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Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
June 2017CSIS entry 918
2017-04-102017-4-10 Global Cyber Attack Reports
2017-05-222017-5-22 Global Cyber Attack Reports
2018-08Ryuk RansomwareUnited States, ZZZLazarus
2019-10Kudankulam Nuclear Power PlantIndiaLazarus
01.01.2019Lazarus turns against RussiaRussiaLazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)
2019-05-13북한 해커들, 데이터 탈취를 위해 ELECTRICFISH 사용해HIDDEN COBRA; Hidden Cobra; Lazarus; 라자루스
2019-05-13T10:00:03ScarCruft continues to evolve, introduces Bluetooth harvester
2019-08-1919th August – Threat Intelligence Bulletin
2019-12-099th December – Threat Intelligence Bulletin
2019-12-11T17:00:24.000Z5 Things to Know About SentinelLabs’ Finding Link Between Crimeware and APT Lazarus | SentinelOne
17/12/2019Multiple targets>1The Lazarus Group
2020-07VHD RansomwareZZZLazarus
01.01.2020ThreatNeedle: Defense IndustriesUnknownLazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)
2021-01-25T23:59:00+00:00 (datePublished)Campaign targeting security researchers (fake research blog, Twitter profiles, Visual Studio projects)government-backed entity based in North Korea
November 2020CSIS entry 539
2020-11-13T13:59:58+00:00 (published_time)Cerium targeting Covid-19 vaccine and treatment researchers (WHO-themed spear-phishing)Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States (all three actors combined)Cerium
23/12/20Undisclosed pharmaceutical companyN/ALazarus Group
August 13, 2020Operation ‘Dream Job’ Widespread North Korean Espionage Campaign
Jul 29, 2020Operation (North Star) North Star: A Job Offer That's Too Good to be True?Hidden Cobra
2020-01-08T10:00:47Operation AppleJeus Sequel
2020-05-12 (report date)COPPERHEDGE / Manuscrypt targeting of cryptocurrency exchangesHIDDEN COBRA
2020-11-099th November - Threat Intelligence Bulletin
2020-01-03微软将朝鲜黑客组织告上法庭——以法律之剑,斩APT组织之链
2020/06/17Operation In(ter)ception: Aerospace and military companies in the crosshairs of cyberspies
07/06/2020Multiple online stores>1Lazarus Group AKA Hidden Cobra
22/07/2020Corporate entities from multiple countries>1The Lazarus Group AKA HIDDEN COBRA
early this year (report dated 2020-08-19)Job-posting lure campaign against government/defense contractors (BLINDINGCAN)HIDDEN COBRA; "A threat group with a nexus to North Korea"
2021-06Korea Atomic Energy Research InstituteKorea, Republic of
January 2022CSIS entry 396
September 2021CSIS entry 422
2021-03-31T16:00:00+00:00 (datePublished)Fake offensive security company "SecuriElite" set up to target security researchersTurkey (claimed location of fake company)North Korean government-backed entity
2021-03ScarCruft surveilling North Korean defectors and human rights activistsReaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
November 18, 2021TA406 credential theft campaigns (2021) against foreign policy experts, journalists and NGOsTA406 (part of Kimsuky / Thallium / Konni)
10/11/2021Security Researchers worldwide>1Lazarus Group AKA HIDDEN COBRA
2021-07-1212th July – Threat Intelligence Report
Apr 2021Targeting of South African freight companiesSouth African shipping companiesLazarus Group
2021-01-2525th January - Threat Intelligence Report
2021-02-088th February - Threat Intelligence Report
May 24, 2021Attributing CryptoCore Attacks Against Crypto Exchanges to LAZARUS (North Korea)
2021-06-22NukeSped Copies Fileless Code From Bundlore, Leaves It Unused
2021-11-011st November – Threat Intelligence Report
2023-033CXUnited StatesUNC4736
2022-03Axie InfinityViet Nam
2022-11-15T10:00:28DTrack activity targeting Europe and Latin America
01.02.2022Between February and July 2022, the North Korean group Lazarus targeted organizations, including energy service providers worldwideGlobal (region);Canada;United States;JapanLazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/Diamond Sleet fka ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)
2022-01North Korea’s Lazarus APT leverages Windows Update client, GitHub in latest campaignLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2022-07Operation “STIFF#BIZON”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2022-10Internet Explorer 0-day exploited by North Korean actor APT37Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
