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Recently, the AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) identified a case of phishing emails that disguise themselves as project material purchase request forms. These emails impersonate employees of a specific company in Korea and trick recipients into opening a malicious XLS file attached to the email, which is disguised as a project material purchase request form. […]

Recently, the AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) confirmed that phishing emails disguised as requests for project quotes are being circulated. The email body is disguised as a request to submit a quote for discussing the project budget and prompts recipients to download an attached compressed file for verification.   [Figure 1] Phishing email body   […]

Content This report summarizes the distribution channels, number of Infostealers, number of detections, and target companies that were disguised as Infostealers collected during the month of July 2026. It was compiled based on results from AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC)’s automated data collection system, email honeypots, and automated C2 analysis, as well as diagnostic logs […]