APT Attack Attempts Using Word Documents Targeting Specific Individuals

APT Attack Attempts Using Word Documents Targeting Specific Individuals

The ASEC analysis team confirmed that the malware with the same format of malicious word documents introduced in the post “Malicious Word Documents Pretending ‘Korea Association for Political and Diplomatic History’ and ‘Policy Advisory Member Profile’ Being Distributed” is still being distributed. Like the malicious word documents introduced in previous

Malicious Word Documents Pretending ‘Korea Association for Political and Diplomatic History’ and ‘Policy Advisory Member Profile’ Being Distributed

Malicious Word Documents Pretending ‘Korea Association for Political and Diplomatic History’ and ‘Policy Advisory Member Profile’ Being Distributed

As shown below, the ASEC analysis team introduced on two occasions that malicious word documents with titles ‘Compensation Claim Form’ and ‘Summer Academic Conference Profile Template’ were being distributed. While monitoring similar attack types, the team found evidence that the creator of the documents distributed new word documents in June