Threat Trend Report on APT Groups – April 2023 Posted By ahnlabti , June 9, 2023 In this report, we cover nation-led threat groups presumed to conduct cyber intelligence or destructive activities under the support of the governments of certain countries, referred to as “Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups” for the sake of convenience. Therefore, this report does not contain information on cyber criminal groups aiming to gain financial profits. We organized analyses related to APT groups disclosed by security companies and institutions during the previous month; however, the content of some APT groups may not…
Deep Web & Dark Web Threat Trend Report – April 2023 Posted By ahnlabti , June 9, 2023 This trend report on the deep web and dark web of April 2023 is sectioned into Ransomware, Forums & Black Markets, and Threat Actor. We would like to state beforehand that some of the content has yet to be confirmed to be true. Ransomware ALPHV (BlackCat) Akira CipherLocker LockBit Money Message Forum & Black Market Closing of Genesis Market After the Closing of Breached Forums Threat Actor Bassterlord’s Retirement Hacktivist Group’s Activity ATIP_2023_Apr_Deep Web and Dark Web Threat Trend Report
Threat Trend Report on Kimsuky – April 2023 Posted By ahnlabti , June 9, 2023 The Kimsuky group’s activities in April 2023 showed a decline in comparison to their activities in March, falling under half the number of the previous month. Korean domains were used for FlowerPower like before without major changes, and the RandomQuery type also remained the same. Lastly, we confirmed that the domain responsible for distributing AppleSeed has been spreading the Google Chrome Remote Desktop setup script. Also, the dropper file and AppleSeed file used different argument values, which is a shift…
CVE Trend Report – March 2023 Vulnerability Statistics and Major Issues Posted By ahnlabti , May 24, 2023 Following the recent abuse of vulnerabilities in various malware distributions and attacks, it is becoming more crucial to detect said information early on. Zero-day and other various vulnerabilities are typically spread faster through social networks. AhnLab provides the trend of current vulnerabilities through the ATIP service based on the information collected by the in-house infrastructure. Additionally, ATIP offers information on said vulnerabilities’ characteristics and countermeasures through related news clippings, ASEC Notes, analysis reports, security advisories, and more. This report introduces…
March 2023 Threat Trend Report on Kimsuky Group Posted By ahnlabti , May 24, 2023 The Kimsuky group’s activities in March 2023 showed a decline in comparison to their activities in February. Unlike the past where most major issues were found in the FlowerPower type, this month was focused on the RandomQuery type, which showed the highest amount of activity. The FlowerPower type began to use “Korean domains”, and it has been confirmed that the RandomQuery type has been using various initial distribution methods and using new ways to distribute xRAT. Finally, it has been…
