Kimsuky, alias Mystery Baby, Baby Coin, Smoke Screen, Black Banshe, etc., is tracked internally by Qi’anxin as APT-Q-2. The APT group was publicly disclosed in 2013, with attack activity dating as far back as 2012.
Kimsuky’s main target for attacks has been South Korea, involving defense, education, energy, government, healthcare, and think tanks, with a focus on classified information theft. The group typically delivers malware using social engineering, spearmail, and puddle attacks, and has a wide range of attack tactics, with weapons for both Windows and Android platforms. Summary of events A batch of malware similar to Kimsuky’s historical samples was recently discovered by the Qi’anxin Threat Intelligence Center. One of the samples releases software signed by Korean software vendor BlueMoonSoft to confuse victims.
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Source: Qi’anxin Threat Intelligence Center.
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