Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2017
Cisco Talos team discovered a RAT dubbed KONNI malware that target organizations linked to North Korea. Here you are an analysis of its evolution. Security researchers at Cisco Talos team have discovered a remote access Trojan (RAT) that target organizations linked to North Korea. The malware, dubbed by researchers “KONNI,” was undetected for more than 3 years and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2017
US federal prosecutors speculate the involvement of North Korea in the cyber heist of $81 million from Bangladesh’s account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The news was reported by The Wall Street Journal, prosecutors suspect the involvement of Chinese middlemen who helped the Government of Pyongyang to organize the cyber theft. In February 2016, unknown hackers transferred […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2017
South Korea is once against under attack, alleged nation-state hackers have launched a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign on organizations in the public sector. According to the experts at Cisco Talos, the cyber espionage campaign was active between November 2016 and January 2017 and leveraged on vulnerabilities in a Korean language word processing program (Hangul Word […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2016
A mistake allowed us a peek into the North Korea Internet infrastructure, a security researcher discovered that Pyongyang has just 28 websites. The North Korea is one of the countries that most of all is investing to improve its cyber capabilities and that has one of the largest cyber armies. But North Korea is also known for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2016
Authorities in South Korea are blaming hackers from North Korea for a massive data breach affecting 10 million Interpark online shoppers. North Korea launched a new cyber attack against the South, according to the Government of Seoul a massive data breach exposed data belonging to an Internet shopping mall. This week, authorities in South Korea accused […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2016
The Government of Seoul reported that North Korean Hackers stole defense-related documents and photos from two South Korean companies. The news that North Korean hackers have stolen thousands of records from private firms and state agencies in the South Korea is not new. In the last wave of attacks, the North Korean hackers have stolen […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2016
The Analysis of SWIFT attacks revealed five additional pieces of malware containing portions of code shared by Lazarus Group. While security experts continue to investigate the cyber heists that involved SWIFT systems, new evidence collected by a senior security researcher from Anomali Labs link the malware to the North Korean hacker crew known as Lazarus Group. The expert discovered that five […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 11, 2016
Is the North Korea behind the hack of a South Korean defense contractor? The officials announced an investigation into the security incident. There is a constant tension between South Korea and the North, now the Government of Seoul is accusing Pyongyang for a cyber attack that in April last hit a navy defence contractor, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2016
The South Korean NIS revealed that North Korea had hacked into smartphones belonging to a number of key government officials. The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) revealed that North Korea had hacked into smartphones belonging to a number of key government officials. The announcement was made on Tuesday, according to the NIS cyber spies from North […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2015
According to the Government of Seoul, the North Korea is the main suspect for a cyber attack that last year hit the South Korean capital’s subway system. The attack, staged between March and August 2014, affected several servers of Seoul Metro, which runs four major subway lines, According to the ruling party legislator Ha Tae-Kyung […]
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