18/04/2022Organizations in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industriesUSLazarus Group AKA APT38
2022-01-13T09:00:23The BlueNoroff cryptocurrency hunt is still on
Apr 2022Targeting of journalists reporting on North KoreaJournalists and the former director of South Korea’s National Intelligence ServiceAPT 37
2022-02-1414th February– Threat Intelligence Report
May 6, 2022Blender.io used by DPRK to launder stolen virtual currencyDPRK; "a DPRK state-sponsored hacking group"
2022-07-09T17:00:00+00:00North Korean APT targets US healthcare sector with Maui ransomwareUnited StatesState-sponsored North Korean threat actors
2022-07-28T09:39:56+00:00 (published_time)SharpTongue SHARPEXT mail-stealing browser extension incidents (since September 2021)SharpTongue (Kimsuky)
2022-08-088th August – Threat Intelligence Report
2022-08-088th August – Threat Intelligence Report
2022-08-25T01:00:31Kimsuky’s GoldDragon cluster and its C2 operations
2022-10-033rd October – Threat Intelligence Report
2023-09Stake.comAustraliaLazarus
2023-07CoinsPaidEstoniaLazarus
2023-06Atomic WalletEstoniaLazarus
August 2023CSIS entry 190
February 09, 2023DPRK ransomware attacks on Healthcare and Public Health and other critical infrastructureDPRK cyber actors
2023-07-18T14:43:24+00:00Security alert: social engineering campaign targets technology industry employeesJade Sleet; TraderTraitor
2023-07Operation “STARK#MULE”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
April 21 2023 (dateCreated 2023-04-21)'RustBucket' malware targets macOSBlueNoroff (sub-group of Lazarus Group)
2023-10-18 (press release date)Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Action to Disrupt Illicit Revenue Generation Efforts of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Information Technology Workers
2023-01-022nd January – Threat Intelligence Report
2023-03-21APT37 | ThreatLabz
2023-03-30T11:37:54+00:00 (published_time)3CX Desktop App supply chain compromise (ICONIC)UTA0040, later attributed to Lazarus
2023-05-01Chain Reaction: ROKRAT’s Missing Link
10/05/2023Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH)KRNorth Korean threat actor (Kimsuky)
2023-05-23T11:23:42.000ZKimsuky | Ongoing Campaign Using Tailored Reconnaissance Toolkit | SentinelOne
June 1, 2023Impersonation of South Korean think tank researchersSouth KoreaKimsuky (Thallium, APT43, Velvet Chollima, Black Banshee)
2023-07-033rd July – Threat Intelligence Report
07/08/2023NPO MashinostroyeniyaRUScarCruft
29/09/2023Undisclosed Spanish aerospace companyESLazarus Group (AKA HIDDEN COBRA)
2024-07WazirXIndiaLazarus
2024-05The Crypto Game of Lazarus APT: Investors vs. Zero-daysLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
21/08/2024Undisclosed organization(s)UnknownUAT-5394 linked to Kimsuky
2024-01-011st January – Threat Intelligence Report
03/01/2024Multiple organizations within the cryptocurrency and the blockchain industries>1TA444 (a.k.a. Sapphire Sleet, BLUENOROFF, STARDUST CHOLLIMA)
2024-04-2929th April – Threat Intelligence Report
23/07/2024KnowBe4USThreat actors from North Korea
2024-09-26T03:00:51Unraveling Sparkling Pisces’s Tool Set: KLogEXE and FPSpy
2024-10-2121st October – Threat Intelligence Report
2024-12-19T10:00:55Lazarus group evolves its infection chain with old and new malware
25/12/2024Multiple Organizations>1?
2025-02BybitUnited Arab EmiratesLazarus
2025/10/23Gotta fly: Lazarus targets the UAV sector
In recent months (as of 2025-01-23)IT workers extorting employers with stolen data and codeUnited StatesNorth Korean IT workers
2025-06-2323rd June – Threat Intelligence Report
2025-08-2525th August – Threat Intelligence Report
From around December 2025 through July 2026WaterPlum / Contagious Interview fake job-interview malware campaign (30,000 PCs, 100+ countries)WaterPlum ("Contagious Interview")
2026-09BitgetSeychellesTrader Traitor
24 Feb 2026North Korean Lazarus Group Now Working With Medusa Ransomware
2026-01-22KONNI Adopts AI to Generate PowerShell Backdoors
2026-01-2626th January – Threat Intelligence Report
2026-02-232025: The Untold Stories of Check Point Research
2026-07-01T17:53:56.469ZPolinRider: North Korea-Linked Supply Chain Campaign Expands Across Open Source Ecosystems
2026-08-11Shattering the Dream - When a Job Offer Becomes a Zero-Day Attack
2026-08-1717th August – Threat Intelligence Report
2026-09-077th September – Threat Intelligence Report