FORENSIA

THREAT_ACTOR · G1049

AppleJeus

Also known as: AppleJeus, Gleaming Pisces, Citrine Sleet, UNC1720, UNC4736

Profile

AppleJeus is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group attributed to the Reconnaissance General Bureau. Associated with the broader Lazarus Group umbrella of actors, AppleJeus has been active since at least 2018 and is closely aligned in resources with TEMP.hermit, another DPRK-affiliated group under the same umbrella. The group’s primary mission is to generate and launder revenue to provide financial support to the government. AppleJeus primarily targets the cryptocurrency industry and is most notably responsible for the 3CX Supply Chain Attack. The group traditionally deploys malicious cryptocurrency software in combination with Phishing. From these compromised environments, it selectively deploys additional backdoors to enable extended operations against high-value financial targets.

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Techniques

2 ATT&CK techniques attributed to this actor.

Related corpus activity

1,680 indicators EXHIBIT techniques this actor uses. This is a shared-technique signal, not a first-party attribution to AppleJeus.

IndicatorTypeFamilySevSrc
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e20b35a8c30e076cdd0e1df05ba1ff2e418dbd39a674f084787cc0af2fda9e95sha256phishing801
ce62d1b6116f34f9ba815db1e2016d2ahashcryptojacking802
69315b7a1c4bf5ee56cba1de29d1761ehashcryptojacking802
3d510977d60a44322f88100b515f06cb5ed83babc64247068d1a489595faa6c5sha256phishing801
a14bed1c46ba7406d5240e979251ccd394dfe3b5hashcryptojacking802
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3d1158884fb339b3328bd330fcc27598e1f1c94bcac39e75d1a272afa4deee1asha256ransomware801
579a82dde4425d95e20a22171be0a37702c833fdca6e5e04f69099a025863136hashcryptojacking802
b90988400cced319d260c4937f334ecc364785ed5c593cd2139965e62ca58173sha256phishing801
b5da6ffa5f85aa5016fbc02a3122361c85d21192c45df9544099d13e6ff84c36hashcryptojacking802
50eda29bfbeeb8b0429718447725016ahashcryptojacking802
1fc5e6458316277fae8272cbe9f3dfc86b681635hashcryptojacking802
5d253cc263851ec68c0a988bf86afbb3e9f0b491hashcryptojacking802
d42aecf76fb1531cd5b7139e669910b2fd82a90b7e11448128e226775bf5d42ehashcryptojacking802
c5a53c02d531c5e46f9cc2fc0afbb88dhashcryptojacking802
e84b1e2c432b2394c403b524b8361ffa9923a022eb05215f1dc811bc167c3c5ehashcryptojacking802
07cd03e2082bcb0b890cc59ce4c770d1a095ac6f1ae9cf999f5542555c56f841sha256phishing801
89930bd18e0f9c9c98dfb1662cb87aa98348e87164ab62b1f39e86ebf2ce24cbhashcryptojacking802
a30a9779079dc897a15fed27f27f614fab77a20e953368808ba99ac6c6a3375bsha256phishing801
670384fafb23140d96f2f8fe04a13fc8cc8e2a6e5e8c973e39b58d103c5fea92sha256phishing801
a37f6403fbf28fa0b48863287f4c5a5dhashcryptojacking802
bd46890121106b43f0c01ab82629400chashcryptojacking802
93b3d3925ccc201ab0f16017153a79ef05b8f5c2hashcryptojacking802
462af0a3a9094d44c30cc65544ec1171a62365cff09e67f5e87e061a3d604bd0hashcryptojacking802
87480b151e465b73151220533c965f3a77046138f079ca3ceb961a7d5fee9a33hash801

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