Phishing PDF Files with CAPTCHA Screen Being Mass-distributed Posted By jcleebobgatenet , November 5, 2021 Phishing PDF files that have CAPTCHA screens are rapidly being mass-distributed this year. A CAPTCHA screen appears upon running the PDF file, but it is not an invalid CAPTCHA. It is simply an image with a link that redirects to a malicious URL. Related types that have been collected by AhnLab’s ASD infrastructure since July up till now amount to 1,500,000. It appears that most of them are distributed overseas, and thus there are fewer cases of damage in Korea….
NanoCore RAT Disguised as Notification of Foreign Currency Remittance Being Spread! Posted By jcleebobgatenet , August 23, 2021 The ASEC analysis team recently discovered that the NanoCore remote access Trojan (RAT) disguised as notification of foreign currency remittance was distributed. Because the malware is usually spread through phishing mails, users need to take extra caution. The mail impersonates a capital company and is distributed with the title “[** Capital] Notification for Foreign Currency Remittance” as shown below, tricking the user to check the attached file and run it. It is assumed that the sender took an image that…
Infostealer Malware Azorult Being Distributed Through Spam Mails Posted By jcleebobgatenet , August 18, 2021 The ASEC analysis team recently discovered that Azorult malware is being distributed through spam mails. Azorult is a kind of Infostealer that accesses a C&C server to receive DLL files and commands used to leak information, and steals information such as user data files and account information to leak it to the server. Besides account information of web browsers and email clients, screenshots, cryptocurrency information, and files designated by the attacker with certain paths and extensions can be collected as…
Malware Disguised as Job Offer Letter Posted By jcleebobgatenet , August 11, 2021 The ASEC analysis team has recently discovered that KPOT Infostealer is being distributed via spam mails containing word files. There has been a number of cases ultimately downloading Infostealer programs when the macro was enabled, but this case is noticeable in that it used a word file with a particular password in a spam mail disguised as a job offer letter to trick users. While how the e-mail came to be spread has not yet been identified, it appears that…
Fileless Remcos RAT Malware Delivery Posted By jcleebobgatenet , July 29, 2021 The ASEC analysis team identified that Remcos RAT malware is being distributed through malicious macros in Excel files. As for the malware, the team introduced it in detail in the post linked below this text. While the method of coming into the system through spam mails is the same as before, it should be noted that the Remcos RAT malware is ultimately delivered filelessly after going through multiple loader stages. In summary, the overall operation method is as follows: The attacker attaches…
