Forensic analysis of MERS smishing hacking attacks and prevention

Abstract

In June 2015, Smishing text and malicious code designed to take advantage of the confusion caused by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS-coV) appeared. The Korea Internet & Security Agency(KISA), says recent MERS-related information is used for Smishing text messages with the malicious code disguised as a document being circulated via e-mail attachments. Because the infection following attached e-mails intends to remotely control the system of the infected PC, there is a possibility to cause that further damage may result. This study aims to analyze the Smishing text and malware contents, and the form of hacking attacks taking used to take advantage of the confusion caused by MERS.