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 journalists covering...
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FBI, U.S. Treasury and CISA Warns of North Korean Hacker Targeting Blockchain Companies
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Treasury Department, warned of a new...
North Korean Hackers Distributing Trojanized DeFi Wallet Apps to Steal Victims’ Crypto
The North Korean state-backed hacking crew, otherwise known as the Lazarus Group, has been attributed to yet another financially motivated campaign that leverages a...
North Korean Hackers Exploited Chrome Zero-Day to Target Fintech, IT, and Media Firms
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday disclosed that it acted to mitigate threats from two distinct government-backed attacker groups based in North Korea...
South Korean DarkHotel Hackers Targeted Luxury Hotels in Macau
Luxury hotels in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau were the target of a malicious spear-phishing campaign from the second half of November...
North Korean Hackers Abuse Windows Update Client in Attacks on Defense Industry
The North Korean threat group Lazarus was observed abusing the Windows Update client for the execution of malicious code during a campaign this month,...
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 its malicious...
North Korean Hackers Return with Stealthier Variant of KONNI RAT Malware
A cyberespionage group with ties to North Korea has resurfaced with a stealthier variant of its remote access trojan called Konni to attack political...
DDoS IRC Bot Malware Spreading Through Korean WebHard Platforms
An IRC (Internet Relay Chat) bot strain programmed in GoLang is being used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting users in Korea. “The...
North Korean Hackers Stole $400 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency in 2021
North Korea-linked hacking group Lazarus stole close to $400 million worth of crypto-assets last year, Chainalysis reports. The most well-known APT operating on behalf...