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The Council of the European Union has imposed its first-ever sanctions against persons or entities involved in various cyber-attacks targeting European citizens, and its member states. Out of the six individuals sanctioned by the EU include two Chinese citizens and four Russian nationals.

Hackers linked to the North Korean government appear to be behind the Magecart attacks on fashion retailer Claire's and other online stores, Netherlands-based e-commerce security company Sansec reported on Monday. Threat actors linked to North Korea have been known to launch - in addition to espionage and destructive campaigns - financially-motivated attacks, including against cryptocurrency exchanges and banks.

Organizations in the aerospace and military sectors were compromised in a highly targeted cyber-espionage campaign that shows a possible link to North Korean hackers, ESET reveals. The threat actor behind these attacks remains unknown, but ESET believes it could be linked to the infamous North Korean state-sponsored group Lazarus, based on targeting, the use of fake LinkedIn accounts, development tools, and anti-analysis methods.

Fortinet security researchers took a deep dive into NukeSped malware samples that share multiple similarities with other malware families used by North Korean threat actors. read more

National Cyber Security Centre handled 658 incidents last year The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said in its annual review (here) that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea...

A panel monitoring U.N. sanctions says North Korean cyber experts have illegally raised money for the country’s weapons of mass destruction programs “with total proceeds to date estimated at up to...

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have identified a new strain of malware from North Korea, representing the latest in a long line of cyber attacks from the country

A North Korea-linked threat group tracked as ScarCruft, APT37 and Group123 continues to evolve and expand its toolkit, Kaspersky Lab reported on Monday. read more

CERT Says Hidden Cobra APT Group Developed MalwareThe FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a joint warning about new malware called "Electricfish." Investigators suspect it was...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday published a malware analysis report detailing another piece of malware used by threat actors linked to the North Korean government. read more