HIDDEN COBRA (50)
Events whose actors field, as written by the source, names this.
| Date (as written) | Incident | Country | Actors |
|---|---|---|---|
| since at least 2009 | Joanap and Brambul malware campaign (media, aerospace, financial, critical infrastructure) | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| Since at least 2013 | Volgmer malware campaign (government, financial, automotive, media) | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| 01.10.2015 | North Korean Lazarus group conducts operations against banks in Vietnam and the Philippines starting in October 2015 | Philippines | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110);Reconnaissance General Bureau |
| since 2016 | FALLCHILL malware campaign (aerospace, telecommunications, finance) | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| June 2017 | CSIS entry 918 | ||
| 01.09.2017 | North Korean Lazarus group conducts Operation Sharpshooter against organziations in global defense and critical infrastructure since September 2017 | United States;United States;United States;United States | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.04.2017 | Lazarus (NorthKorea) attacks endusers because of financial interests | Unknown;Unknown | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.01.2017 | Lazarus Bitcoin Hijack | Korea, Republic of | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110);Reconnaissance General Bureau |
| 2017-12-21 | 북한의 공격그룹 ‘HIDDEN COBRA’, 일본에서 활동한 흔적 발견 | HIDDEN COBRA; Hidden Cobra | |
| 01.06.2018 | Andariel Group attacks website of South Korean non-profit organisation | Korea, Republic of;Korea, Republic of | Andariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110);Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.01.2019 | Lazarus turns against Russia | Russia | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.09.2019 | Operation In(ter)ception | Europe (region);Middle East (region) | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| October 2019 | AppleJeus Version 2: JMT Trading (trojanized cryptocurrency application) | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| 2019-05-13 | 북한 해커들, 데이터 탈취를 위해 ELECTRICFISH 사용해 | HIDDEN COBRA; Hidden Cobra; Lazarus; 라자루스 | |
| December 2019 | AppleJeus Version 3: Union Crypto (trojanized cryptocurrency application) | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| 01.01.2020 | ThreatNeedle: Defense Industries | Unknown | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| Since January 2020 | AppleJeus campaign against energy, finance, government, industry, technology and telecom sectors in 30+ countries | Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and the United States | HIDDEN COBRA; Lazarus Group |
| 2020-05-12 (report date) | COPPERHEDGE / Manuscrypt targeting of cryptocurrency exchanges | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| early this year (report dated 2020-08-19) | Job-posting lure campaign against government/defense contractors (BLINDINGCAN) | HIDDEN COBRA; "A threat group with a nexus to North Korea" | |
| March 13, 2020 | AppleJeus Version 4: Kupay Wallet (trojanized cryptocurrency application) | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| early 2020 | AppleJeus Version 5: CoinGoTrade (trojanized cryptocurrency application) | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| March 2020 | AppleJeus Version 6: Dorusio (trojanized cryptocurrency application) | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| late 2020 | AppleJeus Version 7: Ants2Whale (trojanized cryptocurrency application) | HIDDEN COBRA | |
| 01.01.2021 | State-sponsored North Korean hacking group Lazarus deployed newly discovered backdoor WinorDLL64 against unspecified South Korean targets since 2021 | Korea, Republic of | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.10.2021 | North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Lazarus gained access to the corporate network of an aerospace company in the Netherlands in October 2021 | Netherlands | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.11.2021 | BlueNoroff hackers steal crypto using fake MetaMask extension | United States;Russia;China;India;United Kingdom;Ukraine;Poland;Czech Republic;United Arab Emirates;Germany | Blue Noroff/APT38/Stardust Chollima/G0082/Sapphire Sleet fka COPERNICUM/Genie Spider < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.05.2021 | DeathNote cluster | Korea, Republic of;Korea, Republic of;Latvia;Latvia | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 2021-06-02 | 라자루스 APT 그룹, 중국 정부 및 기업 대상으로 피싱 공격 수행해 | HIDDEN COBRA; Hidden Cobra; Lazarus; 라자루스 | |
| 01.10.2022 | North Korean state-sponsored APT Andariel stole data from unnamed South Korean defence manufacturer through accessing maintenance/repair partner, starting in October 2022 | Korea, Republic of | Andariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 22.12.2022 | State-sponsored North Korean hacker group Andariel stole sensitive information from South Korean defense companies as well as research institutes and pharmaceutical companies since at least 22 December 2022 | Korea, Republic of;Not available;Not available | Andariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.07.2022 | North Korean State-Sponsored Hacking Group Lazarus Compromised Unnamed Software Vendor Starting In Mid-2022 | Not available | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.01.2022 | North Korean state-sponsored hacking group 'Lazarus' gained access to network of unspecified Spanish aerospace company beginning in 2022 | Spain | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.11.2022 | North Korean state-sponsored APT groups 'Ruby Sleet' and 'Diamond Sleet' compromised two arms manufacturers in Germany and Israel beginning in November 2022 | Israel;Germany | Ruby Sleet fka CERIUM;Andariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.07.2022 | The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus gained access into the networks of a defence contractor in Africa and stole data using the DeathNote malware beginning in July 2022 | Africa | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.06.2022 | North Korean state-sponsored hacking group UNC2970 targeted US and European media and technology companies since at least June 2022 | Europe (region);Europe (region);United States;United States | TEMP.Hermit/ UNC577 < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Lab 110) |
| 21.10.2022 | North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus gained access to two computers at a financial organisation beginning on 21 October 2022 | Not available | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.05.2022 | North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus gained access to the network of a financial organisation in May 2022 | Not available | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 02.09.2022 | Financially-motivated hacker group BlueNoroff compromised a company employee in the United Arab Emirates beginning in September 2022 | United Arab Emirates | Blue Noroff/APT38/Stardust Chollima/G0082/Sapphire Sleet fka COPERNICUM/Genie Spider < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.02.2022 | Between February and July 2022, the North Korean group Lazarus targeted organizations, including energy service providers worldwide | Global (region);Canada;United States;Japan | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.08.2023 | North Korean State-Sponsored Hacker Group Lazarus Exploited Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability in Admin-to-Kernel Operation going back to at least August 2023 | Asia (region);Not available | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.10.2023 | North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Diamond Sleet compromised vulnerable TeamCity servers since early October 2023 | Not available | Andariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.01.2023 | North Korean state-sponsored APT group 'Diamond Sleet' compromised defence companies in several countries in January 2023 | Norway;Finland;Italy;Brazil;Poland;Czech Republic | Andariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.03.2023 | North Korean APT group 'Onyx Sleet' targeted Russian University in March 2023 | Russia;Russia | Andariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.01.2023 | North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Labyrinth Chollima gained access to network of unnamed Latin American banking company using QRLOG malware beginning in January 2023 | South America;Central America (region) | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| Not available | Lazarus Group targeted Windows IIS Web Servers in Global Campaign | Not available | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.08.2024 | North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Stonefly launched an attack on US companies in August 2024 | United States | Andariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 01.04.2024 | North Korean APT Group Andariel targeted South Korean construction and machinery companies in April 2024 | Korea, Republic of;Korea, Republic of | Andariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| 05.01.2024 | Lazarus Group suspected of having drained $7.5 million from crypto payment service provider CoinsPaid on 5 January 2024 | Estonia | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| Not available | North Korean state-integrated hacking group Lazarus gained access to networks of defence and maritime companies | Not available;Not available;Hungary | Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110) |
| (no date on page) | HIDDEN COBRA Volgmer: A Technical Analysis (FALLCHILL and Volgmer US-CERT alerts) | HIDDEN COBRA (North Korean government) |