March 2023 Threat Trend Report on Kimsuky Group Posted By ahnlabti , May 24, 2023 The Kimsuky group’s activities in March 2023 showed a decline in comparison to their activities in February. Unlike the past where most major issues were found in the FlowerPower type, this month was focused on the RandomQuery type, which showed the highest amount of activity. The FlowerPower type began to use “Korean domains”, and it has been confirmed that the RandomQuery type has been using various initial distribution methods and using new ways to distribute xRAT. Finally, it has been…
2022 Threat Trend Report on Kimsuky Posted By ahnlabti , March 16, 2023 In comparison to 2021, 2022 was a year filled with invisible activities, new attack types, Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN), and attack preparations. AhnLab identified a significantly higher number of these activities in comparison to 2021. One of these cases involved an incorrect configuration of C2 servers, causing the files within the said servers to be exposed and allowing AhnLab to procure samples, server information files, and variant samples that had never been known externally. The threat actors are using…
