APT38 (G0082) | Threat Actor Index

About APT38

APT38 is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group that specializes in financial cyber operations; it has been attributed to the Reconnaissance General Bureau. Active since at least 2014, APT38 has targeted banks, financial institutions, casinos, cryptocurrency exchanges, SWIFT system endpoints, and ATMs in at least 38 countries worldwide. Significant operations include the 2016 Bank of Bangladesh heist, during which APT38 stole $81 million, as well as attacks against Bancomext and Banco de Chile ; some of their attacks have been destructive. North Korean group definitions are known to have significant overlap, and some security researchers report all North Korean state-sponsored cyber activity under the name Lazarus Group instead of tracking clusters or subgroups.

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Techniques by Tactic (56)

Resource Development

T1583.001 DomainsT1588.002 Tool

Initial Access

T1189 Drive-by CompromiseT1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

Execution

T1053.003 CronT1053.005 Scheduled TaskT1059.001 PowerShellT1059.003 Windows Command ShellT1059.005 Visual BasicT1106 Native APIT1204.001 Malicious LinkT1204.002 Malicious FileT1569.002 Service Execution

Persistence

T1053.003 CronT1053.005 Scheduled TaskT1112 Modify RegistryT1505.003 Web ShellT1543.003 Windows Service

Privilege Escalation

T1053.003 CronT1053.005 Scheduled TaskT1055 Process InjectionT1543.003 Windows ServiceT1548.002 Bypass User Account Control