Microsoft Digital Defense Report
CERIUM and ZINC targeting defense and aerospace companies (fake recruiter LinkedIn profiles) · Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2022 (covers July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022)
North Korean state threat groups, primarily CERIUM and ZINC, used a variety of tactics to attempt to penetrate networks of defense and aerospace companies around the globe. ... ZINC was particularly adept at creating fake profiles on LinkedIn and other professional social media sites, where its operators posed as recruiters for major defense and aerospace companies.