Kimsuky

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2020
North Korea APT group targeted tens of UN Security Council officials

North Korea-linked APT group targeted UN Security Council officials over the past year, states a report from the United Nations organ. A North-Korea-linked cyber espionage group has launched spear-phishing attacks aimed at compromising tens of officials from the United Nations Security Council. The campaign targeted at least 28 UN officials, including at least 11 individuals […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2020
The North Korean Kimsuky APT threatens South Korea evolving its TTPs

Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab analyzed a new implant employed by a North Korea-linked APT group, tracked as Kimsuky, in attacks on South Korea. Introduction Recently we have observed a significant increase in state-sponsored operations carried out by threat actors worldwide. APT34, Gamaredon, and Transparent Tribe are a few samples of the recently uncovered campaigns, the latter was spotted after four […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2013
Kaspersky reveals Kimsuky operation that is targeting South Korea

After months of investigation security researchers from Kaspersky have detected a new cyber espionage campaign dubbed Kimsuky that targeted South Korean organizations. Kaspersky experts have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign dubbed Kimsuky due the names “kim” used by hackers for drop box email accounts during in the attacks. “It’s interesting that the drop box […]