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Hackmageddon cyber attacks timelines (Paolo Passeri) (395)

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
2013-066.25 Cyber TerrorKorea, Republic ofLazarus
01.01.2013Operation“Kimsuky”Korea, Republic of;Korea, Republic of;Korea, Republic of;Korea, Republic of;China;China;China;ChinaKimsuky/Velvet Chollima/STOLEN PENCIL/Emerald Sleet fka THALLIUM/Black Banshee/G0094
2014-12Sony Pictures EntertainmentUnited StatesLazarus
October 2015CSIS entry 990
since at least 2015BeagleBoyz attempted thefts totalBeagleBoyz (overlap: Lazarus, APT38, Bluenoroff, Stardust Chollima)
10/09/2015South KoreaKRNorth Korea
05/10/2015South KoreaKRNorth Korea
2015-11-18T16:25:41TDrop2 Attacks Suggest Dark Seoul Attackers Return
2018-10FASTCashZZZHidden Cobra
2016-08Defense NetworkKorea, Republic ofAndariel
2016-07Union Bank of IndiaIndiaBluenoroff
2016-05SK/HanjinKorea, Republic ofAndariel
2016-04DSME#1Korea, Republic ofAndariel
2016-03InterparkKorea, Republic ofAndariel
March 2016CSIS entry 977
2016-03Operation “Daybreak”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
Aug 2016Compromise of computer networks associated with diplomats, journalists, and others in South KoreaSouth Korea
since 2016FALLCHILL malware campaign (aerospace, telecommunications, finance)HIDDEN COBRA
27/04/2016Several Targets in Asia>1North Korea?
20/05/2016Bank in EcuadorECNorth Korea?
07/09/2016Project on Crowdsourced Imagery Analysis (geo4nonpro.org)USNorth Korea?
2017-12Unknown POSKorea, Republic ofLazarus
2017-10Central American Online CasinoBluenoroff
October 2017CSIS entry 892
August 2017CSIS entry 905
2017-08The Blockbuster Saga ContinuesLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
June 2017CSIS entry 918
2017-12-15Bitcoin Insiders in LondonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandNGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
01/01/2017Several Institutions in the British GovernmentGB>1
13/02/2017Several Banks Worldwide>1Lazarus APT
23/02/2017South Korea?KRNorth Korea?
03/04/2017South Korean users in the public sectorKRNorth Korea?
05/04/2017South Korea and United StatesKR USNorth Korea
03/05/2017Assets related to North Korea>1?
09/05/2017Unnamed TargetN/A? (linked to North Korea?)
08/08/2017Several North Korean OrganizationsKP?
11/09/2017South Korea>1North Korea
10/10/2017South Korea-US Operational PlanUS KR?
20/11/2017South KoreaKRThe Lazarus Group
2019-09Indian Financial InstituteIndiaLazarus
2018-12RedBancChileHidden Cobra
2018-05Sejong InstitueKorea, Republic ofAndariel
2018-01MetrolinxCanada
December 2018CSIS entry 779
March 2018CSIS entry 867
01.01.2018NavRATKorea, Republic ofAPT37/Richochet Chollima/Red Eyes/InkySquid/ScarCruft/Reaper/Group123/TEMP.Reaper/Venus 121/G0067
01.06.2018Andariel Group attacks website of South Korean non-profit organisationKorea, Republic of;Korea, Republic ofAndariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus 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);Lazarus 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)
2/1/2019Babyshark - USUS / N Korea
2018-08Operation “AppleJeus”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2018-11More Attacks on Cryptocurrency BusinessesLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2018-02-20 (datePublished)APT37 (Reaper) operations incl. zero-days and wiper malwarePrimarily South Korea – though also Japan, Vietnam and the Middle EastAPT37 (Reaper; Scarcruft; Group123)
29/05/2018Multiple TargetsUSHidden Cobra
02/01/2018Unnamed South Korean CompanyKRAndariel
08/01/2018Single Individuals>1?
16/01/2018Multiple targets mainly in South KoreaKRGroup 123
16/01/2018Several cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinlink.>1?
