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ScarCruft surveilling North Korean defectors and human rights activists

Date (as written)
2021-03
Year
2021
Actors (as written)
Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
Actor pages
ReaperAPT 37Ricochet ChollimaScarCruft

Source entries (5)

EuRepoC

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.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apt37-targets-journalists-with-chinotto-multi-platform-malware/
https://securelist.com/scarcruft-surveilling-north-korean-defectors-and-human-rights-activists/105074/

ThaiCERT Threat Group Cards

ScarCruft surveilling North Korean defectors and human rights activists · 2021-03
ScarCruft surveilling North Korean defectors and human rights activists https://securelist.com/scarcruft-surveilling-north-korean-defectors-and-human-rights-activists/105074/
https://securelist.com/scarcruft-surveilling-north-korean-defectors-and-human-rights-activists/105074/

Check Point Research

6th December – Threat Intelligence Report · 2021-12-06
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.
https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/6th-december-threat-intelligence-report/

Hackmageddon cyber attacks timelines (Paolo Passeri)

South Korean journalists, defectors, and human rights activists · 29/11/2021
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: -]
https://www.hackmageddon.com/2021/12/22/16-30-november-2021-cyber-attacks-timeline/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apt37-targets-journalists-with-chinotto-multi-platform-malware/

Kaspersky Securelist

ScarCruft surveilling North Korean defectors and human rights activists · 2021-11-29T10:00:31
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.
https://securelist.com/scarcruft-surveilling-north-korean-defectors-and-human-rights-activists/105074/

Values found later for empty fields

country: South Korea
Based on the IP addresses, we could distinguish four different suspected victims located in South Korea
https://securelist.com/scarcruft-surveilling-north-korean-defectors-and-human-rights-activists/105074/

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