North Korean Hackers Hide in Plain Sight

 By hackernoon - 2021-02-01

Description

On the evening of the 25th January 2021, Google’s Threat Analysis Group published details of a campaign targeting security researchers attributed by them to “a government-backed entity based in North ...

Summary

  • On the evening of the 25th January 2021, Google’s Threat Analysis Group published details of a campaign targeting security researchers attributed by them to “a government-backed entity based in North Korea”.
  • Whilst highly-competent security experts may consider themselves at reduced risk to such attacks, the successful use of these techniques against eminent security researchers shows how competent and manipulative the attackers responsible are.
  • Group-IB reported in 2017 that the infamous Lazarus hacker group could be traced back to North Korea internet space through three layers of complex obfuscation.

 

Topics

  1. Security (0.38)
  2. Backend (0.15)
  3. Management (0.1)

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