KnowBe4

Date (as written): 23/07/2024
Year: 2024
Country: US
Actors (as written): Threat actors from North Korea
Actor pages: Threat actors from North Korea
Tags (as written): Attack: Targeted Attack; Target Class: Professional, scientific and technical; Attack Class: Cyber Espionage; Tags: KnowBe4, North Korea

Source entries (3)

Check Point Research

29th July – Threat Intelligence Report · 2024-07-29

American cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 recently discovered that a newly hired Principal Software Engineer was a North Korean state actor attempting to install information-stealing malware. The company detected the malicious activity before any data breach occurred.

https://research.checkpoint.com/2024/29th-july-threat-intelligence-report/

Hackmageddon cyber attacks timelines (Paolo Passeri)

KnowBe4 · 23/07/2024

Cybersecurity awareness training company KnowBe4 has reveals it was duped into hiring a fake IT worker from North Korea, resulting in attempted insider threat activity. [Date Occurred: 15/07/2024; Date Discovered: 15/07/2024]

https://www.hackmageddon.com/2024/10/24/16-31-july-2024-cyber-attacks-timeline/

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-korean-hackers-targeted/

Moonlock (MacPaw)

KnowBe4 unknowingly hired a North Korean hacker · 2024-08-01T03:00:00+00:00

KnowBe4 learned the hard way that the person they had hired belonged to an army of remote tech workers run by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, aka North Korea).

https://moonlock.com/knowbe4-north-korean-hacker

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