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Kim Sooki again? This time, it was disguised as a request for seafood ingredients

ID: 010d3eed-1b7f-50fe-8bbb-6772ed56cb53

STIX ID: report--010d3eed-1b7f-50fe-8bbb-6772ed56cb53

Feed Name: ASEC

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2026-09-01

Date Updated: 2026-09-15

Author: ATCP

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AhnLab describes a Kimsuky-linked attack where a malicious LNK file disguised as a seafood ingredient purchase request displays a decoy HWP while extracting an XOR-encrypted ZIP containing a PowerShell script (termsvc.Ps1) and JavaScript payloads. The attacker registers a scheduled task (MicrosoftOffice2016_*<UUID>) to run obfuscated JS every ~14 minutes, collects OS/user/process/public IP/BIOS serial information, exfiltrates data to Backblaze B2 as a C2 channel, downloads and executes follow-up commands from the same cloud storage, and attempts to remove initial artifacts; the report provides file paths, task patterns, and a checklist for detection and response.

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