JINX-0164

Also known as: JINX-0164

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.

🌍 Country North Korea

Introduction

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.

Activities and Tactics

Country of Origin: 🇰🇵 North Korea

Notable Campaigns

Information pending cataloguing.

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)

Information pending cataloguing.

Notable Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)

No curated IOCs are currently published for this actor. This section will be updated when stable, attributable indicators are available.

Malware and Tools

  • Trojan.Karagany:
  • Trojan.Mebromi:
  • miniRAT:

Attribution and Evidence

Country of Origin: North Korea Additional attribution information pending cataloguing.

References

References pending cataloguing.