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North Korea Gets Second Web Connection Via Russian Firm
2017-10-05 10:20

A state-owned Russian company has opened up a second internet connection for North Korea which could strengthen Pyongyang's cyber capabilities and undermine US efforts to isolate the regime,...

U.S. Cyber Command Launched DDoS Attack Against North Korea: Report
2017-10-02 17:29

Non-destructive Cyber Attack Could be Considered a Warning to North Korean Regime  read more

Report: North Korea Seeks Bitcoins to Bypass Sanctions
2017-09-14 12:03

JP Morgan Chief Slams Bitcoin as Fit Only for Drug Dealers, Murderers, RegimesIn cryptocurrency we trust: The government of North Korea has been turning to bitcoin exchange heists and...

North Korea Accused of Stealing Bitcoin to Bolster Finances (Security Week)
2017-08-29 17:55

North Korea (DPRK) appears to be targeting bitcoin (both users and exchanges) as a means to counter the increasing effect of international sanctions. Earlier this month the UN Security Council...

North Korea-Linked Hackers Target U.S. Defense Contractors (Security Week)
2017-08-14 14:51

The North Korea-linked cyber espionage group known as Lazarus is believed to be behind attacks targeting individuals involved with United States defense contractors, Palo Alto Networks reported on...

North Korea Campaigns Show Link Between KONNI and DarkHotel (Security Week)
2017-08-09 05:06

Decoy documents used in two recent cyber espionage campaigns apparently aimed at entities linked to North Korea show a connection between the DarkHotel attacks and a piece of malware named KONNI. read more

North Korea's Elite More Connected Than Previously Thought (Security Week)
2017-07-26 10:50

Telecommunications capability in North Korea is three-tiered. The vast majority of people have neither internet nor North Korean intranet connectivity -- they simply have mobile telephony voice,...

North Korea's DDoS Attacks Analyzed Based on IPs (Security Week)
2017-06-20 10:57

Arbor Networks has used the IP addresses shared recently by United States authorities to analyze distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks attributed to the North Korean government. The...

NSA Links WannaCry to North Korea (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-16 19:11

There's evidence: Though the assessment is not conclusive, the preponderance of the evidence points to Pyongyang. It includes the range of computer Internet protocol addresses in China...

British Security Services Tie North Korea To WannaCry (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-16 12:03

As Lazarus Group Attacks, Experts Question Organizations' Security ReadinessBritain's security services have reportedly concluded that the WannaCry ransomware outbreak was launched by Lazarus...