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Moonstone Sleet, formerly tracked as STORM-1789, is a North Korean state-sponsored threat actor conducting both cyberespionage and financially motivated operations. It is distinguished as an operational cluster within the broader Lazarus ecosystem, combining intelligence collection with revenue generation rather than pursuing an exclusively financial or espionage mission. The group uses custom malware and ransomware to support its operations. It deployed its custom FakePenny ransomware in 2024 and subsequently adopted Qilin, a ransomware-as-a-service platform. Its deployment of Qilin was identified in March 2025, establishing its participation in Qilin affiliate operations. This combination of proprietary malware and externally supplied ransomware distinguishes Moonstone Sleet's tooling and illustrates its use of the criminal ransomware ecosystem alongside state-sponsored operations.
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Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.
Attributed origin per open-source reporting.
36 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
13 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
8 additional families tracked in Mallory.
4 CVEs this actor has used in observed campaigns. 4 of them exploited in the wild.
This detection identifies instances where Windows Explorer.exe spawns PowerShell or cmd.exe processes, particularly focusing on executions initiated by LNK files. This behavior is associated with the ZDI-CAN-25373 Windows shortcut zero-day vulnerability, where specially crafted LNK files are used to trigger malicious code execution through cmd.exe or powershell.exe. This technique has been actively exploited by multiple APT groups in targeted attacks through both HTTP and SMB delivery methods.
To gain initial access, new variants of H0lyGh0st ransomware search for vulnerabilities in the public-facing web applications and content management systems of their target. DotCMS RCE (CVE-2022-26352) vulnerability is one of the vulnerabilities exploited by the ransomware group.
This detection focuses on identifying vulnerable versions 18.12.407 and 18.12.416 of the 3CX desktop app... these specific versions have known vulnerabilities... CVE CVE-2023-29059
Google released an update and thanked us for discovering this attack... CVE-2024-4947... The exploit contains code for two vulnerabilities: the first is used to gain the ability to read and write Chrome process memory from the JavaScript... CVE-2024-4947 ... is the vulnerability in this new compiler.
52 indicators attributed to this actor: domains, IPs, hashes, and other artifacts pulled from reporting. View more in app.
20 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
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Sous-cluster combinant espionnage et génération de revenus; il a déployé FakePenny et Qilin en 2025.
A North Korean cluster combining cyberespionage and financially motivated operations, including use of Qilin ransomware-as-a-service.
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Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.