2018-02-02금성121, Flash Player Zero-Day (CVE-2018-4878) 공격 주의Geumseong121; 금성121
06/02/2018Multiple Targets>1Hidden Cobra, aka Lazarus Group
12/02/2018Bitcoin users and global financial organizations.>1Hidden Cobra, aka Lazarus Group
31/05/2018South KoreansKRAndariel Group
14/06/2018Multiple TargetsUSHidden Cobra
15/06/2018Multiple Targets in Singapore>1?
22/06/2018cryptocurrency exchanges>1?
09/08/2018US OrganizationsUSHidden Cobra
2018-09-27T08:00:04New KONNI Malware attacking Eurasia and Southeast Asia
20/11/2018Latin American financial institutions>1Lazarus Group
2019-10Kudankulam Nuclear Power PlantIndiaLazarus
2019-09Magyar Fejlesztési KözpontHungary
2019-12-30T20:18:41+00:00 (published_time)Thallium spear-phishing; Microsoft court order seizes 50 domainsU.S., as well as Japan and South KoreaThallium
Sep 2019Autumn Aperture—malware embedded in antiquated file typesUnnamed U.S.-based entitiesKimusky
21/08/2019North Korea?>1?
July 2019CSIS entry 712
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)
01.07.2019Fractured StatueUnited StatesTA406/Konni Group/Opal Sleet fka OSMIUM < Kimsuky
August 2019Targeting of retired South Korean diplomats, government and military officialsKimsuky
2019-11-07Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)IndiaNGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
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
17/12/2019Multiple targets>1The Lazarus Group
10/04/2019Multiple Targets>1Lazarus Group (AKA Hidden Cobra)
05/08/2019Banks and cryptocurrency exchanges>1North Korea
09/09/2019Targets in the USUS?
23/09/2019Research Centers in IndiaINAttackers from North Korea
12/10/2019Mac owners working at cryptocurrency exchanges>1Attackers from North Korea
31/10/2019Multiple targets in the USUSHidden Cobra AKA Lazarus Group
03/12/2019macOS users>1Lazarus Group
2020/11/16Lazarus supply-chain attack in South Korea
2021-05-31T17:00:00+00:00Kimsuky APT continues to target South Korean government using AppleSeed backdoorSouth KoreaKimsuky (Thallium, Black Banshee, Velvet Chollima)
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
02/12/20Six pharmaceutical companies including Johnson & Johnson, Novavax Inc., Genexine Inc., Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Co. and Celltrion Inc.>1North Korean hackers
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
27/10/2020Individuals and organizations in South Korea, Japan, and the United States>1?
23/12/20Undisclosed pharmaceutical companyN/ALazarus Group
mid-March 2020“Security alert”-themed spear-phishing of 28 individuals including 11 officials from six Security Council membersKimsuky advanced persistent threat group
2020-03According to a tweet shared by South Korean cyber-security firm IssueMakersLab, a group of North Korean hackers also hid malware inside documents detailing South Korea's response to the COVID-19 epidemic.Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2021-01-03탈륨 조직, 사설 주식 투자 메신저 악용해 소프트웨어 공급망 공격 수행블루 에스티메이트; 탈륨
2020-01-08T10:00:47Operation AppleJeus Sequel
Since January 2020AppleJeus campaign against energy, finance, government, industry, technology and telecom sectors in 30+ countriesArgentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and the United StatesHIDDEN COBRA; Lazarus Group
2020-05-12 (report date)COPPERHEDGE / Manuscrypt targeting of cryptocurrency exchangesHIDDEN COBRA
07/06/2020Multiple online stores>1Lazarus 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"
03/03/2020South KoreaKRKimsuky
2020-05-11Lazarus’ MacOS Dacls RAT Shows Multi-Platform Ability
2020Campaign targeting the aeronautics and defence sectors (fake LinkedIn recruiters; ESET “Operation In(ter)ception”)Lazarus
02/11/2020Multiple targets in the United States, Russia and Europe>1Kimsuky (AKA Velvet Chollima, Black Banshee and Thallium)
