March 2025 APT Group Trends (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab is monitoring Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks in South Korea using its own infrastructure. This report covers the classification, statistics, and features of the APT attacks in South Korea that were identified in March 2025, as well as the attack types. Figure 1. Statistics of
February 2025 APT Group Trends (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab is monitoring Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks in South Korea using its own infrastructure. This report covers the classification, statistics, and features of the APT attacks in South Korea that were identified in February 2025, as well as the attack types. Figure 1. Statistics of APT
January 2025 Threat Trend Report on APT Attacks (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab is monitoring Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks in South Korea using its own infrastructure. This report covers the classification and statistics of APT attacks in South Korea that have been identified over the course of a month in January 2025, as well as the features of each attack
December 2024 Threat Trend Report on APT Attacks (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab has been using AhnLab Smart Defense (ASD) to monitor advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks against targets in South Korea. This report will cover the types and statistics of APT attacks in South Korea during December 2024 as well as features for each type. Figure 1. December 2024 statistics
November 2024 Threat Trend Report on APT Attacks (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab has been using AhnLab Smart Defense (ASD) to monitor advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks against targets in Korea. This report will cover the types and statistics of APT attacks in Korea during November 2024 as well as features of each type. Figure 1. November 2024 statistics on
2024 MSC Malware Trend Report
With the decrease in distribution of MS Office document-type malware, the distribution of malware in various formats such as LNK and CHM is on the rise. In the second quarter of this year, malware in the MSC (snap-ins/Management Saved Console) file format used in Microsoft Management Console (MMC) was identified.
October 2024 Threat Trend Report on APT Attacks (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab has been using AhnLab Smart Defense (ASD) to monitor advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks against targets in Korea. This report will cover the types and statistics of APT attacks in Korea during October 2024 as well as features of each type. Figure 1. October 2024
Threat Trend Report on APT Attacks (South Korea) – September 2024 Major Issues on APT Attacks in South Korea
This report covers classification and statistics on APT domestic attacks confirmed during the month of September 2024 and introduces the functions of each type. Below is a summary of some of the information. [Table of Contents] Overview Trends of APT Attacks in Korea Spear Phishing Attacks Using LNK Files Attacks Using
Kimsuky Group’s Malware Disguised as Lecture Request Form (MSC, HWP)
Recently, malware disguised as a lecture request form targeting specific users was identified. The distributed files include Hangul Word Processor (HWP) documents and files in MSC format, which download additional malicious files. Decoy document files used to disguise as legitimate documents have been found to sometimes contain personal information, suggesting
Threat Trend Report on APT Attacks – August 2024 Major Issues on APT Attacks in South Korea
This report covers classification and statistics on APT domestic attacks confirmed during the month of August 2024 and introduces the functions of each type. Below is a summary of some of the information. [Table of Contents] Overview Trends of APT Attacks in Korea Spear Phishing Attacks Using LNK Files Attacks Using

