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Andariel is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group that has been active since at least 2009. Andariel has primarily focused its operations--which have included destructive attacks--against South Korean government agencies, military organizations, and a variety of domestic companies; they have also conducted cyber financial operations against ATMs, banks, and cryptocurrency exchanges. Andariel's notable activity includes Operation Black Mine, Operation GoldenAxe, and Campaign Rifle.
Andariel is considered a sub-set of Lazarus Group, and has been attributed to North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau.
North Korean group definitions are known to have significant overlap, and some security researchers report all North Korean state-sponsored cyber activity under the name Lazarus Group instead of tracking clusters or subgroups.
| Technique | Procedure example |
|---|---|
| T1005 Data from Local System |
Andariel has collected large numbers of files from compromised network systems for later extraction. |
| T1027.003 Steganography |
Andariel has hidden malicious executables within PNG files. |
| T1049 System Network Connections Discovery |
Andariel has used the |
| T1057 Process Discovery |
Andariel has used |
| T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer |
Andariel has downloaded additional tools and malware onto compromised hosts. |
| T1189 Drive-by Compromise |
Andariel has used watering hole attacks, often with zero-day exploits, to gain initial access to victims within a specific IP range. |
| T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution |
Andariel has exploited numerous ActiveX vulnerabilities, including zero-days. |
| T1204.002 Malicious File |
Andariel has attempted to lure victims into enabling malicious macros within email attachments. |
| T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment |
Andariel has conducted spearphishing campaigns that included malicious Word or Excel attachments. |
| T1588.001 Malware |
Andariel has used a variety of publicly-available remote access Trojans (RATs) for its operations. |
| T1590.005 IP Addresses |
Andariel has limited its watering hole attacks to specific IP address ranges. |
| T1592.002 Software |
Andariel has inserted a malicious script within compromised websites to collect potential victim information such as browser type, system language, Flash Player version, and other data. |
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