2021-11bZxUnited StatesBluenoroff
2021-06Korea Atomic Energy Research InstituteKorea, Republic of
January 2022CSIS entry 396
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
February 2021CSIS entry 509
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)
2021-08-19T17:00:00+00:00New variant of Konni malware used in campaign targeting RussiaRussiaAPT37 (Konni, potentially linked)
01.05.2021DeathNote clusterKorea, Republic of;Korea, Republic of;Latvia;LatviaLazarus 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)
01.01.2021North Korean defector Kang Mi-JinKorea, Democratic People's Republic of;Korea, Democratic People's Republic ofAPT37/Richochet Chollima/Red Eyes/InkySquid/ScarCruft/Reaper/Group123/TEMP.Reaper/Venus 121/G0067
2021-11-10T22:11:00.000ZNorth Korean attackers use malicious blogs to deliver malware to high-profile South Korean targets
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
26/11/2021Employees at South Korean security companiesKRAttackers from North Korea (Zinc)
2021-08-17T16:15:15+00:00 (published_time)InkySquid strategic web compromise of Daily NK delivering BLUELIGHT (late March to early June 2021)South KoreanInkySquid (ScarCruft, APT37)
2021-01-05T17:00:00+00:00Retrohunting APT37: VBA self decode technique to inject RokRatAPT37
03/03/2021Multiple targets>1Hidden Cobra AKA Lazarus Group
2021-04-14T08:29:32+00:00Lazarus BTC Changer
19/04/2021Targets in South KoreaKRLazarus Group AKA Hidden Cobra
20/06/2021Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)KRAttackers from North Korea
15/10/2021Security researchers>1North Korean government threat actors
14/12/2021Multiple organizations>1Threat actors originating from China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey
2022-07H0lyGh0st RansomwareUnited StatesDEV-0530
2022-06Harmony BridgeUnited States
April 2022CSIS entry 353
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
19 May 2022Lazarus Group Exploiting Log4Shell Vulnerability (NukeSped) - ASEC BLOG (ahnlab.com)Lazarus Group
2022-11-15T10:00:28DTrack activity targeting Europe and Latin America
2022-09-29T16:00:00+00:00 (published_time)ZINC weaponizing open-source software (PuTTY, KiTTY, TightVNC, Sumatra PDF Reader, muPDF/Subliminal Recording) via LinkedIn/WhatsAppUS, UK, India, and RussiaZINC (now Diamond Sleet)
2022-09-14 (datePublished)UNC4034 job opportunity phishing via WhatsApp with trojanized PuTTY (AIRDRY.V2) at a media companyUNC4034 (suspected North Korea nexus)
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 EarlyTracing State-Aligned Activity Targeting Journalists, MediaLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2022-08deBridge Finance crypto platform targeted by Lazarus hackersLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2022-08Lazarus ‘Operation In(ter)ception’ Targets macOS Users Dreaming of Jobs in CryptoLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2022-09SlowMist: Investigation of North Korean APT’s Large-Scale Phishing Attack on NFT UsersLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2022-07Operation “STIFF#BIZON”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2022-09Meeting the “Ministrer”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2022-10Internet Explorer 0-day exploited by North Korean actor APT37Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2022-12-27T08:00:26BlueNoroff introduces new methods bypassing MoTW
2022-07-05Multiple organizations in JapanJapanNGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
27 Apr 2022Stonefly: North Korea-linked Spying Operation Continues to Hit High-value Targets
18/04/2022Organizations in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industriesUSLazarus Group AKA APT38
