All posts tagged "North Korean hackers"

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  North Korean Hackers Weaponize Research Lures to Deliver RokRAT Backdoor

  Media organizations and high-profile experts in North Korean affairs have been at the receiving end of a new campaign orchestrated by a...

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  North Korean Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Bug to Target Cybersecurity Researchers

  Threat actors associated with North Korea are continuing to target the cybersecurity community using a zero-day bug in an unspecified software over...

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  North Korean Nation-State Actors Exposed in JumpCloud Hack After OPSEC Blunder

  North Korean nation-state actors affiliated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) have been attributed to the JumpCloud hack following an operational security...

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  N. Korean ScarCruft Hackers Exploit LNK Files to Spread RokRAT

  Cybersecurity researchers have offered a closer look at the RokRAT remote access trojan that’s employed by the North Korean state-sponsored actor known...

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  Lazarus Subgroup Targeting Apple Devices with New RustBucket macOS Malware

  A financially-motivated North Korean threat actor is suspected to be behind a new Apple macOS malware strain called RustBucket. “[RustBucket] communicates with...

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  North Korean APT43 Group Uses Cybercrime to Fund Espionage Operations

  A new North Korean nation-state cyber operator has been attributed to a series of campaigns orchestrated to gather strategic intelligence that aligns...

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  North Korean UNC2970 Hackers Expands Operations with New Malware Families

  A North Korean espionage group tracked as UNC2970 has been observed employing previously undocumented malware families as part of a spear-phishing campaign...

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  Lazarus Group Likely Using New WinorDLL64 Backdoor to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data

  A new backdoor associated with a malware downloader named Wslink has been discovered, with the tool likely used by the notorious North...

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  North Korean Hackers Turn to Credential Harvesting in Latest Wave of Cyberattacks

  A North Korean nation-state group notorious for crypto heists has been attributed to a new wave of malicious email attacks as part...

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  North Korean Hackers Targeting Europe and Latin America with Updated DTrack Backdoor

  Hackers tied to the North Korean government have been observed using an updated version of a backdoor known as Dtrack targeting a...

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  State-Backed Hackers Targeting Journalists in Widespread Espionage Campaigns

  Nation-state hacking groups aligned with China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey have been targeting journalists to conduct espionage and spread malware as...

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  Hackers Exploiting VMware Horizon to Target South Korea with NukeSped Backdoor

  The North Korea-backed Lazarus Group has been observed leveraging the Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon servers to deploy the NukeSped (aka Manuscrypt)...

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  North Korean Hackers Target Journalists with GOLDBACKDOOR Malware

  A state-backed threat actor with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DRPK) has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting...

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  Lazarus Group Behind $540 Million Axie Infinity Crypto Hack and Attacks on Chemical Sector

  The U.S. Treasury Department has implicated the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group (aka Hidden Cobra) in the theft of $540 million from video...

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  North Korean Hackers Using Windows Update Service to Infect PCs with Malware

  The notorious Lazarus Group actor has been observed mounting a new campaign that makes use of the Windows Update service to execute...

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  North Korean Hackers Stole Millions from Cryptocurrency Startups Worldwide

  Operators associated with the Lazarus sub-group BlueNoroff have been linked to a series of cyberattacks targeting small and medium-sized companies worldwide with...

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  North Korean Hackers Start New Year with Attacks on Russian Foreign Ministry

  A North Korean cyberespionage group named Konni has been linked to a series of targeted attacks aimed at the Russian Federation’s Ministry...

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  New Chinotto Spyware Targets North Korean Defectors, Human Rights Activists

  North Korean defectors, journalists who cover North Korea-related news, and entities in South Korea are being zeroed in on by a nation-state-sponsored...

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  North Korean Hackers Found Behind a Range of Credential Theft Campaigns

  A threat actor with ties to North Korea has been linked to a prolific wave of credential theft campaigns targeting research, education,...

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  North Korea Exploited VPN Flaw to Hack South’s Nuclear Research Institute

  South Korea’s state-run Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) on Friday disclosed that its internal network was infiltrated by suspected attackers operating...

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  North Korean Hackers Using ELECTRICFISH Tunnels to Exfiltrate Data

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI have issued another joint alert about a new piece of malware that...