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🇰🇵Lazarus Group

🇰🇵 Lazarus Group is a tracked threat actor in the Clankerusecase corpus. Attributed to KP. Primary motivation: State. We map 26 detection use cases to this actor across 142 MITRE ATT&CK techniques, with 3 threat-intel articles citing them. Active in our corpus from 2025-11-06 to 2026-05-28.

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26Use cases

3Articles

142Techniques

3IOCs

Known aliases

LazarusLazarus GroupHidden CobraGuardians of PeaceZINCDiamond SleetLabyrinth ChollimaHIDDEN COBRANICKEL ACADEMY

Top techniques

T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application T1204.002 · Malicious File T1059.001 · PowerShell

All other tracked techniques

T1001.003 · Protocol or Service Impersonation T1003 · OS Credential Dumping T1003.001 · LSASS Memory T1005 · Data from Local System T1008 · Fallback Channels T1010 · Application Window Discovery T1012 · Query Registry T1016 · System Network Configuration Discovery T1020 · Automated Exfiltration T1021.001 · Remote Desktop Protocol T1021.002 · SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1021.004 · SSH T1027 · Obfuscated Files or Information T1027.007 · Dynamic API Resolution T1027.009 · Embedded Payloads T1027.013 · Encrypted/Encoded File T1033 · System Owner/User Discovery T1036.003 · Rename Legitimate Utilities T1036.004 · Masquerade Task or Service T1036.005 · Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location T1041 · Exfiltration Over C2 Channel T1046 · Network Service Discovery T1047 · Windows Management Instrumentation T1048.003 · Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol T1049 · System Network Connections Discovery T1053.005 · Scheduled Task T1055.001 · Dynamic-link Library Injection T1056.001 · Keylogging T1057 · Process Discovery T1059.003 · Windows Command Shell T1059.005 · Visual Basic T1059.007 · JavaScript T1070 · Indicator Removal T1070.003 · Clear Command History T1070.004 · File Deletion T1070.006 · Timestomp T1071 · Application Layer Protocol T1071.001 · Web Protocols T1071.004 · DNS T1074.001 · Local Data Staging T1078 · Valid Accounts T1082 · System Information Discovery T1083 · File and Directory Discovery T1090 · Proxy T1090.001 · Internal Proxy T1090.002 · External Proxy T1098 · Account Manipulation T1102.002 · Bidirectional Communication T1104 · Multi-Stage Channels T1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer T1106 · Native API T1110.003 · Password Spraying T1112 · Modify Registry T1113 · Screen Capture T1115 · Clipboard Data T1119 · Automated Collection T1124 · System Time Discovery T1125 · Video Capture T1132.001 · Standard Encoding T1134.002 · Create Process with Token T1140 · Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information T1189 · Drive-by Compromise T1195.002 · Compromise Software Supply Chain T1202 · Indirect Command Execution T1203 · Exploitation for Client Execution T1204.001 · Malicious Link T1204.004 · Malicious Copy and Paste T1218 · System Binary Proxy Execution T1218.005 · Mshta T1218.011 · Rundll32 T1219 · Remote Access Tools T1406 · T1406 T1407 · T1407 T1420 · T1420 T1422 · T1422 T1426 · T1426 T1429 · T1429 T1430 · T1430 T1437.001 · T1437.001 T1474.003 · T1474.003 T1480.001 · Environmental Keying T1481.002 · T1481.002 T1485 · Data Destruction T1486 · Data Encrypted for Impact T1489 · Service Stop T1491.001 · Internal Defacement T1497 · Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion T1513 · T1513 T1529 · System Shutdown/Reboot T1532 · T1532 T1533 · T1533 T1541 · T1541 T1542.003 · Bootkit T1543.003 · Windows Service T1546.016 · Installer Packages T1547.001 · Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder T1547.009 · Shortcut Modification T1553.002 · Code Signing T1555 · Credentials from Password Stores T1555.003 · Credentials from Web Browsers T1557.001 · Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay T1560 · Archive Collected Data T1560.002 · Archive via Library T1560.003 · Archive via Custom Method T1561.001 · Disk Content Wipe T1561.002 · Disk Structure Wipe T1564.001 · Hidden Files and Directories T1566 · Phishing T1566.001 · Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 · Spearphishing Link T1566.003 · Spearphishing via Service T1567.002 · Exfiltration to Cloud Storage T1568.002 · Domain Generation Algorithms T1569.002 · Service Execution T1571 · Non-Standard Port T1573.001 · Symmetric Cryptography T1574.001 · DLL T1574.002 · T1574.002 T1574.013 · KernelCallbackTable T1583.001 · Domains T1583.006 · Web Services T1584.004 · Server T1585.001 · Social Media Accounts T1585.002 · Email Accounts T1585.003 · Cloud Accounts T1587.001 · Malware T1588.002 · Tool T1588.004 · Digital Certificates T1589.002 · Email Addresses T1591 · Gather Victim Org Information T1608.001 · Upload Malware T1620 · Reflective Code Loading T1636.002 · T1636.002 T1636.003 · T1636.003 T1636.004 · T1636.004 T1646 · T1646 T1680 · Local Storage Discovery T1685 · Disable or Modify Tools T1686.003 · Windows Host Firewall