2022-01-13T09:00:23The BlueNoroff cryptocurrency hunt is still on
2022-12-01T15:41:19+00:00 (published_time)Lazarus Group AppleJeus campaign via fake BloxHolder cryptocurrency trading website and malicious Office documentsLazarus Group
31/03/2022Cryptocurrency users and investors.>1Lazarus Group
2022-12-26기자·국회의원실등 사칭 전자우편 발송사건, 북 해킹조직 소행으로 확인
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)
2022-08-25T01:00:31Kimsuky’s GoldDragon cluster and its C2 operations
16/05/2022Multiple organizations worldwide>1Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
08/02/2022Organizations in South KoreaKRKimsuky AKA TA406
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)
2022-04-26Lazarus Group APT Targeting South Korean Users | Zscaler
04/08/2022Employees in the fintech industry>1Lazarus Group
2022/09/30Amazon-themed campaigns of Lazarus in the Netherlands and Belgium
2022-10-24Unveil the evolution of Kimsuky targeting Android devices with newly discovered mobile malwareKimsuky
2022/11/30Who’s swimming in South Korean waters? Meet ScarCruft’s Dolphin
12/12/2022Foreign experts about North Korea>1Kimsuky AKA Thallium
2023-11CyberLinkTaiwanDiamond Sleet
2023-09CoinExUnited StatesLazarus
2023-09Stake.comAustraliaLazarus
2023-07AlphapoSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesLazarus
2023-07CoinsPaidEstoniaLazarus
2023-06JumpCloudUnited StatesUNC4899
2023-06Atomic WalletEstoniaLazarus
October 2023CSIS entry 165
August 2023CSIS entry 190
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)
02/02/2023Organizations in medical research, healthcare, chemical engineering, energy, defense, and a leading research university>1Lazarus Group
2023-12-11T13:50:59.000ZOperation Blacksmith: Lazarus targets organizations worldwide using novel Telegram-based malware written in DLang
2023-11Kimsuky Targets South Korean Research Institutes with Fake Import DeclarationKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2023-08-22Andariel 그룹의 새로운 공격 활동 분석Andariel; Kimsuky; Lazarus
01.10.2023North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Diamond Sleet compromised vulnerable TeamCity servers since early October 2023Not availableAndariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus 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)
2023-08-24T12:04:22.000ZLazarus Group's infrastructure reuse leads to discovery of new malware
2023-07Lazarus Threat Group Attacking Windows Servers to Use as Malware Distribution PointsLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2023-06-28T10:00:24Andariel’s silly mistakes and a new malware family
21/06/2023Multiple organizationsN/AAPT37 (AKA StarCruft, Reaper, or RedEyes)
Not availableLazarus Group targeted Windows IIS Web Servers in Global CampaignNot availableLazarus 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)
over the last couple of years (as of 20 March 2023)Kimsuky spear phishing against Korean and German entitiesSouth Korea; GermanyKIMSUKY (Thallium, Velvet Chollima)
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
27/10/2023Undisclosed software vendorN/ALazarus (aka Diamond Sleet and ZINC)
2023-10Elastic catches DPRK passing out KANDYKORNLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2023-07Operation “STARK#MULE”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2023-05-04T13:55:19.000ZKimsuky Evolves Reconnaissance Capabilities in New Global Campaign | SentinelOne
2023-11-10자산 관리 프로그램을 악용한 공격 정황 포착 (Andariel 그룹)Andariel; Kimsuky; Lazarus
April 21 2023 (dateCreated 2023-04-21)'RustBucket' malware targets macOSBlueNoroff (sub-group of Lazarus Group)
14/06/2023South KoreaKRNorth Korea
(published 23 November 2023)DPRK state-linked software supply chain attacks using zero-day vulnerabilities (NCSC-NIS joint advisory)DPRK state-linked cyber actors
