Closed irinhwng closed 2 years ago
If you head over to https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2021/06/kimsuky-apt-continues-to-target-south-korean-government-using-appleseed-backdoor/ (the external_reference
URL) it mentions that this malware - AppleSeed - creates the registry key, including HKLU.
That said, it may be a typo from malwarebytes where it should have meant HKCU. If that is the case we'd want to get that in writing from them in order to update their reporting.
I think this is a typo. If you see the screenshot below, it refers to HKEY_CURRENT_USER (outlined in red).
We've updated it internally and it will be fixed in the upcoming release next month. Thanks for you help!
I'm pretty sure
HKLU
fromHKLU\\Software\\Microsoft/Windows\\CurrentVersion\\RunOnce
doesn't exist. Text is inside the description key