North Korea-linked APT group Gleaming Pisces is distributing a new malware called PondRAT through tainted Python packages. Unit 42 researchers uncovered an ongoing campaign distributing Linux and macOS malwar PondRAT through poisoned Python packages. The campaign is attributed to North Korea-linked threat actor Gleaming Pisces (also known as Citrine Sleet), who previously distributed the macOS […]
A Russian national was arrested in Argentina for laundering proceeds from illicit actors, including North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. This week, the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) arrested a Russian national for laundering proceeds from illicit actors and seized millions of dollars in assets from his Argentinian-based operation. The cybercriminal facilitated money laundering by accepting illicit cryptocurrency […]
North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky is likely behind a new remote access trojan called MoonPeak used in a recent campaign spotted by Cisco Talos. Cisco Talos researchers uncovered the infrastructure used by the North Korea-linked APT group tracked as UAT-5394, which experts suspect is linked to the Kimsuky APT group. The infrastructure includes staging, C2 servers, […]
The U.S. DoJ arrested a Tennessee man for running a “laptop farm” that enabled North Korea-linked IT workers to obtain remote jobs with American companies. The U.S. Justice Department arrested Matthew Isaac Knoot (38) from Nashville (Tennessee) for operating a “laptop farm” that facilitated North Korea-linked IT workers in obtaining remote jobs with American companies. […]
South Korea’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) reported that North Korea-linked hackers hijacked VPN software updates to deploy malware. South Korea’s national security and intelligence agencies, including the National Intelligence Service, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Police Agency, the Military Intelligence Command, and the Cyber Operations Command, have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that […]
Symantec warns of a new Linux backdoor used by the North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT in a recent campaign against organizations in South Korea. Symantec researchers observed the North Korea-linked group Kimsuky using a new Linux backdoor dubbed Gomir. The malware is a version of the GoBear backdoor which was delivered in a recent campaign by […]
The U.S. Justice Department charged five individuals, including a U.S. woman, for aiding North Korea-linked IT workers to infiltrate 300 firms. The Justice Department unsealed charges against an Arizona woman, a Ukrainian man, and three unidentified foreign nationals accused of aiding overseas IT workers, pretending to be U.S. citizens, to infiltrate hundreds of firms in […]
North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT group employs rogue Facebook accounts to target victims via Messenger and deliver malware. Researchers at Genians Security Center (GSC) identified a new attack strategy by the North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT group and collaborated with the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) for analysis and response. The nation-state actor attack used a fake account […]
The National Police Agency in South Korea warns that North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting defense industry entities. The National Police Agency in South Korea warns that North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting defense industry entities to steal defense technology information. North Korea-linked APT groups Lazarus, Andariel, and Kimsuky hacked multiple defense companies in South […]
The office of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said that North Korea-linked actors breached the personal emails of one of his staff members. The office of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced a security incident involving the compromise of personal emails belonging to a member of the presidential staff. The government attributes the […]