Sunlogin

PlugX Malware Being Distributed via Vulnerability Exploitation

ASEC (AhnLab Security Emergency response Center) has recently discovered the installation of the PlugX malware through the Chinese remote control programs Sunlogin and Awesun’s remote code execution vulnerability. Sunlogin’s remote code execution vulnerability (CNVD-2022-10270 / CNVD-2022-03672) is still being used for attacks even now ever since its exploit code was disclosed. The team previously made a post about how Sliver C2, XMRig CoinMiner, and Gh0st RAT were being distributed through the Sunlogin RCE vulnerability. Additionally, since Gh0st RAT was developed…

Sliver Malware With BYOVD Distributed Through Sunlogin Vulnerability Exploitations

Sliver is an open-source penetration testing tool developed in the Go programming language. Cobalt Strike and Metasploit are major examples of penetration testing tools used by many threat actors, and various attack cases involving these tools have been covered here on the ASEC blog. Recently, there have been cases of threat actors using Sliver in addition to Cobalt Strike and Metasploit. The ASEC (AhnLab Security Emergency response Center) analysis team is monitoring attacks against systems with either unpatched vulnerabilities or…