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# A Look into the Lazarus Group's Operations in October 2019
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## Table of Contents
* [Malware analysis ](#Malware-analysis )
* [Cyber kill chain ](#Cyber-kill-chain )
* [Indicators Of Compromise (IOC) ](#IOC )
* [References MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ](#Ref-MITRE-ATTACK )
* [Links ](#Links )
+ [Original Tweet ](#Original-Tweet )
+ [Link Anyrun ](#Links-Anyrun )
+ [External analysis ](#Analysis )
## Malware analysis <a name="Malware-analysis"></a>
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###### The next analysis try to kept the recents events and a logicial improvement and technics of the group, this can go back in the past for compare it.
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### CES 2020 incident (NukeSped)
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###### We can see that the document target specifily the south korean exhibitors with the follow tittle "Application form for American Las Vegas CES 2020"
###### This initial vector of the infection begin by a current exploit in HWP (CVE-2015-6585) to execute an EPS script, this download and execute the next stage of the infection.
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###### This execute fisrtly a common trick RtlCaptureContext for have ability to register a top-level exception handler and avoid debbuging.
###### Once this done, the malware execute a series of actions like list the disks, process, files and push it in differents files as temp file in waiting to send the data to C2.
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###### The RAT push the cookie settings and guid for the identification in the C2.
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###### This push the list of C2 address to contact, the languages to understand and begin the contact with the C2 in giving the host info.
###### List of the languages used :
|RFC4646/ISO 639 Ref|Lang|
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|:-------------:|:-------------:|
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|Az-Arab|Azerbaijani in Arabic script|
|de-CH|Swiss German|
|en-US|English as used in the United States|
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###### Interesting to see that not only south korea language is choisen and show that the group target all exhibitors (more a hundred exhibitors only for South Korea). This think possibly that the group manage the event give hardware specifily for the shows to the customers, that explains why this to don't include specific language like South Korea. If the target is interesting for the group, this can execute command and others tools in the computer infected.
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###### We can see in the list of all the domains used that this all as different cloud providers and are legit website hijacked by vulnerable wordpress.
|IP|ASN|Organization|Route|City|Coordinates|Country|
|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|
|64.151.229.52|AS26753|In2net Network Inc.|64.151.192.0/18|Toronto|43.6861,-79.4025|Canada|
|185.136.207.217|AS203377|LAB internet ve Bilisim Hizmetleri|185.136.207.0/24|Eskiehir|39.7767,30.5206|Turkey|
|83.169.17.240|AS8972|Europe GmbH|83.169.16.0/21|Köln|50.9541,6.9103|Germany|
###### We can confirmed it by the Whois records and by the certificats push on the websites know at all the sites have between up early August 2019 at September 2019.
### HAL incident (JakyllHyde)
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###### The document specifically target the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited company (HAL) that the national aeronautics in India. This use false announcements for recruitment for target probably interesting profile or internal employees in asking for their opinion about announcements.
###### The attack vector is an maldoc which use a macro for drop and execute the implant. The first bloc is a declaration of function for load the future extracted dll.
###### The next bloc have multiple functions like decode from the base 64 in binary and string, verify the path of folder/file, create a folder and extract the correct payload from the form in maldoc according to the OS.
###### The following bloc have extraction functions (drop the lure) and for get the name of the lure and the dll.
###### We can see the autoopen function for execute the macro at the opening of the document and the data of the malware in base 64.
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###### The backdoor begins to do the reconnaissance actions like list the process,system informations(Username, ComputerName ...)
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###### After this list all the disks on the computer and all the files in current working directories in waiting the order of the C2.
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###### This have the possibility to intercepts keystrokes (push it in temporary file), make screenshots, send interesting files by stream of bytes data.
###### If the attacker wants this can push and remove the persistence performed by a Startup key.
###### The backdoor contact the following IP :
|IP|ASN|Organization|Route|City|Coordinates|Country|
|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|
|193.70.64.163|AS16276|thetiscloud.it|193.70.0.0/17| San Donato Milanese|45.4105,9.2684|Italy|
###### By the certificates, we can see that the website is up since 2018, seems be a legit website hijacked.
###### Like the last incident, Lazarus group try to get high technologies, this possible that the interest is the fact that HAL is in cooperation for product and use the new french militairy aircraft (Rafale) in the India country.
### OSX Malwares (OSX.Yort)
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###### The initial vector of the infection is a maldoc with a VBA macro, this have two sections one for infected MacOSX and one for Windows. We can see the declaration of the functions for MacOSX and one of four splitted functions for get the payload on the Windows version
###### Here, we can observe the initiation of the payloads according with the OS in the AutoOpen (Run a macro when Excel or Word document is open).
