Cyber Warfare, USA hit North Korea state sponsored hackers
OFAC sactions Lazarus, Bluenoroff and Andariel. They’re linked to Pyongyang’s RGB and launched cyber attacks to support illicit weapon and missile programs, and to spy and sabotate enemies.
North Korea stole US$ 2bn with cyber attacks to fund It’s weapons program
It has been unveiled by a leaked United Nations report. Pyongyang state sponsored hackers as Lazarus preferred cryptocurrency to avoid international controls on money flux.
Cybercrime and other APTs are copying North Korea cyber attacks
F-Secure cyber security experts: The target is the banking/finance sector. The motivations are three: data theft, data integrity and sabotage, and direct financial theft.
New version of Ryuk ransomware to better protect Russia from encrypting
MalwareHunterTeam cyber security experts discover a variant of the ransomware that adds IP and Computer Name blacklisting. Probably behind it there is still GRIM SPIDER cybercrime group.
North Korea, new Lazarus campaign with Electricfish malware
The cyber security experts: The APT’s malicious code implements a custom protocol that allows traffic to be funneled between a source and a destination IP address.
North Korea, Lazarus hackers are back with HOPLIGHT
The US cyber security experts: It’s a new Trojan with 9 files infected. Seven of them are "proxy applications that mask traffic between malware and the remote operators.
North Korea is linked to worldwide Sharpshooter cyber espionage campaign
McAfee cyber security experts, after analyzing the C2 seized server, confirm that Lazarus is behind the cyber attacks launched via Dropbox.
North Korea increases cyber attacks for financial gain, and espionage evolves
The Asan Institute for Policy Studies: Pyongyang is concentrating its cyber warfare on hacking financial institutions to reduce the impact of international sanctions.
Russian cybercrime partners Ryuk ransomware with TrickBot Trojan
FireEye-CrowdStrike cyber security experts: It’s not clear if the cyber criminals work together with another actor, or bought the malware to launch double cyber attacks.
A new cyber espionage campaign targets nuclear, defense, energy, and financial companies
McAfee cyber security experts discover Operation Sharpshooter. It exploits the Rising Sun malware and, maybe, impersonates Lazarus North Korean hackers.