254c40abff00b104a949f07b7b642… 2019-11-05 2023-04-12
HASH 4ab659e6581272e5f79c9163f03cef1… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH fa6beaf6b7cbf8b8cf242af7e0ad690… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH b026b729571d3ddbc19f075655e2efb… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH a3745a38a80cc1b325dd1687cbab6d6… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH 775bcd723e8f75f51f612bccbd7ecc4… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH 986a4cd6568f65ed0f25df516e4c509… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH 6d2ecc3b0a43f0c377ea6d9a68aa5ac… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH b9a21e1eb8cde02b6a2f6b75f84f7b6… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH 965b7c05f5fa65453486089b604a225… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH 964ec94fd9c6da7090287b6217b7eed… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH 592385b81b309208aa3c41812cf530b… 2021-12-21 2021-12-21
HASH 0c69fd9be0cc9fadacff2c0bacf59da… 2021-01-26 2021-12-21
HASH 45ab66dbcb78158b2c2448207717646… 2020-07-22 2021-12-21
HASH 859e7e9a11b37d355955f85b9a305fec 2020-07-22 2021-12-21
HASH ec625946f4f4ea00427e705d6b50dac… 2020-07-22 2021-12-21
HASH cdf74f48c9ea905682155441cf03f42… 2020-07-22 2021-12-21
HASH 805183c19f4bffca871fb344247bd5d… 2020-05-15 2021-12-21
HASH e2199fc4e4b31f7e4c61f6d90385776… 2018-08-23 2021-12-21
HASH 4f9a8e4f807b52f941213b0d55990a3… 2018-08-23 2021-12-21
HASH 08012e68f4f84bba8b74690c379cb0b… 2018-08-23 2021-12-21
HASH c294520c1f64c77776dad6599da29bf… 2018-07-08 2021-12-21

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