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###### The backdoor consists of a single loop which load the configuration and create a session for waiting the orders of the C2. The configuration can be update and the malware can be sleep for a delay given by the C2.
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###### Many functions for send and get data are derived of a common based code with a specific action as perform at the final.
###### Foreach, this initiate and push the paramerters for communicate with the C2.
###### This can reply to the C2 like a pulse for alert at is still up (ReplyDie), download a file (ReplyDown), download and execute a file (ReplyExec), execute a command (Replycmd) or open another CLI (ReplyOtherShellCmd).
###### We can see on the data pushed on the C2 that a xor is performed with the ```"0xAA"``` value.
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###### The malware don't have a persistence but by the fact that can execute command, the attacker can decide push a persistence if this neccessary, a function is performed when the attack close the session for return that the backdoor is correctly closed.
###### This according with the Kaspersky analysis of Yort on the functions of the backdoor:
+ ###### Set sleep time (delay between C2 interactions)
+ ###### Exit session
+ ###### Collect basic host information
+ ###### Check malware status
+ ###### Show current malware configuration
+ ###### Update malware configuration
+ ###### Execute system shell command
+ ###### Download & Upload files
###### Another sample of Yort have been spotted with a reedited installer of Flash Player, on the strings, we can observed that is the version 10.2 that is rebuilded.
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###### We can see in the main function that install the legit Flash player, the checker software for update for avoid to become suspicious to the user and launch the backdoor.
###### This loading the configuration and options of the Yort, the rest is the same that the previous sample of Yort.
### Powershell Backdoor (PowerShell/NukeSped)
###### Now, see the Windows version, this use Powershell language for the backdoor
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## Cyber kill chain <a name="Cyber-kill-chain"></a>
###### The process graphs resume all the cyber kill chains used by the attacker.
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## References MITRE ATT&CK Matrix <a name="Ref-MITRE-ATTACK"></a>
###### List of all the references with MITRE ATT&CK Matrix
|Enterprise tactics|Technics used|Ref URL|
| :---------------: |:-------------| :------------- |
## Indicators Of Compromise (IOC) <a name="IOC"></a>
###### List of all the Indicators Of Compromise (IOC)
|Indicator|Description|
| ------------- |:-------------:|
###### This can be exported as JSON format [Export in JSON]()
## Links <a name="Links"></a>
###### Original tweet:
* [https://twitter.com/RedDrip7/status/1186562944311517184 ](https://twitter.com/RedDrip7/status/1186562944311517184 ) < a name = "Original-Tweet" ></ a >
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* [https://twitter.com/Rmy_Reserve/status/1188235835956551680 ](https://twitter.com/Rmy_Reserve/status/1188235835956551680 )
* [https://twitter.com/a_tweeter_user/status/1188811977851887616 ](https://twitter.com/a_tweeter_user/status/1188811977851887616 )
* [https://twitter.com/spider_girl22/status/1187288313285079040 ](https://twitter.com/spider_girl22/status/1187288313285079040 )
* [https://twitter.com/objective_see/status/1187094701729443840 ](https://twitter.com/objective_see/status/1187094701729443840 )
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###### Links Anyrun: <a name="Links-Anyrun"></a>
* [6850189bbf5191a76761ab20f7c630ef.xls ](https://app.any.run/tasks/27ea35e6-6211-468d-9b8a-8c4cf22764ce )
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* [JD-HAL-Manager.doc ](https://app.any.run/tasks/42c972b1-ec38-4637-9354-9de930ff50b2 )
* [public.dll ](https://app.any.run/tasks/9eb78213-df55-44c3-9465-e58eb0869e58 )
* [CES2020 참관단.hwp ](https://app.any.run/tasks/31be34b3-4d72-4831-8b76-6dfebe729b84 )
* [6850189bbf5191a76761ab20f7c630ef.xls ](https://app.any.run/tasks/a766e70e-b07f-4a59-80fb-b18597d85b08 )
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###### External analysis: <a name="Analysis"></a>
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* [Analysis of Powershell malware of Lazarus group ](https://blog.alyac.co.kr/2388 )
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* [Cryptocurrency businesses still being targeted by Lazarus ](https://securelist.com/cryptocurrency-businesses-still-being-targeted-by-lazarus/90019/ )
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###### Ressources :
* [List of South Korea exhibitors in CES2020 ](https://www.ces.tech/Show-Floor/Exhibitor-Directory.aspx?searchTerm=&sortBy=country&filter=South%20Korea )
