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North Korean hackers reboot espionage operations following December takedown

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Suspected North Korean hackers have been running a spearphishing email operation targeting people interested in North Korean refugees, according to new research from ESTsecurity, a South Korea-based security firm. The cyber-espionage group, which ESTsecurity Security Response Center (ESRC) researchers attribute to a group known as Geumseong121, entices its victims into clicking links that look to be about North Korean refugees. But instead of delivering valuable information, the link points recipients to repositories that download malicious files, according to ESRC. The campaign, which ESRC has named “Operation Spy Cloud” since it relies on cloud services, shows the hacking group returning to operations following a setback in December when Microsoft seized 50 websites used by the group in spearphishing campaigns. The group is also widely known as APT37. Following the takedown, the group is working to conceal its activities, according to ESRC. The attackers appear to have opted to prompt users to click links […]

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TA505 hacking crew spent much of 2019 trying to breach South Korea’s financial sector

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A gang of hackers with a long history of financially motivated attacks increased its targeting of businesses in South Korea last year, using a combination of malicious attachments and ransomware to haunt victims, according to new findings. Researchers from the Financial Security Institute, which is similar to an information sharing and analysis center (ISAC) for South Korea’s financial sector, said on Friday that the hacking group spent much of 2019 trying to phish enterprises in finance, manufacturing and medical services in South Korea. The group, known as TA505, has been active since at least 2014, and appears to share tools, techniques and procedures with FIN7, a Russian-speaking group blamed for more than a billion dollars in global losses, researchers say. Linking FIN7 and TA505 is a notoriously difficult task, and researchers have confused the groups before. TA505 is perhaps best known for its reported connection to the Dridex banking trojan, […]

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Google Cloud opens its Seoul region

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Google Cloud today announced that its new Seoul region, its first in Korea, is now open for business. The region, which it first talked about last April, will feature three availability zones and support for virtually all of Google Cloud’s standard service, ranging from Compute Engine to BigQuery, Bigtable and Cloud Spanner. With this, Google […] Continue reading Google Cloud opens its Seoul region→

UPbit cryptocurrency exchange hacked; Ether worth $50 million stolen

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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UPbit has been hacked where hackers have stolen 342,000 Ether (ETH) – ($51 million).
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Bitcoin money trail leads cops to ‘world’s largest’ child abuse site

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The Darknet server running the site, “Welcome to Video”, and the website’s convicted admin were tracked down by a global police force. Continue reading Bitcoin money trail leads cops to ‘world’s largest’ child abuse site→

Swit, a collaboration suite that offers “freedom from integrations,” raises $6 million in seed funding

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A marketplace dominated by Slack and Microsoft Teams, along with a host of other smaller workplace communication apps, might seem to leave little room for a new entrant, but Swit wants to prove that wrong. The app combines messaging with a roster of productivity tools, like task management, calendars and Gantt charts, to give teams […] Continue reading Swit, a collaboration suite that offers “freedom from integrations,” raises $6 million in seed funding→

Inside job: Bithumb crypto exchange hacked again; loses $20 million

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This is the third time that Bithumb has been hacked to steal millions in cryptocurrency. Crypto industry is being hammered by cybercriminals with full frequency lately. There are reports of a new attack against South Korean bitcoin exchan… Continue reading Inside job: Bithumb crypto exchange hacked again; loses $20 million→