Malicious HWP Document Disguised as Reunification Education Support Application
On March 5, AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) found a post recruiting students for a unification-related course, which included a link to download a malicious HWP document. At the time of analysis, there were download links for JPG, HWP, and DOC files at the bottom of the post. The HWP
Statistical Report on Malware Threat in Q4 2024
Overview AhnLab uses the automatic analysis system RAPIT to categorize and respond to malware collected through a variety of routes. This report categorizes and shares statistics on known malware among the ones collected during Q4 2024. The malware strains included in the statistics are in the executable format and
Warning Against Malware in SVG Format Distributed via Phishing Emails
AhnLab SEcurity Intelligence Center (ASEC) has recently identified multiple instances of malware being distributed in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format. An SVG file is an XML-based file format that represents scalable vector graphics. SVG files are primarily used for icons, charts, and graphs, and they support the use of CSS
Coinminer Malware Distributed via Discord
While monitoring malware that is being distributed in Korea, the ASEC analysis team confirmed that coinminer malware was being distributed via Discord messenger. The attacker introduces a program that generates Robux, a currency used in a game called Roblox, for free in the following Discord chat room named “Free Robux
Malware Being Sneakily Installed in My PC-BeamWinHTTP Malware
The weekly malware statistics which ASEC analysis team uploads every week show that the number of occurrences for a downloader type malware named BeamWinHTTP has been on the rise for the last few weeks. According to the last ASEC weekly malware statistics, BeamWinHTTP malware is one of the top 3
