Nils Weisensee is Director of News Operations at Korea Risk Group and covers cybersecurity for NK Pro. He previously founded information security firm Frontier Intelligence, served as head of operations at non-profit Choson Exchange, and was a reporter for DAPD and the Associated Press.
Spear-phishing remains tactic of choice as Lazarus group targets JumpCloud systems and GitHub users
Kimsuky group aims to access subscriber content and gather intelligence with new phishing campaign, researchers find
Kimsuky threat group’s campaign seeks to collect information for ‘subsequent precision attacks,’ researchers say
Researchers say BabyShark variant discovered in email to NK Pro reporter can gather info to facilitate precision attacks
Company cites researchers’ ‘high confidence’ that DPRK target MacOS and Windows with malware and took control of devices
Cause of outage unclear, though key network indicators suggest the DPRK couldn’t access external websites either
National Security Office official says South Korea late to improving cyber deterrence and will emulate US Cyber Command
Attack linked to Lazarus Group uses malware-laced client as lure to gain access, researchers say
Analysts say breach similar to past thefts linked to Lazarus Group and that hackers have already laundered assets
DarkHotel group with possible ties to Seoul’s spy agency lures journalist and nonprofit worker using malicious emails
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