Trend Report on Smishing – Q4 2023 Statistics and Analysis on Smishing Threats
01. Overview AhnLab analyzes and responds to phishing messages detected based on machine-learning. This report provides an extensive analysis along with the statistics of smishing messages discovered during the fourth quarter of 2023. In the fourth quarter of 2023, there was an increase in specific types of attacks such as
Malicious LNK File Being Distributed, Impersonating the National Tax Service
AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) has discovered circumstances of a malicious LNK file impersonating the National Tax Service being distributed. Distribution using LNK files is a method that has been used in the past, and recently, there have been multiple cases of distribution to Korean users. The recently identified