Detection use cases (26)

Lazarus 'Operation Dream Job' DLL side-loading — trusted binary loading attacker DLL from ISO/Downloads AI · profile ΣDD Lazarus AppleJeus / TraderTraitor fake crypto-trading app — C2 beacon from named lure binary AI · profile SΣDD Trojanized axios npm package postinstall: node.exe spawned from plain-crypto-js dependency Bespoke axios RAT Windows persistence: %PROGRAMDATA%\wt.exe drop + %TEMP%\6202033.vbs/.ps1 staging Bespoke axios RAT C2 callout to sfrclak.com / 142.11.206.73:8000 Bespoke Phishing-link click correlated to endpoint execution Internal Email attachment opened from external sender Internal Office app spawning script/LOLBin child process Internal Ransomware-style mass file rename / extension change Internal LSASS process access / dump (credential theft) Internal Remote service execution — PsExec / SMB lateral movement Internal Trusted vendor binary / installer launching unusual children Internal ScarCruft sqgame supply-chain delivery domain contact (BirdCall/RokRAT) Bespoke BirdCall trojanized APK/mono.dll SHA1 match on Windows endpoints Bespoke 1Password impossible-travel sign-in MITRE match AI/LLM Agent Framework Runtime Spawning Shell, Recon, or Egress Child Process MITRE match AI/LLM Framework Web Service Spawns Shell or Network Tool (Agent-Framework Unauthenticated RCE) MITRE match Brand-Impersonation Domain Fetch Followed by User-Context Loader Within 10 Minutes MITRE match Cross-category credential-store enumeration with rapid egress to anonymizing tunnel/CDN MITRE match Cross-Platform ClickFix Paste-to-Pipe Loader (UI-Parent Shell with Decode-and-Execute Payload) MITRE match Developer interpreter / package-manager process exfiltrating tokens to public code-hosting / worker domains MITRE match Developer package install spawning script-host with non-registry C2 within 5 minutes MITRE match Developer/Data-tooling Daemon Spawns Shell Child Seconds After POST to Runner/Exec Endpoint MITRE match Internet-Facing Service Process Spawning Unix Shell or Ingress-Tool LOLBin (Edge Zero-Day Post-Exploit) MITRE match Internet-facing service process spawns shell/LOLBin within minutes of public inbound connection — post-RCE command execution MITRE match Low-Code / AI Workflow Runtime Sandbox-Escape — Server Process Spawns Shell + Public Egress MITRE match

Threat-intel articles (3)

crit ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2025–Q1 2026 · 2026-05-28

crit A rigged game: ScarCruft compromises gaming platform in a supply-chain attack · 2026-05-05

crit ESET APT Activity Report Q2 2025–Q3 2025 · 2025-11-06

Tracked indicators

Domains (3)

sqgame.com.cn sqgame.net xiazai.sqgame.com.cn

CVEs (2)

CVE-2024-42009 CVE-2025-8088