Security News > 2023 > December > N. Korea's Kimsuky Targeting South Korean Research Institutes with Backdoor Attacks
2023-12-08 13:33
The North Korean threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed targeting research institutes in South Korea as part of a spear-phishing campaign with the ultimate goal of distributing backdoors on compromised systems. "The threat actor ultimately uses a backdoor to steal information and execute commands," the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) said in an
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