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Asung Soft

Date (as written)
2024-03
Year
2024
Country
Korea, Republic of
Actors (as written)
Kimsuky
Actor pages
Kimsuky
Tags (as written)
SupplyChain Technology

Source entries (5)

lazarus.day

Asung Soft · 2024-03
Kimsuky distributed malware disguised as installation files for South Korean public institutions, using a dropper signed with a valid domestic company certificate to unpack and execute the Endoor backdoor. The linked evidence connects the activity to Kimsuky tooling including Endoor and Nikidoor, with capabilities to collect infected-system information, receive attacker commands, download additional malware, and capture screenshots.
https://lazarus.day/incidents/asungsoft/

Mendeley Data: Collection of DPRK state-sponsored threat actors' activities v2 (Lyu, Sungkyunkwan Univ.)

Asung Soft · 2024-03
Reported: 2024-03; Victims: Asung Soft; Motivations: SupplyChain; Sectors: Technology; Countries: Korea, Republic of
https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/wwb2rzgfn7/2

Hackmageddon cyber attacks timelines (Paolo Passeri)

Multiple organizations in South Korea · 26/03/2024
Researchers from AhnLab discover a campaign from the Kimsuky group distributing the Endoor backdoor disguised as an installer from a Korean public institution. [Date Occurred: 'Recently'; Date Discovered: 'Recently']
https://www.hackmageddon.com/2024/06/28/16-31-march-2024-cyber-attacks-timeline/
https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/63396/

AhnLab ASEC blog (asec.ahnlab.com)

Malware Disguised as Installer from Korean Public Institution (Kimsuky Group) · 2024-03-19
excerpt: AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) recently discovered the Kimsuky group distributing malware disguised as an installer from a Korean public institution. The malware in question is a dropper that creates the Endoor backdoor, which was also used in the attack covered in the previous post, “TrollAgent That Infects Systems Upon Security Program Installation Process (Kimsuky […] | attribution sentence: AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) recently discovered the Kimsuky group distributing malware disguised as an installer from a Korean public institution. | target sentence: Nikidoor is a backdoor used by the Kimsuky group and was mentioned in the post “Kimsuky Targets South Korean Research Institutes with Fake Import Declaration” [4] .
https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/63396/

AhnLab ASEC blog (asec.ahnlab.com)

국내 공공기관의 설치 파일을 위장한 악성코드 (Kimsuky 그룹) · 2024-03-19
excerpt: AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center(ASEC)에서는 최근 Kimsuky 그룹이 악성코드를 국내 공공기관의 인스톨러로 위장하여 유포한 사실을 확인하였다. 해당 악성코드는 드로퍼(Dropper)로서 과거 “보안 프로그램 설치 과정에서 감염되는 TrollAgent (Kimsuky 그룹)” [1] 게시글에서 다룬 공격에서 사용된 백도어 악성코드인 Endoor를 생성한다. 비록 드로퍼 악성코드가 실제 공격에 사용된 이력은 확인되지 않지만 해당 드로퍼가 생성하는 백도어 악성코드의 공격 사례는 드로퍼 악성코드의 수집일과 […] | attribution sentence: AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center(ASEC)에서는 최근 Kimsuky 그룹이 악성코드를 국내 공공기관의 인스톨러로 위장하여 유포한 사실을 확인하였다. | target sentence: Nikidoor는 “수입 신고서를 위장하여 국내 연구 기관을 노리는 Kimsuky” [4] 게시글에서 언급한 Kimsuky 그룹의 백도어 악성코드로서 AppleSeed, Endoor 등 다른 악성코드들처럼 감염 시스템의 정보를 탈취하고 명령을 전달받아 악성 행위를 수행할 수 있다.
https://asec.ahnlab.com/ko/62117/

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