Security News

North Korea-linked Hackers Target Academic Institutions
2018-12-07 12:04

A threat group possibly originating from North Korea has been targeting academic institutions since at least May of this year, NetScout’s security researchers reveal. read more

Analysis of North Korea's Internet Traffic Shows a Nation Run Like a Criminal Syndicate
2018-10-27 19:42

Recorded Future has published a series of analyses on North Korea's most senior leadership's use of the internet. As the last report of the series, it demonstrates how adaptable this leadership...

Operation Oceansalt research reveals cyber-attacks targeting South Korea, USA and Canada
2018-10-18 08:05

McAfee released a report announcing the discovery of a new cyber espionage campaign targeting South Korea, the United States and Canada. The new campaign uses a data reconnaissance implant last...

'Desperate' North Korea turns to APTs for cash
2018-10-03 12:06

State-sponsored hacking meets financial acquisition with APT38 A new state-sponsored attack from North Korea is being seen as an effort by the cash-strapped dictatorship to raise funds by...

N. Korea Calls Sony, Wannacry Hack Charges Smear Campaign
2018-09-14 11:29

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea strongly denied claims by the United States that a computer programmer working for the North Korean government was involved in the hack of Sony Pictures...

U.S. Ties Lazarus to North Korea and Major Hacking Conspiracy
2018-09-06 23:00

The DoJ said a DPRK spy, Park Jin-hyok, was involved in “a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world."

North Korea-linked Hackers Stole $13.5 Million From Cosmos Bank: Report
2018-08-27 16:09

The North Korea-linked hacking group Lazarus is said to have stolen $13.5 million in a recent cyber-attack targeting SWIFT/ATM infrastructure of Cosmos Bank. read more

GandCrab’s Rotten EGGs Hatch Ransomware in South Korea
2018-08-20 16:07

This could mark yet another reinvention for the VenusLocker group, which has mostly been focused on cryptomining this year.

Connecting the dots to North Korea as a threat adversary
2018-08-14 12:00

Reports of malware campaigns invariably focus on two critical conclusions: attribution and who was the intended target of the attack. It is challenging to draw swift conclusions on the former, due...

Researchers Say Code Reuse Links North Korea's Malware
2018-08-09 19:34

Following trails of reused code, security researchers at Intezer and McAfee have uncovered new links between malware families attributed to North Korean threat groups and tracked most of the...