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A North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) actor (aka Gleaming Pisces) tried to sneak simple backdoors into public software packages.
How the Kimsuky nation-state group and other threat actors are exploiting poor email security — and what organizations can do to defend themselves.
BAE Systems Among Companies in the Sights of North Korean Cyberespionage GroupA North Korean cyberespionage group is posing as job recruiters and targeting aerospace and energy sector employees with lucrative job offers, according to Mandiant. The hackers use email and WhatsApp messages to lure victims into clicking a link that deploys backdoor malware onto their devices.
What happened to KnowBe4 also has happened to many other organizations, and is still a risk for companies of all sizes due to a sophisticated network of government-sponsored fake employees.
A North Korea-linked cyber-espionage group has been observed leveraging job-themed phishing lures to target prospective victims in energy and aerospace verticals and infect them with a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MISTPEN
Cybersecurity researchers are continuing to warn about North Korean threat actors' attempts to target prospective victims on LinkedIn to deliver malware called RustDoor