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win.hoplight (Back to overview)

HOPLIGHT

aka: HANGMAN

Actor(s): Lazarus Group

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References
2020-02-25 ⋅ SentinelOne ⋅ Jim Walter
DPRK Hidden Cobra Update: North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity
ARTFULPIE BISTROMATH BUFFETLINE CHEESETRAY HOPLIGHT HOTCROISSANT SLICKSHOES
2020-02-19 ⋅ Lexfo ⋅ Lexfo
The Lazarus Constellation A study on North Korean malware
FastCash AppleJeus BADCALL Bankshot Brambul Dtrack Duuzer DYEPACK ELECTRICFISH HARDRAIN Hermes HOPLIGHT Joanap KEYMARBLE Kimsuky MimiKatz MyDoom NACHOCHEESE NavRAT PowerRatankba RokRAT Sierra(Alfa,Bravo, ...) Volgmer WannaCryptor
2020-02-14 ⋅ US-CERT ⋅ US-CERT
Malware Analysis Report (AR20-045G): MAR-10135536-8.v4 - North Korean Trojan: HOPLIGHT
HOPLIGHT
2020-02-13 ⋅ Qianxin ⋅ Qi Anxin Threat Intelligence Center
APT Report 2019
Chrysaor Exodus Dacls VPNFilter DNSRat Griffon KopiLuwak More_eggs SQLRat AppleJeus BONDUPDATER Agent.BTZ Anchor AndroMut AppleJeus BOOSTWRITE Brambul Carbanak Cobalt Strike Dacls DistTrack DNSpionage Dtrack ELECTRICFISH FlawedAmmyy FlawedGrace Get2 Grateful POS HOPLIGHT Imminent Monitor RAT jason Joanap KerrDown KEYMARBLE Lambert LightNeuron LoJax MiniDuke PolyglotDuke PowerRatankba Rising Sun SDBbot ServHelper Snatch Stuxnet TinyMet tRat TrickBot Volgmer X-Agent Zebrocy
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
NICKEL ACADEMY
Brambul Duuzer HOPLIGHT Joanap Sierra(Alfa,Bravo, ...) Volgmer
2019-10-31 ⋅ CISA ⋅ CISA
Malware Analysis Report (AR19-304A)
HOPLIGHT
2019-08-01 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ GReAT
APT trends report Q2 2019
ZooPark magecart POWERSTATS Chaperone COMpfun EternalPetya FinFisher RAT HawkEye Keylogger HOPLIGHT Microcin NjRAT Olympic Destroyer PLEAD RokRAT Triton Zebrocy
2019-04-11 ⋅ Computing.co.uk ⋅ Dev Kundaliya
Lazarus rises: Warning over new HOPLIGHT malware linked with North Korea
HOPLIGHT
2019-04-10 ⋅ US-CERT ⋅ US-CERT
Malware Analysis Report (AR19-100A): North Korean Trojan: HOPLIGHT
HOPLIGHT
2017-08-14 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Anthony Kasza
The Blockbuster Saga Continues
HOPLIGHT
2015-09-10 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Genwei Jiang, Josiah Kimble
Hangul Word Processor (HWP)Zero-Day: possible ties to North Korean threat actors
HOPLIGHT
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_hoplight_auto (20260917 | Detects win.hoplight.)
rule win_hoplight_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.hoplight."
        info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
        tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
        signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.hoplight"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260916"
        malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6"
        malpedia_version = "20260917"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    /* DISCLAIMER
     * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the
     * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator.
     * The code and documentation is published here:
     * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator
     * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given
     * number of families, only single samples are documented.
     * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer.
     * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you
     * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels.
     */


    strings:
        $sequence_0 = { 488b442448 4805a0000000 4889442420 48837c242000 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   488b442448           | mov                 eax, dword ptr [eax]
            //   4805a0000000         | and                 eax, 0xff
            //   4889442420           | mov                 eax, eax
            //   48837c242000         | dec                 eax

        $sequence_1 = { 488d15433c0200 488b4c2420 e8???????? 85c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   488d15433c0200       | dec                 eax
            //   488b4c2420           | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x570]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | dec                 eax

        $sequence_2 = { 750a 83bc24800400000e 7469 837c242c33 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   750a                 | inc                 eax
            //   83bc24800400000e     | dec                 eax
            //   7469                 | mov                 dword ptr [esp], eax
            //   837c242c33           | cmp                 dword ptr [esp + 0x14], 2

        $sequence_3 = { 48ffc0 48890424 837c241402 7e16 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   48ffc0               | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 0x30], eax
            //   48890424             | dec                 eax
            //   837c241402           | lea                 edx, [0x23c43]
            //   7e16                 | dec                 eax

        $sequence_4 = { 488b8c2470010000 e8???????? 488b842470050000 4883783800 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   488b8c2470010000     | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x40]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   488b842470050000     | dec                 eax
            //   4883783800           | mov                 edx, dword ptr [eax + 0x1afa0]

        $sequence_5 = { 488d8c2452080000 4533f6 33d2 41b8fe070000 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   488d8c2452080000     | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x20]
            //   4533f6               | test                eax, eax
            //   33d2                 | dec                 eax
            //   41b8fe070000         | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x168]

        $sequence_6 = { 488b842468010000 8b00 25ff000000 8bc0 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   488b842468010000     | cmp                 dword ptr [eax + 0x38], 0
            //   8b00                 | jne                 0x13
            //   25ff000000           | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x30]
            //   8bc0                 | dec                 eax

        $sequence_7 = { 7511 8b442430 ffc8 89442430 }
            // n = 4, score = 100
            //   7511                 | dec                 eax
            //   8b442430             | mov                 eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x40]
            //   ffc8                 | dec                 eax
            //   89442430             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x170]

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 765952
}
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