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North Korea-related Hangul Word Processor (HWP) File Being Distributed · 2021-12-24
excerpt: The ASEC analysis team has recently discovered that North Korea-related HWP file was being distributed. The operation method is not through a vulnerability, but instead, a hyperlink is inserted on the screen the user is exposed to upon running the file, prompting the user to click, and upon clicking, executables inside the file will run. […] | attribution sentence: Detection using V3 product [File Detection] Dropper/HWP.HyperLink Trojan/Win.Kimsuky.C4848645 Trojan/PowerShell.Generic Trojan/BAT.Generic Trojan/VBS.Generic MD5 3c45e0def2845cc130a9331c774d3935 41aca1d4282dfb41356ee95e933eedc1 8ec6e4d3a6142b8bde35899e7fdae42e a532a4fe38b76f53885158aa3b75e5dc a7077d9a2c98ec2d0b3b1c12f23b2a79