Malware campaigns hit North Korea following nuclear ICBM tests
Researchers have stitched together two sophisticated malware campaigns that are targeting North Korea, raising suspicion over counteractions tied to the country’s aggressive weapons testing. Cybersecurity researchers from Cylance released a report Tuesday asserting that Konni, a recently discovered but long active family of remote access trojans, was used in a malware campaign targeting North Korea shortly after a July 3 missile test. It marks the fifth known Konni campaign in three years and the third in 2017. This follows similar reports from the firm Talos that showed a Konni campaign launched just a day after missile tests on July 4. In addition to the malware campaign, Cylance is connecting Konni to a hacking group known as DarkHotel. Just a few days after the July ICBM test, a whitepaper by the cybersecurity firm BitDefender reported a new campaign from DarkHotel, a group that has successfully targeted businesses for a decade through security holes in Wi-Fi infrastructure at hotels around the world. The […]
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