Rewterz Threat Alert – Lazarus APT Group – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Following samples of Lazarus group aka Guardians of Peace, a state-sponsored North Korean threat actor group targeting financial organizations for their gains have been active again and actively targeting different organizations via phishing emails dropping malicious word documents which enables macro when downloaded and executed. Previously these campaigns were specifically crafted to target Russian organizations but now they’ve shifted their tilt towards Asia pacific region.

Impact

• Credential theft
• Exposure of sensitive data 
• Information theft and Espionage 

Indicators of Compromise

Filename

• New Development Guidelines[.]zip
• Password[.]txt[.]lnk
• Security Bugs in rigs[.]zip

MD5

• d3a988a9750cb6582310c806fa32d4f1
• 805949896d8609412732ee7bfb44900a
• f5b14052e15aea78d2da695276f585c8

SHA-256

• c0eca31fa12a7785f5d296dcd9816075ba14f7cfb556999302c55b491014a89f
• 6c59f168e7e070fb4ef32a59aa493da141d1f93ed7ba36396f148212060f14f8
• a12421659b75446687dc3e39e2d57073cf5a7d727a0a713d93b7fdfea97e5a06

SHA1

• b84b8bae60f2dbae6f6ce1edd83b24925251859b
• 4cd9d0e58b11f7b18735918db6c00a7f14d8bae6
• 65ebe030d75cf579dc5a20f9c60e58e6012e0a06

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.
• Always be suspicious about emails sent by unknown senders.
• Never click on links/attachments sent by unknown senders.