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1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
We’re calling it NullReceiver, and we think it’s a deliberate improvement on EtherHiding. NullReceiver is a blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) resolution technique used by DPRK-linked npm malware.
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
NullReceiver is presented as a named malware/C2 technique associated with blank crypto transfers and EtherHiding-style command-and-control evasion.
A blockchain-based C2 resolution technique used in a Node.js RAT embedded in trojanized npm packages. It retrieves the attacker wallet’s latest outbound Ethereum transaction and decodes the C2 IP address from the recipient address bytes of a zero-value, zero-data transfer.
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Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
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