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BlueNoroff's RustBucket MacOS Malware

May 12, 2023 3:48:04 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Lazarus, North Korea, Financial, MacOS, Mac, RustBucket, BlueNoroff

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Verticals Targeted: Financial

Executive Summary

North Korea nexus threat actor group BlueNoroff was recently observed using malware to target MacOS systems. Dubbed RustBucket, the malware can be used to communicate with the C2 to download and execute additional payloads.

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North Korean Threat Actors Living Off the Land

Oct 11, 2022 12:47:31 PM / by PolySwarm Tech Team posted in Threat Bulletin, Lazarus, North Korea, LoTL, APT 38, Living off the land, ZataNile, EventHorizon

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Related Families: ZetaNile (BlindingCan), EventHorizon

Verticals Targeted: Media, Defense, IT Services, Aerospace

Executive Summary

Microsoft recently reported on North Korean threat actor group Lazarus using living off the land (LOTL) techniques to target multiple verticals. Weaponization of legitimate tools includes SSH clients PuTTY and KiTTY, as well as TightVNC Viewer, Sumatra PDF reader, and muPDF/Subliminal Recording installer.

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PolySwarm Threat Bulletin: Lazarus APT’s LolZarus Campaign Targets Defense Contractor

Feb 14, 2022 2:18:26 PM / by PolySwarm Team posted in Threat Bulletin, Lazarus, LolZarus, APT, North Korea, LoLbins, Defense Vertical

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Background

Qualys Threat Research recently reported on a new Lazarus espionage campaign leveraging employment phishing emails to target the defense sector, primarily targeting those applying for a job at Lockheed Martin. The targeting is similar to previous Lazarus campaigns which targeted Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. Qualys refers to the current campaign as LolZarus due to the threat actor group’s use of LoLbins in some of the samples, which according to Qualys is the first known use of LoLbins by a well-known threat actor group.

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