Warning: Operation to Attack Vietnamese Users Through Unikey

This updated guide examines Warning: Operation to Attack Vietnamese Users Through Unikey and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

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According to CMC experts, when Unikey runs, this software will upload to the Windows program. Hackers took advantage of this to insert a malicious kbdus.dll file into the UnikeyNT.exe folder. This malicious file will be preferred to upload instead of Windows programs. Therefore, when Unikey is turned on, malicious code will also be executed, making the user undetectable.

The malware will collect the victim computer information, encrypt and send these data to the hacker's server.

According to the expert of CMC Cyber Security Company, this new APT intentional attack campaign is carefully researched and extremely dangerous.

To protect computers from this APT attack, CMC Cyber Security experts recommend that users should:

• Double-check the Unikey installation directory, remove the kbdus.dll file from the same directory.
• Anti-malware product to protect your computer.
• Only download and use the official unikey from the Unikey.org website.

According to experts, APT attacks in Vietnam are increasing and sophisticated with new technology which is constantly updated. Therefore, agencies and organizations need to improve the security of information security for their systems, make plans to review, prevent and be ready to respond when hazards occur.