PULSE NAME
Kimsuky's Advanced Attack Techniques: JSONPing, Webex Spoofing, and a New HttpSpy Variant
WHITE Kimsuky AlienVault 2026-05-29 Modified: 2026-05-29
58
IOCs
HIGH VOLUME
Through April 2026, Kimsuky deployed sophisticated malicious campaigns against South Korean military and corporate entities using tailored social engineering tactics including fake security software installation pages and spoofed Webex meeting pages leveraging legitimate meeting schedules. The threat actor introduced a novel JSONPing technique allowing distribution pages to verify in real time whether victims executed the payload via JSONP queries to localhost servers. Analysis revealed a new HttpSpy variant with a three-stage execution chain replacing the previous single-binary architecture, utilizing RC4 encryption and shared infrastructure indicators. Attribution was confirmed through code pattern overlaps, reused encryption keys, XAMPP certificate fingerprints, and preferred ASN usage consistent with historical Kimsuky operations targeting South Korea.
MITRE ATT&CK & Malware Families
MALWARE FAMILIES
HttpSpy MemLoader calc.exe spyInster.dll spyLoader.dll loadDll.dll
Indicators of Compromise (3 / 58 total)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 IPv4 URL hostname
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-SHA1 364cc871e66afe65e1845205105c3f53f34afc01 2026-05-29
FileHash-SHA1 b44e800436b2892f7c8f9fbd93e5e17a2e1fde04 2026-05-29
FileHash-SHA1 c124f019ddaef2606a7394b0b9bf7ae1a05ecda4 2026-05-29