US cybersecurity experts: They exploit fictitious identities and pretend to be elsewhere. They are mainly proposed for remote jobs and involving cryptocurrencies.
Stairwell cybersecurity experts: The new North Korea’s malware spread via messages sent from the personal email of a former director of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS).
The North Korea’s APT uses spear phishing emails to cryptocurrency firm employees that mimic recruitments for high-paying jobs: Goal: to download the malware.
Cybersecurity researchers concerned about a possible shift of pro-Moscow APTs, following international sanctions. From espionage they would move on to "making cash".
Malwarebytes cybersecurity experts found 2 decoy documents in the North Korea APT’s campaign Lockheed Martin campaign, that use macro to spread malicious code.
The Asian country internet traffic has been put down for several hours after the last launch. Furthermore, the cyber warfare “responses” against Pyongyang are intensifying.
Malwarebytes cybersecurity experts: It is been potentially linked to the North Korean’s APT37. The malware is distributed via spear phishing with 2 weaponized documents.