Malicious LNK File Being Distributed, Impersonating the National Tax Service

AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) has discovered circumstances of a malicious LNK file impersonating the National Tax Service being distributed. Distribution using LNK files is a method that has been used in the past, and recently, there have been multiple cases of distribution to Korean users.

The recently identified LNK file is presumed to be distributed via a URL included in emails. The URL identified through AhnLab Smart Defense (ASD) is as follows, and from it, a compressed file …

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