Distribution of Malware Under the Guise of MS Office Cracked Versions (XMRig, OrcusRAT, etc.)
Through a post titled “Orcus RAT Being Distributed Disguised as a Hangul Word Processor Crack” [1], AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) previously disclosed an attack case in which a threat actor distributed RAT and CoinMiner to Korean users. Until recently, the attacker created and distributed various malware strains, such as
Analysis Report on Malware – Disguised as Cracked Programs Targeting Korean Users
Overview AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) has discussed cases of Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and bitcoin miner attacks targeting Korean users in our ASEC blog post, “Orcus RAT Being Distributed Disguised as a Hangul Word Processor Crack[1].” Until recently, the attacker has been creating and distributing malware, and more
Orcus RAT Being Distributed Disguised as a Hangul Word Processor Crack
The ASEC analysis team recently identified Orcus RAT being distributed on file-sharing sites disguised as a cracked version of Hangul Word Processor. The threat actor that distributed this malware is the same person that distributed BitRAT and XMRig CoinMiner disguised as a Windows license verification tool on file-sharing sites.[1] The malware
