GINC-APT-0545 · Criminal

JINX-0164

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
North Korea(high confidence)
Sources
4 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0545 · jinx-0164

What it is

JINX-0164 is a financially motivated threat actor active since mid-2025, primarily targeting software developers through recruitment-themed social engineering to steal cryptocurrencies and conduct supply chain attacks. Their operations have focused on macOS devices, utilizing malware such as AUDIOFIX and MINIRAT, with a notable supply chain compromise involving the trojanization of an npm package. The actor employs a shell script for initial system profiling and payload delivery, often spoofing legitimate services like Microsoft Teams and cryptocurrency companies. JINX-0164's infrastructure includes numerous lookalike domains and utilizes VPN exit nodes for accessing victim systems.

Attribution

Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Trojan.Karagany
  • Trojan.Mebromi
  • miniRAT

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de