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ScarCruft Chinotto Surveillance · 22.03.2021
North korean state-sponsored hacking group ScarCruft hacked and stole sensitive data from journalists, north korean defector and human rights activists in South Korea.
North korean state-sponsored hacking group ScarCruft hacked and stole sensitive data from journalists, north korean defector and human rights activists in South Korea.
ScarCruft surveilling North Korean defectors and human rights activists https://securelist.com/scarcruft-surveilling-north-korean-defectors-and-human-rights-activists/105074/
North Korean cyberespionage group ScarCruft (APT 37) is targeting South Korean journalists, activists, or politically relevant individuals with spear-phishing emails and smishing campaigns deploying the Chinotto backdoor.
Researchers from Kaspersky reveal the details of the latest campaign of APT37 targeting South Korean journalists, defectors, and human rights activists with a new malware dubbed Chinotto. [Date Occurred: -; Date Discovered: -]
The ScarCruft group (also known as APT37 or Temp.Reaper) is a nation-state sponsored APT actor. Recently, we had an opportunity to perform a deeper investigation on a host compromised by this group.
Based on the IP addresses, we could distinguish four different suspected victims located in South Korea