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23.227.202.244

23.227.202.244 is an IP address that 9 published sources report in connection with Contagious Interview and Lazarus Group activity, which public reporting attributes to North Korea (DPRK). It is cited here from Socket, Ossprey, Cisco Talos, NVISO, Ransom-ISAC, Recorded Future, JPCERT/CC, blog.talosintelligence.com and Cisco Talos (GitHub IOC repository). The earliest of those reports is dated 2025-10-10 and the most recent 2026-11-09.

ip address Contagious InterviewLazarus Group CURATED

First seen 2025-10-10 · last seen 2026-11-09

Network

Kinddata centre
NetworkHIVELOCITY, Inc. (Hivelocity Ventures Corp, Private)
Announced byAS29802 HIVELOCITY, Inc.
CountryUnited States
Flagshosting range

Looked up 2026-09-21 at ip-api.com. A hosting range is not evidence on its own.

Sources

  • Direct-IP command-and-control endpoint listed by Socket for the July to October 2025 Contagious Interview npm wave of 338 packages.
    North Korea's Contagious Interview Campaign Escalates: 338 Malicious npm Packages, 50,000 Downloads — Socket · published 2025-10-10 · pulled 2026-09-21

  • Nearby text:

    …(IOCs) # C2 Endpoints # 135.181.123.177 138.201.50.5 144.172.105.235 144.172.112.106 146.70.253.107 23.127.202.249 23.227.202.244 http://fashdefi.store:6168/defy/v7 https://0927.vercel.app/api/ipcheck https://api.npoint.io/b964566497d98298d32c…
    North Korea’s Contagious Interview Campaign Escalates: 338 Malicious npm Packages, 50,000 Downloads | Socket — Socket · under “C2 Endpoints #” · published 2025-10-10 · pulled 2026-09-01
  • …Five of ours appear on it: 23.227.202.244 , 146.70.253.107 , 45.61.150.31 , 88.218.0.78 and 5.253.43.122 .…
    Uncovering a 300+ Package DPRK Contagious Interview Campaign — Ossprey · under “The shape of the network” · published 2026-07-02 · pulled 2026-09-02
  • …of various browser profiles and extensions as well as the download of a Python distribution and Python client payload from the C2 server “23.227.202.244” using the common BeaverTail/InvisibleFerret TCP port 1224.…
    BeaverTail and OtterCookie evolve with a new Javascript module — Cisco Talos · under “Standard BeaverTail functionality” · published 2025-10-16 · pulled 2026-09-12
  • …185.235.241.208 216.126.229.166 23.106.253.194 23.106.253.215 23.106.253.221 23.106.253.242 23.106.70.154 23.227.202.242 23.227.202.244 23.254.164.156 38.92.47.151 38.92.47.85 38.92.47.91 45.128.52.14 45.137.213.30 45.43.11.201 45.61.133.110 45.61.150.30…
    Contagious Interview Actors Now Utilize JSON Storage Services for Malware Delivery — NVISO · under “Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)” · published 2025-11-13 · pulled 2026-09-12
  • …payloads used. Note: Graph produced by OpenCTI STIX Source1: Cisco Talos - Beavertail and Ottercookie IP Address ASN Notes 23.227.202.244 HVC-AS Similar HTTP headers to socket.io C2 172.86.88.188 ROUTERHOSTING Nothing of significance to mention 138.201.50.5 Hetzner…
    Cross-Chain TxDataHiding Crypto Heist: A Very Chainful Process (Part 1) — Ransom-ISAC · under “Source1: Cisco Talos - Beavertail and Ottercookie” · published 2025-11-13 · pulled 2026-09-12
  • …Appendix A: Diamond Model Appendix B: C2 Servers BeaverTail C2 Servers: 14.37.47.13 23.106.70.154 23.227.202.244 38.92.47.85 38.92.47.91 38.92.47.118 38.92.47.151 38.92.47.152 38.92.47.155 45.43.11.201 45.59.163.23 45.59.163.56 45.61.128.61 45.61.133.1…
    PurpleBravo’s Targeting of the IT Software Supply Chain — Recorded Future · under “Appendix B: C2 Servers” · published 2026-01-21 · pulled 2026-09-12
  • …1.208 191.96.31.38 195.201.172.170 216.126.229.166 23.106.253.194 23.106.253.209 23.106.253.215 23.106.253.221 23.106.253.242 23.106.70.154 23.227.202.244 38.92.47.151 38.92.47.85 38.92.47.91 45.128.52.14 45.130.43.97 45.137.213.30 45.159.248.110 45.43.11.201 45.61.128.61 45.61.133.110 45.61.1…
    Contagious Interview IoCs — JPCERT/CC · published 2025-08-25 · pulled 2026-09-18
  • …of various browser profiles and extensions as well as the download of a Python distribution and Python client payload from the C2 server “23.227.202.244” using the common BeaverTail/InvisibleFerret TCP port 1224.…
    BeaverTail and OtterCookie evolve with a new Javascript module · under “Standard BeaverTail functionality” · published 2025-10-16 · pulled 2026-09-18

  • Nearby text:

    …1d 9e65de386b40f185bf7c1d9b1380395e5ff606c2f8373c63204a52f8ddc01982 dff2a0fb344a0ad4b2c129712b2273fda46b5ea75713d23d65d5b03d0057f6dd http://23.227.202.244:1224/uploads http://23.227.202.244:1224/pdown http://23.227.202.244:1224/client/14/144 http://23.227.202.244:1224/payload/14/144 http://23.…
    BeaverTail and OtterCookie — Cisco Talos (GitHub IOC repository) · published 2025-10-16 · pulled 2026-09-29

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