Threat Trend Report on Ransomware – March 2023 Posted By ahnlabti , May 24, 2023 This report provides statistics on new ransomware samples, attacked systems, and targeted businesses in March 2023, as well as notable ransomware issues in Korea and overseas. Other major issues and statistics for ransomware that are not mentioned in the report can be found by searching for the following keywords or via the statistics menu at AhnLab Threat Intelligence Platform (ATIP). Ransomware Statistics by Type The number of ransomware samples and targeted systems are based on the aliases designated by AhnLab,…
March 2023 Deep Web & Dark Web Threat Trend Report Posted By ahnlabti , May 24, 2023 This trend report on the deep web and dark web of March 2023 is sectioned into Ransomware, Forum & Black Market, and Threat Actor. We would like to state beforehand that some of the content has yet to be confirmed to be true. 1) Ransomware (1) Clop Ransomware (2) BlackCat (Alphv) Ransomware (3) LockBit Ransomware (4) Medusa Ransomware 2) Forum & Black Market (1) Breached Forums Closed 3) Threat Actor (1) Netwire RAT Malware Infrastructure Confiscated and Admin Arrested (2)…
2022 Threat Trend Report on Kimsuky Posted By ahnlabti , March 16, 2023 In comparison to 2021, 2022 was a year filled with invisible activities, new attack types, Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN), and attack preparations. AhnLab identified a significantly higher number of these activities in comparison to 2021. One of these cases involved an incorrect configuration of C2 servers, causing the files within the said servers to be exposed and allowing AhnLab to procure samples, server information files, and variant samples that had never been known externally. The threat actors are using…
Unique characteristics of Kimsuky group’s spear phishing emails Posted By ahnlabti , March 16, 2023 A unique difference with the past cases was discovered during the analysis of the Kimsuky group’s spear phishing URLs. Until now, the group used Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) disguised as famous Korean web portals. An analysis of the URLs collected during the past two months revealed multiple new FQDNs including keywords related to certain Korean banks, instead of the past FQDNs disguised as web portals. Unique characteristics of Kimsuky group’s spear phishing emails
Threat Trend Report on Region-Specific Ransomware Posted By ahnlabti , March 16, 2023 Background Currently, ransomware creators include individuals, cyber criminal gangs and state-supported groups. Out of these individuals and groups, cyber criminal gangs are the most proactive in ransomware development, while individuals and state-supported groups are less so. Privately developed ransomware is most often for research purposes with the intention of destroying data. Some state-sponsored threat groups also develop ransomware. The purpose of these cases is not for financial gain either but for data destruction, and Wipers, which do not allow recovery,…
