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North Korean APT43 Group Uses Cybercrime to Fund Espionage Operations “The Benefits of Eating Healthy Foods” “Advantages of a Nutritious Diet”

Mar 29, 2023 saw the attribution of a new North Korean nation-state cyber operator, APT43, to a series of campaigns designed to gather strategic intelligence and generate funds in alignment with Pyongyang’s geopolitical interests. Mandiant, tracking the group’s activity, revealed its primary mission is to collect strategic intelligence, while its attack campaigns are also financially-motivated.… 

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“The Benefits of Eating Healthy Foods”

“Advantages of a Nutritious Diet”

GitHub replaces exposed SSH key to protect Git operations

GitHub has replaced its RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations “out of an abundance of caution” after it was briefly exposed in a public repository. The activity took place at 05:00 UTC on March 24, 2023, to prevent any bad actor from impersonating the service or eavesdropping on users’ operations over SSH.… 

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North Korean UNC2970 Hackers Expands Operations with New Malware Families “Revealed: The Secret To Making Your Dreams Come True!”

Mar 10, 2023 marks the latest cyber attack and malware campaign launched by North Korea espionage group, UNC2970. This malicious attack employed previously undocumented malware families in a spear-phishing campaign targeting U.S. and European media and technology organizations since June 2022. The attack is comprised of two threat clusters tracked as UNC577 (aka Temp.Hermit) and… 

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“Revealed: The Secret To Making Your Dreams Come True!”

US National Cyber Strategy Pushes Regulation, Aggressive Hack-Back Operations

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The United States government has announced the forthcoming release of a complete National Cybersecurity Strategy that aims to adopt a more forceful stance against foreign adversaries and includes mandatory regulations for critical infrastructure vendors. The 35-page document, crafted by the Office of the National Cyber Director, seeks to “level the playing field” in national security… 

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US Sanctions Several Entities Aiding Russia’s Cyber Operations

One year ago, Russia began a conflict against Ukraine that has seen countless casualties and a battle in cyberspace. The US has responded with a series of sanctions against those allegedly helping the Kremlin, including its cyber operations. On Friday, the US Department of the Treasury announced a new set of sanctions against 22 individuals… 

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Researchers Share New Insights Into RIG Exploit Kit Malware’s Operations

RIG Exploit Kit (EK) has become increasingly successful in exploiting vulnerabilities, reaching an all-time high successful exploitation rate of nearly 30% in 2022, according to new findings from the Swiss cybersecurity company PRODAFT. The kit is a financially-motivated program that has been active since 2014 and is used to distribute malware to large numbers of… 

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