Statistics

ASEC Weekly Phishing Email Threat Trends (February 5th, 2023 – February 11th, 2023)

The ASEC analysis team 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 5th, 2023 to February 11th, 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 act…

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

The ASEC analysis team uses the ASEC automatic analysis system RAPIT to categorize and respond to known malware. This post will list weekly statistics collected from February 6th, 2023 (Monday) to February 12th, 2023 (Sunday). For the main category, downloader ranked top with 54.7%, followed by backdoor with 27.7%, Infostealer with 12.8%, ransomware with 4.6%, and CoinMiner with 0.1%. Top 1 – Amadey This week, Amadey Bot ranked first place with 43.9%. Amadey is a downloader that can receive commands…

ASEC Weekly Phishing Email Threat Trends (January 29th, 2023 – February 4th, 2023)

The ASEC analysis team 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 January 29th, 2023 to February 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 act…

ASEC Weekly Malware Statistics (January 30th, 2023 – February 5th, 2023)

The ASEC analysis team uses the ASEC automatic analysis system RAPIT to categorize and respond to known malware. This post will list weekly statistics collected from January 30th, 2023 (Monday) to February 5th, 2023 (Sunday). For the main category, downloader ranked top with 39.3%, followed by Infostealer with 28.8%, backdoor with 27.0%, ransomware with 2.6%, and CoinMiner with 2.2%. Top 1 – SmokeLoader SmokeLoader is an Infostealer/downloader malware that is distributed via exploit kits. This week, it ranked first place…

ASEC Weekly Phishing Email Threat Trends (January 22nd, 2023 – January 28th, 2023)

The ASEC analysis team 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 January 22nd, 2023 to January 28th, 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 act…