August 2025 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 covers the categorization and statistics of APT attacks in South Korea during August 2025 as well as functions for each type. Figure 1. August 2025 statistics on APT
Malware Disguised as Installer from Korean Public Institution (Kimsuky Group)
AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) recently discovered the Kimsuky group distributing malware disguised as an installer from a Korean public institution. The malware in question is a dropper that creates the Endoor backdoor, which was also used in the attack covered in the previous post, “TrollAgent That Infects Systems Upon
