OSINT Reporting Regarding DPRK and TA505 Overlap
2019-04-10 • Norfolk •
https://norfolkinfosec.com/osint-reporting-on-dprk-and-ta505-overlap/
Norfolk Infosec reviewed open-source evidence supporting BAE Systems’ SAS2019 reporting on DPRK-attributed SWIFT heist activity, including a PowerShell backdoor dubbed PowerBrace and possible overlap with TA505 intrusions. The source ties DPRK-linked financial-sector IOCs, the PSLogger keylogger, and several similar PowerShell samples through infrastructure overlaps and VirusTotal submission patterns, including a Pakistan submitter associated with both PSLogger and a PowerBrace candidate. The report assesses that the listed PowerShell scripts likely belong to the same DPRK-attributable malware family described by BAE, while providing selected MD5 indicators and analysis notes rather than a full reverse-engineering write-up.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASH | c6930e298bba86c01d0fe2c8262c46b… | 2019-01-13 | 2020-08-26 |
| HASH | 6ed6ac7b499f7fa613949c412b4245d… | 2019-04-10 | 2020-08-05 |
| HASH | 56102f70df2e481a91d3be1e33facd7… | 2019-04-10 | 2020-08-05 |
| HASH | 28a53479fd83579057f9784c14a006d… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | 52eb8f654d33f1d5c34b5bae0d83360… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | db3d9a3f3e44818853e7273cae5dc9b… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | 4939fcb4ef14b21219c55c9de93f607… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | 6f807662e04b5cfb85bc892e27a2999… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | 752ab2023ef74bd2974e18e81dbb9f9… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | 54e35e0b763d45d3974fc5d01c446a6… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | a5bc8c8b89177f961aa5c0413716cb9… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | 8a0e6c50a6483f2f01a458cd0cb4e48… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | c354467ec5d323fecf94d33bc05eab6… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| HASH | fd7c2afabbfc3b20ec73d5719eba041… | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |
| IPv4 | 192.95.14.128 | 2019-04-10 | 2019-04-10 |