Attack Cases in Korea Involving the Installation of Radmin and UltraVNC
The AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) recently identified attack cases that exploited Radmin and UltraVNC. Although the Initial Intrusion method remains unknown, the attackers installed Radmin—a remote control tool—and then installed UltraVNC. The threat actors exploited the remote control tools to gain control of the infected systems and installed Netch
Attackers Abusing Various Remote Control Tools
Overview Ordinarily, attackers install malware through various methods such as spear phishing emails with a malicious attachment, malvertising, vulnerabilities, and disguising the malware as normal software and uploading them to websites. The malware that is installed include infostealers which steal information from the infected system, ransomware which encrypts files to
VNC Malware (TinyNuke, TightVNC) Used by Kimsuky Group
While monitoring Kimsuky-related malware, the ASEC analysis team has recently discovered that VNC malware was installed via AppleSeed remote control malware. VNC, also known as Virtual Network Computing, is a screen sharing system that remotely controls other computers. Similar to the commonly-used RDP, it is used to remotely access and
