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More Than 70 South Korean Reporters Receive Suspicious Emails
31 December - 8 January 2019
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said that 77 reporters of the ministry’s press corps that cover relations with North Korea received an email with a compressed file attachment, which contained two malicious executable files disguised as PDF and HWP files.
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said that 77 reporters of the ministry’s press corps that cover relations with North Korea received an email with a compressed file attachment, which contained two malicious executable files disguised as PDF and HWP files. The incident has been handed over to the relevant agencies for further investigation. Days before this incident, the ministry said that they are investigating a phishing email that came attached with a ministry-generated document analysing the North Korean leader’s New Year’s speech.
References:
[1] Email suspected to have malicious code sent to reporters at govt. agency handling inter-Korean affairs
[2] APT attack against the reporters of the Unification Ministry, 'Operation Cobra Venom' Attention
References:
[1] Email suspected to have malicious code sent to reporters at govt. agency handling inter-Korean affairs
[2] APT attack against the reporters of the Unification Ministry, 'Operation Cobra Venom' Attention
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More Than 70 South Korean Reporters Receive Suspicious Emails
31 December - 8 January 2019
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said that 77 reporters of the ministry’s press corps that cover relations with North Korea received an email with a compressed file attachment, which contained two malicious executable files disguised as PDF and HWP files.
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said that 77 reporters of the ministry’s press corps that cover relations with North Korea received an email with a compressed file attachment, which contained two malicious executable files disguised as PDF and HWP files. The incident has been handed over to the relevant agencies for further investigation. Days before this incident, the ministry said that they are investigating a phishing email that came attached with a ministry-generated document analysing the North Korean leader’s New Year’s speech.
References:
[1] Email suspected to have malicious code sent to reporters at govt. agency handling inter-Korean affairs
[2] APT attack against the reporters of the Unification Ministry, 'Operation Cobra Venom' Attention
References:
[1] Email suspected to have malicious code sent to reporters at govt. agency handling inter-Korean affairs
[2] APT attack against the reporters of the Unification Ministry, 'Operation Cobra Venom' Attention
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Hackers had a blast in 2018. How about cybersecurity providers and other companies?
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Chaplaincy Health Care, a hospice in Washington, United States, suffered a breach in late November after an employee fell prey to a phishing attack in which attackers stole his or her email login credentials.
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