DPRK Uses Microsoft Zero-Day in No-Click Toast Attacks
ID: 0b6e0783-0e0f-5881-b5f3-0a35a36d4d76
STIX ID: report--0b6e0783-0e0f-5881-b5f3-0a35a36d4d76
Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2024-10-21
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Tara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading
AhnLab reported that North Korea-linked APT37 exploited an Internet Explorer zero-day (CVE-2024-38178, CVSS 7.5) to compromise a Toast ad program used by Windows users; the ad script was modified to deliver the RokRAT remote-access malware in a zero-click supply-chain campaign against South Korean targets, leveraging IE-based WebView, Ruby for persistence, and cloud services for C2.
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