Security Issues in the Global Financial Sector – Malware, Phishing, Deep Web & Dark Web cases in January 2024

Security Issues in the Global Financial Sector – Malware, Phishing, Deep Web & Dark Web cases in January 2024

Statistics of Malware Targeting the Financial Sector      Top 10 Major Malware Targeting the Financial Sector   Attack Phase Malware Category MD5 Hash Phase 1 Phishing F57FA515AFB84F034B5025CF597C2AB4 Phase 1 Phishing 03267C03B3511FEFE59C54E582E7A7C9 Phase 2 Backdoor 82D0F2A189262D9555D6DB9723645D07 Phase 2 Backdoor 2F06DD4E6D4C72032CDE55C3D0E88FD3 Phase 2 Downloader 87982F1F940CC4AD215CE2DD3FE45678 Phase 2 Dropper 06AF7E3BD05111DA4DEBC5454B92ED0E Phase 3

Trend Report on Smishing – Q4 2023 Statistics and Analysis on Smishing Threats

Trend Report on Smishing – Q4 2023 Statistics and Analysis on Smishing Threats

01. Overview AhnLab analyzes and responds to phishing messages detected based on machine-learning. This report provides an extensive analysis along with the statistics of smishing messages discovered during the fourth quarter of 2023. In the fourth quarter of 2023, there was an increase in specific types of attacks such as

Malicious LNK File Being Distributed, Impersonating the National Tax Service

Malicious LNK File Being Distributed, Impersonating the National Tax Service

AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) has discovered circumstances of a malicious LNK file impersonating the National Tax Service being distributed. Distribution using LNK files is a method that has been used in the past, and recently, there have been multiple cases of distribution to Korean users. The recently identified