AppleSeed Disguised as Purchase Order and Request Form Being Distributed

The ASEC analysis team has recently discovered the distribution of AppleSeed disguised as purchase orders and request forms. AppleSeed is a backdoor malware mainly used by the Kimsuky group. It stays in the system and performs malicious behaviors by receiving commands from attackers. The malware is currently being distributed under the following filenames. Purchase order-**-2022****-001-National Tax Service additionally implementing security sensors in 5 regional tax offices_***.jse Request form(general manager ***).jse The JSE (JScript Encoded File) file consists of JavaScript, and … Continue reading AppleSeed Disguised as Purchase Order and Request Form Being Distributed