Security News > 2023 > June > North Korea created very phishy evil twin of Naver, South Korea's top portal

North Korea has created a fake version of South Korea's largest internet portal, Naver, in a large scale phishing attempt, Seoul's National Intelligence Service said on Wednesday.

NIS has asked the Korea Internet & Security Agency to shut down the now inaccessible phishing site.

Naver is often been described as South Korea's answer to Google.

Although globally the site owns just 0.23 percent of the web search market, it is the most usedsearch engine in South Korea.

Director general at South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kim Geon, met with US officials and discussed North Korea's cyber threat on Tuesday.

While in the US, Kim met with Google subsidiary and cyber security firm Mandiant to "Exchange opinions on the latest cyber threat trends in North Korea and to respond to them" and discuss public-private partnerships.

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