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)
07/08/2023NPO MashinostroyeniyaRUScarCruft
29/09/2023Undisclosed Spanish aerospace companyESLazarus Group (AKA HIDDEN COBRA)
6 November 2023“BlueNoroff strikes again with new macOS malware,” Jamf Threat LabsBlueNoroff
25/01/2023Crypto usersES JP PL UK USTA444
2023-02-14스테가노그래피 기법 사용한 한글(HWP) 악성코드 : RedEyes(ScarCruft)APT37; RedEyes; ScarCruft
2023-02-15Distribution of Malware Exploiting Vulnerable Innorix: AndarielAndariel
2023-03-09 (datePublished)UNC2970 job-recruitment phishing against Western media and technology companies (since June 2022)U.S.-based; U.S. and EuropeanUNC2970 (suspected UNC577 / Temp.Hermit)
2023-03-28 (datePublished)APT43 espionage and cryptocurrency theft to fund operationsSouth Korea, Japan, Europe, and the United StatesAPT43 (Kimsuky)
2023-04-12T08:00:00Following the Lazarus group by tracking DeathNote campaign
20/04/2023People working in software or DeFi platforms>1Lazarus Group AKA Labyrinth Collima, Covellite, UNC4034, Zinc, Nickel Academy)
06/06/2023Financial institutions and venture capital firms in Japan, Vietnam, and the United StatesJP US VNTAG-71 (APT38)
29/06/2023Multiple organizations>1BlueNoroff (part of the Lazarus Group)
2023-07-27T05:00:00.000ZMore malicious npm packages found in wake of JumpCloud supply chain hackNorth Korea; Lazarus Group
03/08/2023IT Professionals>1Lazarus Group
2023-08-12T22:25:00+00:00Sophisticated, Highly-Targeted Attacks Continue to Plague npm (campaign with behaviors similar to June North Korean campaign)North Korean state actors (June campaign)
2023-09-07T15:00:00+00:00 (datePublished)New campaign targeting security researchers with 0-day and fake debugging-symbols toolNorth Korean threat actors
07/09/2023Russian government and defense organizationsRUMultiple threat actors from North Korea
2023-10-16RDP를 이용해 감염 시스템을 제어하는 Kimsuky 위협 그룹Kimsuky
08/11/2023IT Job Seekers>1BlueNoroff (AKA APT38, Sapphire Sleet, CageyChameleon, and CryptoCore)
20/11/2023Organizations in RussiaRUKonni
21/11/2023Multiple western organizations>1Threat actors from North Korea
2023-11-21북 해킹조직의 정부기관·언론사 등 사칭 전자우편 주의
25/11/2023Indexed FinanceN/A?
05/12/2023South Korean companies connected to the defense industryKRAndariel
05/12/2023Three organizations in South Korea and abroadKR N/AAndariel
2023-12-22Kimsuky 그룹의 AppleSeed 악성코드 공격 동향 분석Kimsuky
2024-10Play RansomwareAndariel
2024-10Tapioca DAOUnited StatesLazarus
2024-07WazirXIndiaLazarus
2024-06CoinStatsArmenia
2024-05AlexLabSingaporeLazarus
2024-04eScanIndiaKimsuky
2024-03Asung SoftKorea, Republic ofKimsuky
2024-01D2 InnovationKorea, Republic ofKimsuky
01.08.2024North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Stonefly launched an attack on US companies in August 2024United StatesAndariel/APT45/Onyx Sleet fka PLUTONIUM/Silent Chollima/Stonefly/G0138/DarkSeoul < Lazarus 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)
01.01.2024North Korean state-sponsored hacking group APT37 delivered a previously undocumented backdoor and remote access trojan called VeilShell to targets in Cambodia in 2024CambodiaAPT37
19.08.2024North Korean Hacker Group Citrine Sleet Exploits Chromium Zero-Day Vulnerability on 19 August 2024United StatesUnknown
01.06.2024Lazarus APT group exploited a zero-day vulerability in early June 2024 against unspecified targetsNot availableUnknown
01.01.2024North Korean hackers target South Korean defense contractor on 8 August 2024Korea, Republic ofUnknown
21.02.2024North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Kimsuky exploited vulnerabilities to gain access to ScreenConnect customer systems since at least 21 February 2024Not availableKimsuky/Velvet Chollima/STOLEN PENCIL/Emerald Sleet fka THALLIUM/Black Banshee/G0094
