Kaspersky Securelist
APT Trends report, Q1 2017 (DPRK-related paragraph 2) · 2017-04-27
Indeed, we started tracking the BlueNoroff actor a long time ago. We originally saw this actor trying to infect banks in the South-East Asian region. BlueNoroff has developed a characteristic set of tools for lateral movement inside targeted organizations, and in several cases attempted tampering with SWIFT software for cashing out. This technique showed its enormous potential with the Bangladesh central bank heists, where attackers attempted to steal more than 900 million USD. In the February “Polish case”, we saw the group reusing these known lateral movements tools repackaged for their new wave of victims. This provided us with a high degree of confidence in attributing the attack to this actor.