Personal Information Sales Used as Bait to Distribute Malware Posted By EASTSTON3 , November 30, 2023 AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) discovered a case of malware distribution using personal information sales as bait. This attack case employs a social engineering hacking technique. ASEC provides you with recently discovered circumstances of malware distribution using social engineering hacking techniques. Figure 1 shows the content of the website used by the threat actor as a distribution site, with multiple files. Most of the files contain personal information, and the file names include investment-related keywords such as ‘reading,’ ‘unlisted,’…
How Is My Phone Number Leaked? Posted By jcleebobgatenet , November 28, 2022 The PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT is a law to protect the freedom and rights of individuals, and it aims to actualize the individual dignity and value of people. According to the act, personal information is defined as pieces of information that can easily identify an individual when coupled with other pieces of information, and phone numbers are seen as one of the main types of personal information. This post explains the PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) that collects phone numbers. Figure…
