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Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) blog (8)

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
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
2020-03-26T16:00:00+00:00 (datePublished)North Korean (and Iranian) attackers impersonating news outlets or journalistsattackers from Iran and North Korea
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
2022-02On February 10, Threat Analysis Group discovered two distinct North Korean government-backed attacker groups exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability in Chrome, CVE-2022-0609.Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2022-10Internet Explorer 0-day exploited by North Korean actor APT37Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2022-03-24T16:00:00+00:00 (datePublished)Operation AppleJeus exploiting Chrome CVE-2022-0609 (compromised fintech websites)U.S. basedNorth Korean group (Operation AppleJeus)
2023-04-05T12:00:00+00:00 (datePublished)ARCHIPELAGO (subset of APT43) phishing of North Korea policy expertsSouth Korea, the US and elsewhereARCHIPELAGO (subset of APT43)
2023-09-07T15:00:00+00:00 (datePublished)New campaign targeting security researchers with 0-day and fake debugging-symbols toolNorth Korean threat actors