2024Operation “DEEP#GOSU”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2024-06-27Kimsuky Deploys TRANSLATEXT Chrome Extension |ThreatLabz
2024-03Attack Activities by Kimsuky Targeting Japanese OrganizationsKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2024-05North Korean Hackers Exploit Facebook Messenger in Targeted Malware CampaignKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2024-07APT Group Kimsuky Targets University ResearchersKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2024-09North Korea Hackers Linked to Breach of German Missile ManufacturerKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2024-05The Crypto Game of Lazarus APT: Investors vs. Zero-daysLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2024-09-10T05:00:00.000ZFake recruiter coding tests target devs with malicious Python packages (VMConnect)Lazarus Group
2024-09Kimsuky-linked hackers use similar tactics to attack Russia and South Korea, researchers sayReaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2024-08-29T19:31:00+00:00North Korea Still Attacking Developers via npmgroups aligned with North Korean objectives
2024-04Operation “DEV#POPPER”[Unnamed groups: North Korea]
July 25, 2024RGB 3rd Bureau (Andariel) global espionage against defense, aerospace, nuclear, engineeringAndariel, Onyx Sleet (formerly PLUTONIUM), DarkSeoul, Silent Chollima, and Stonefly/Clasiopa (RGB 3rd Bureau)
28/02/2024Organizations in JapanJPLazarus
(published February 28, 2024)Lazarus malicious npm package containing Comebacker (case reported by Phylum)Lazarus (as considered by JPCERT/CC)
2024-09-18T14:00:59Gleaming Pisces Poisoned Python Packages Campaign Delivers PondRAT Linux and macOS Backdoors
21/08/2024Undisclosed organization(s)UnknownUAT-5394 linked to Kimsuky
03/01/2024Multiple organizations within the cryptocurrency and the blockchain industries>1TA444 (a.k.a. Sapphire Sleet, BLUENOROFF, STARDUST CHOLLIMA)
23/07/2024KnowBe4USThreat actors from North Korea
2024-09-26T03:00:51Unraveling Sparkling Pisces’s Tool Set: KLogEXE and FPSpy
2024-12-19T10:00:55Lazarus group evolves its infection chain with old and new malware
25/12/2024Multiple Organizations>1?
September 16 2024Jamf Threat Labs observes targeted attacks amid FBI warningsDPRK
2024Social engineering (fake employment/investment offers) against DeFi and cryptocurrency firmsNorth Korean state-sponsored actors
02/05/2024Multiple organizations>1APT43 (a.k.a. Kimsuky, Emerald Sleet, Velvet Chollima, and Black Banshee)
1 October 2024North Korean IT workers offering remote services to companies worldwideNorth Korean intelligence services; IT workers
2024-01-22T13:55:47.000ZScarCruft | Attackers Gather Strategic Intelligence and Target Cybersecurity Professionals | SentinelOne
2024-02-14북한 해커, 대통령실 행정관의 네이버 메일을 어떻게 해킹했나
14/02/2024Individuals in South KoreaKRGyeongheung
19/02/2024Undisclosed research center for maritime and shipping technologiesN/AThreat actor from North Korea
19/02/2024Organization in the defense sectorN/ALazarus
21/02/2024Russian Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID)RUKonni (a.k.a. Opal Sleet, Osmium, or TA406)
2024-02-28Microsoft Windows의 보안 업데이트 권고 (CVE-2024-21338)Lazarus
2024-03-04北 , 국내 반도체 기업 해킹으로 설계도면과 현장사진 훔쳐갔다
21/03/2024Multiple organizationsN/AKimsuky a.k.a. Black Banshee,Thallium
07/04/2024Multiple organizations>1Vedalia (a.k.a. Konni)
April 16, 2024TA427 benign-conversation phishing of foreign policy experts with DMARC abuse (since 2023)US; Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea)TA427 (Emerald Sleet, APT43, THALLIUM, Kimsuky)
18/04/2024Individuals in the Asian region>1Lazarus
22/04/2024Multiple organizations in South KoreaKRTA427, a.k.a. Emerald Sleet, APT43, THALLIUM or Kimsuky.
