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🇰🇵 KP2 malware families

FamousChollima

Also known asFamousChollima

Famous Chollima is a DPRK-linked threat actor/cluster referenced in the provided content. The reporting associates it with North Korean cyber activity across software supply-chain and social-engineering themed operations. Mentioned activity includes North Korean job advertisement operations using Google Docs; abuse of Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare Pages infrastructure; npm-related activity; a supply-chain RAT case involving "MicrosoftSystem64" exfiltrating to Hugging Face; a DPRK npm package reported to steal wallet keys and install an SSH backdoor; and campaigns referenced as Contagious Interview, StegaBin Wave, and Contagious Trader. The content also links the cluster to reporting involving RATs and ClickFix. The actor is discussed alongside other CrowdStrike Chollima clusters including Labyrinth Chollima and Stardust Chollima. Based on the provided content, Famous Chollima is associated with DPRK/North Korea and with targeting themes involving developers, job seekers, and cryptocurrency/trading ecosystems.

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OPERATIONAL PROFILE

Targeting

Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.

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MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

5 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

6 of 15 tactics8 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique
MITRE ATT&CK
TA0001
Initial Access
1 technique
T1195×2
Supply Chain Compromise
TA0003
Persistence
1 technique
T1098
Account Manipulation
T1098.004
SSH Authorized Keys
TA0004
Privilege Escalation
1 technique
T1098
Account Manipulation
T1098.004
SSH Authorized Keys
TA0006
Credential Access
1 technique
T1555
Credentials from Password Stores
TA0011
Command and Control
1 technique
T1219
Remote Access Tools
TA0010
Exfiltration
1 technique
T1567
Exfiltration Over Web Service
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Tradecraft mapping5

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Malware arsenal2

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