July 2025 APT Attack Trends Report (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab has been using AhnLab Smart Defense (ASD) to monitor advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks against targets in Korea. This report will cover the types and statistics of APT attacks in Korea during July 2025 as well as features for each type. Figure 1. July 2025 statistics on
June 2025 APT Attack Trends Report (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab has been using AhnLab Smart Defense (ASD) to monitor advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks against targets in Korea. This report will cover the types and statistics of APT attacks in Korea during June 2025 as well as features for each type. Figure 1. June 2025 statistics
May 2025 APT Group Trends (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab is monitoring Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks in South Korea using its own infrastructure. This report covers the classification, statistics, and features of APT attacks in Korea that were identified over the course of a month in May 2025. Figure 1. Statistics of APT attacks in
April 2025 Threat Trend Report on APT Attacks (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab is monitoring Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks in South Korea using its own infrastructure. This report covers the classification, statistics, and functions of APT attacks detected in South Korea over the course of one month in April 2025. Figure 1. Statistics of APT attacks in South
Distribution of PebbleDash Malware in March 2025
PebbleDash is a backdoor malware that was previously identified by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the U.S. as a backdoor malware of Lazarus (Hidden Corba) in 2020. At the time, it was known as the malware of the Lazarus group, but recently, there have been more cases
March 2025 APT Group Trends (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab is monitoring Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks in South Korea using its own infrastructure. This report covers the classification, statistics, and features of the APT attacks in South Korea that were identified in March 2025, as well as the attack types. Figure 1. Statistics of
February 2025 APT Group Trends (South Korea)
Overview AhnLab is monitoring Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks in South Korea using its own infrastructure. This report covers the classification, statistics, and features of the APT attacks in South Korea that were identified in February 2025, as well as the attack types. Figure 1. Statistics of APT
Persistent Threats from the Kimsuky Group Using RDP Wrapper
AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) has previously analyzed cases of attacks by the Kimsuky group, which utilized the PebbleDash backdoor and their custom-made RDP Wrapper. The Kimsuky group has been continuously launching attacks of the same type, and this post will cover additional malware that have been identified. 1.
Analysis Report on the Latest Attack Cases by Kimsuky Group Exploiting PebbleDash and RDP Wrapper
Analysis Overview AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) recently identified that the Kimsuky group is using the backdoor PebbleDash and RDP Wrapper in multiple attacks. The threat actor uses LNK during initial access to install PowerShell malware on the infected system. Once this process is complete, they install custom-made remote control
APT Attack Cases of Kimsuky Group (PebbleDash)
The ASEC analysis team has been keeping an eye on the trend of malware that attempts APT attacks, sharing findings on the blog. In this confirmed case, PebbleDash backdoor was used in the attack, but logs of AppleSeed, Meterpreter, and other additional malware strains were also found. PebbleDash Backdoor The

