Bluenoroff Bypasses MoTW to Target Japanese Organizations

Threat Level – Red | Vulnerability Report
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Bluenoroff is known for targeting financial institutions and government organizations and has been active since at least 2014. From September onwards Bluenoroff threat actors added a new feature, that bypasses the Mark of the Web (MotW) security feature in Microsoft Windows, specifically targeting Japanese organizations. MotW is a security feature that helps prevent malicious web pages from being loaded into Internet Explorer or other web browsers.

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