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The Lazarus group has tweaked its loader obfuscation techniques by abusing image files in a recent phishing campaign.  <\/p>\n

Lazarus is a state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) group from North Korea.  <\/p>\n

Known as one of the most prolific and sophisticated APTs out there, Lazarus has been in operation for over a decade and is considered responsible for worldwide attacks including the WannaCry<\/a> ransomware outbreak, bank thefts<\/a>, and assaults against cryptocurrency<\/a> exchanges.  <\/p>\n

South Korean organizations are consistent targets<\/a> for Lazarus, although the APT has also been traced back to cyberattacks in the US and, more recently, South Africa<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

In a campaign documented by Malwarebytes<\/a> on April 13, a phishing document attributed to Lazarus revealed the use of an interesting technique designed to obfuscate payloads in image files.  <\/p>\n

The attack chain begins with a phishing Microsoft Office document (\ucc38\uac00\uc2e0\uccad\uc11c\uc591\uc2dd.doc) and a lure in the Korean language. Intended victims are asked to enable macros in order to view the file’s content, which, in turn, triggers a malicious payload.  <\/p>\n

The macro brings up a pop-up message which claims to be an old version of Office, but instead, calls an executable HTA file compressed as a zlib file within an overall PNG image file.  <\/p>\n

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During decompression, the PNG is converted to the BMP format, and once triggered, the HTA drops a loader for a Remote Access Trojan (RAT), stored as “AppStore.exe” on the target machine.   <\/p>\n

“This is a clever method used by the actor to bypass security mechanisms that can detect embedded objects within images,” the researchers say. “The reason is because the document contains a PNG image that has a compressed zlib malicious object and since it’s compressed it can not be detected by static detections. Then the threat actor just used a simple conversion mechanism to decompress the malicious content.” <\/p>\n

The RAT is able to link up to a command-and-control (C2) server, receive commands, and drop shellcode. Communication between the malware and C2 is base64 encoded and encrypted using a custom encryption algorithm that has previously been linked to Lazarus’ Bistromath RAT<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In related news, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warned earlier this month<\/a> that North Korean threat actors are targeting security researchers across social media. First spotted in January, the scheme now includes a web of sham profiles, browser exploits, and a fake offensive security company. <\/p>\n

Previous and related coverage <\/h3>\n
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