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-SHA256 784d9273c75e983f2b4730d1f2198cc44e9599709f4a5519a2bd3049095dc9d5 2026-05-29
FileHash-SHA256 c089457d5f4b22313b927bb36a320f8d7a1ddb6d5b82293dc2374dcfd4b1b8b2 2026-05-29
FileHash-SHA256 ca42cba2782a0b6952dd0425fa08cbd4de65f77fcc00e965ee97c39bea42eb18 2026-05-29