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FamousChollima

Also known asFamousChollima

Famous Chollima is a DPRK-linked threat actor referenced in reporting on multiple suspected North Korean campaigns. In the provided content, the actor is associated with software supply-chain and malware activity involving npm packages, remote access trojans, cryptocurrency theft, and abuse of cloud-hosted infrastructure. Report references tied to Famous Chollima include: "Inside MicrosoftSystem64: A Supply Chain RAT Exfiltrating to HuggingFace," which describes MicrosoftSystem64 as a supply-chain RAT exfiltrating data to Hugging Face; "North Korea's abuse of Cloudflare Workers and Pages," indicating abuse of Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare Pages infrastructure; "North Korea's Safari: Hunting for RATs," which explicitly concerns RATs; "Polymarket Trader Funds at Risk: DPRK npm Package Steals Wallet Keys and Installs SSH Backdoor," describing an npm package used to steal wallet keys and install an SSH backdoor; "Contagious Interview Campaign: Independent Analysis of the StegaBin Wave"; and "Contagious Trader campaign - Coordinated weaponisation of cryptocurrency trading bots by suspected DPRK malware operators," which links the actor to weaponized cryptocurrency trading bots. The content directly associates Famous Chollima with the tags DPRK, NPM, PylangGhost, ClickFix, ContagiousInterview, StegaBin, and ContagiousTrader. No additional aliases or sub-groups are provided in the content beyond the name FamousChollima.

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OPERATIONAL PROFILE

Targeting

Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.

Who they target

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  • Software & Services

Where they're from

Attributed origin per open-source reporting.

  • KP
MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

5 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

6 of 15 tactics8 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique
MITRE ATT&CK
TA0001
Initial Access
1 technique
T1195×2
Supply Chain Compromise
TA0003
Persistence
1 technique
T1098
Account Manipulation
T1098.004
SSH Authorized Keys
TA0004
Privilege Escalation
1 technique
T1098
Account Manipulation
T1098.004
SSH Authorized Keys
TA0006
Credential Access
1 technique
T1555
Credentials from Password Stores
TA0011
Command and Control
1 technique
T1219
Remote Access Tools
TA0010
Exfiltration
1 technique
T1567
Exfiltration Over Web Service
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