Collaborate Disseminate
Facebook has managed to do the seemingly impossible – and had a data breach about its handling of a data breach. Meanwhile, we chat to the host of the brand new podcast about North Korea’s hackers targeting the rest of the world, and discuss if an inte… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #224: The Lazarus Heist, Facebook faux pas, and no-cost security
The United States Department of Justice has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a range of cyber attacks that made headlines around the world.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading US charges North Korean hackers in relation to WannaCry, Sony Pictures attack, and an attempt to steal more than a billion dollars from banks
The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against three men accused of working with the North Korean regime to carry out some of the most damaging cybercrime attacks over the past decade, including the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures, the global WannaCry ransomware contagion of 2017, and the theft of roughly $200 million and attempted theft of more than $1.2 billion from banks and other victims worldwide. Continue reading U.S. Indicts North Korean Hackers in Theft of $200 Million
Despite the common knowledge around phishing, even the most tech-savvy are still falling prey to the tactic. In fact, millennials are more likely to become a phishing victim than their grandparents are. Why is that? Few outside of the IT and security… Continue reading 5 Infamous Hacks You Didn’t Know Were Phishes
The DoJ said a DPRK spy, Park Jin-hyok, was involved in “a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world.” Continue reading U.S. Ties Lazarus to North Korea and Major Hacking Conspiracy
The Department of Justice announced charges Thursday against a North Korean spy in connection with the 2014 attack on Sony Pictures and the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack. Park Jin Hyok, a North Korean computer programmer, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit computer-related fraud. The government alleges that Park was operating under the front company “Chosun Expo” or the “Korean Expo Joint Venture,” in addition to activities conducted on behalf of North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau. The complaint says along side the attacks on Sony, Park was part of a group that also attacked AMC Theaters, U.K.-based independent production company Mammoth Screen around the same time as the Sony Pictures hack. Additionally, the government alleges that Park was instrumental in attacks on defense contractor Lockheed Martin and the Bank of Bangladesh. The latter incident saw $81 million stolen through the […]
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It’s analyzing the server, operated by the North Korea-sponsored APT, which was used to control the global GhostSecret espionage campaign affecting 17 countries. Continue reading ThaiCERT Seizes Hidden Cobra Server Linked to GhostSecret, Sony Attacks
In Brief:
Sony is finally bolstering the security of the PlayStation Network by adding Two-Factor Authentication to the servers — almost five years after a massive hack that exposed data of over 77 Million users.
Sony confirmed to Polygon today that it is planning to introduce two-factor verification to its PlayStation Network widely soon after a Twitter user saw a reference to it in the
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