Statistics

ASEC Weekly Malware Statistics (March 6th, 2023 – March 12th, 2023)

AhnLab Security response Center (ASEC) uses the ASEC automatic analysis system RAPIT to categorize and respond to known malware. This post will list weekly statistics collected from March 6th, 2023 (Monday) to March 12th, 2023 (Sunday). For the main category, Infostealer ranked top with 52.6%, followed by backdoor with 27.6%, downloader with 15.7%, ransomware with 3.0%, CoinMiner with 0.7%, and banking malware with 0.4%. Top 1 – AgentTesla AgentTesla is an infostealer that ranked first place with 25.4%. It leaks…

ASEC Weekly Phishing Email Threat Trends (February 26th, 2023 – March 4th, 2023)

AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) monitors phishing email threats with the automatic sample analysis system (RAPIT) and honeypot. This post will cover the cases of distribution of phishing emails during the week from February 26th, 2023 to March 4th, 2023 and provide statistical information on each type. Generally, phishing is cited as an attack that leaks users’ login account credentials by disguising as or impersonating an institute, company, or individual through social engineering methods. On a broader note, the…

ASEC Weekly Malware Statistics (February 27th, 2023 – March 5th, 2023)

ASEC (AhnLab Security Emergency response Center) uses the ASEC automatic analysis system RAPIT to categorize and respond to known malware. This post will list weekly statistics collected from February 27th, 2023 (Monday) to March 5th, 2023 (Sunday). For the main category, backdoor ranked top with 51.4%, followed by Infostealer with 31.2%, downloader with 16.5%, and ransomware with 0.9%. Top 1 – RedLine RedLine ranked first place with 41.0%. The malware steals various information such as web browsers, FTP clients, cryptocurrency…

ASEC Weekly Phishing Email Threat Trends (February 19th, 2023 – February 25th, 2023)

ASEC (AhnLab Security Emergency response Center) monitors phishing email threats with the ASEC automatic sample analysis system (RAPIT) and honeypot. This post will cover the cases of distribution of phishing emails during the week from February 19th, 2023 to February 25th, 2023 and provide statistical information on each type. Generally, phishing is cited as an attack that leaks users’ login account credentials by disguising as or impersonating an institute, company, or individual through social engineering methods. On a broader note,…

ASEC Weekly Malware Statistics (February 20th, 2023 – February 26th, 2023)

ASEC (AhnLab Security Emergency response Center) uses the ASEC automatic analysis system RAPIT to categorize and respond to known malware. This post will list weekly statistics collected from February 20th, 2023 (Monday) to February 26th, 2023 (Sunday). For the main category, backdoor ranked top with 51.0%, followed by downloader with 24.7%, Infostealer with 22.7%, ransomware with 1.4%, and CoinMiner with 0.2%. Top 1 – RedLine RedLine ranked first place with 46.9%. The malware steals various information such as web browsers,…