Emotet Being Distributed Again via Excel Files After 6 Months
Over multiple blog posts, the ASEC analysis team has released information on the distribution of Emotet which had been modified in many different ways. It has recently been identified that the Emotet malware has become active again. Around six months have elapsed since the last active distribution. This post will
Continuously Changing Malicious Word Macro Being Distributed – Trend of TA551 (2)
The ASEC analysis team is back to continuously introduce DOC macro documents used by the TA551 group in attacks. The operation flow of macro documents hasn’t changed since its introduction in July. However, we have confirmed that in the most recent case, BazarLoader was distributed at the last step after
Malware Disguised as Job Offer Letter
The ASEC analysis team has recently discovered that KPOT Infostealer is being distributed via spam mails containing word files. There has been a number of cases ultimately downloading Infostealer programs when the macro was enabled, but this case is noticeable in that it used a word file with a particular
Continuously Changing Malicious Word Macro Being Distributed – Trend of TA551
The ASEC analysis team has been continuously updating the blog with information on malicious macro files and has been urging users to take caution. This post will introduce a type of word macro file distributed recently by the attack group TA551, showing changes in an average of 1 week. For
Caution! Malicious Excel Macros Being Distributed Indiscriminately Through Emails!
The ASEC analysis team discovered that excel files containing the same type of malicious macros are being distributed indiscriminately through emails. Such excel files contain macros that additionally download malware. Recently, it was found that reply mails targeting random people were added with threatening text and malicious excel macro files.