2024-04-23국내 방산업체 83곳 공격, 10여곳 해킹 [기사: 라자루스·안다리엘·김수키까지 北 해커조직 총동원... 국내 방산업체 83곳 공격해 10여곳 해킹]라자루스; 안다리엘; 김수키
09/05/2024Two South Korean cryptocurrency firmsKRKimsuky
16 May 2024Springtail: New Linux Backdoor Added to Toolkit
2024-05-16Dora RAT을 이용한 국내 기업 대상 APT 공격 사례 분석 (Andariel 그룹)Andariel; Kimsuky; Lazarus
28/05/2024Multiple organizations>1Moonstone Sleet (previously tracked as Storm-1789)
12/06/2024Cryptocurrency professionals in BrazilBRPUKCHONG a.k.a. UNC4899)
12/06/2024Aerospace firms in BrazilBRPAEKTUSAN
12/06/2024Diplomats in BrazilBRPRONTO
June 13, 2024A New North Korean Group Emerges, Disrupting the Open-Source Ecosystem (Moonstone Sleet npm packages)Moonstone Sleet; Jade Sleet
2024-06-24국내 기업 대상 공격에 사용 중인 Xctdoor 악성코드 (Andariel)Andariel; Kimsuky; Lazarus
2024-06-26Kimsuky 그룹의 신규 백도어 등장 (HappyDoor)Kimsuky
15/07/2024Job seekers in multiple countries>1Threat actors from North Korea
25/07/2024Organizations in the healthcare, energy and financial sectors>1APT45 a.k.a. Andariel, Onyx Sleet, Stonefly, and Silent Chollima
31/07/2024Multiple organizations across South Korea, North America, Europe, and the Middle EastKR >1Threat actors from North Korea
2024-07-31T00:00:00ZStressed Pungsan: DPRK-aligned threat actor leverages npm for initial accessStressed Pungsan; MOONSTONE SLEET
05/08/2024Construction and machinery companies in South KoreaKRKimsuky (APT43) and Andariel (APT45)
13/08/2024Crypto investors>1Lazarus
16/08/2024Blockchain engineers>1BlueNoroff
2024-08-20T05:00Z (datePublished)FAMOUS CHOLLIMA insider IT worker infiltration of U.S. technology companies (2024 Threat Hunting Report)U.S.FAMOUS CHOLLIMA
03/09/2024Organizations in the cryptocurrency sector>1Threat actors from North Korea
2024-09-04T06:52:35+00:00APT Lazarus: Eager Crypto Beavers, Video calls and Games | Group-IB Blog
09/09/2024Several unnamed South Korean enterprises, including a tax law firm.RUKonni (linked to the North Korean state-sponsored group Kimsuky)
2024-09-17 (datePublished)UNC2970 trojanized SumatraPDF job lures (MISTPEN via BURNBOOK) against energy and aerospaceU.S.UNC2970
2024-09-19강연의뢰서로 위장한 Kimsuky 그룹 악성코드(MSC, HWP)Kimsuky
2024-10-09T03:00:54Contagious Interview: DPRK Threat Actors Lure Tech Industry Job Seekers to Install New Variants of BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret Malware
13/10/2024Organizations in the financial space>1Threat actors from North Korea (Hidden Cobra)
May 2024“Operation Code on Toast”: IE zero-day via pop-up “toast ads” against ROK national security officials and DPRK-related NGOs (RokRAT)Republic of KoreaAPT37
16/10/2024Undisclosed organizationUnknownThreat actor from North Korea
17/10/2024Multiple organizations in the cryptocurrency sector>1Lazarus
2024-10-24T00:00:00ZTenacious Pungsan: A DPRK threat actor linked to Contagious InterviewUSTenacious Pungsan
04/11/2024Multiple organizations>1Threat actors from North Korea
2024-11-07T10:55:47.000ZBlueNoroff Hidden Risk | Threat Actor Targets Macs with Fake Crypto News and Novel Persistence | SentinelOne
12/11/2024Multiple organizations>1Threat actors from North Korea
2024-11-13T05:55:12+00:00Stealthy Attributes of APT Lazarus | Group-IB Blog
2024-11-14T15:00:12Fake North Korean IT Worker Linked to BeaverTail Video Conference App Phishing Attack
2024-11-21T10:55:47.000ZDPRK IT Workers | A Network of Active Front Companies and Their Links to China | SentinelOne
2024-11-22T11:00:00+00:00 (published_time)Sapphire Sleet cryptocurrency theft (fake venture capitalist / recruiter schemes)Sapphire Sleet
22/11/2024Aerospace and defense companies>1Ruby Sleet
25/11/2024Multiple organizations in China and RussiaCN RUThreat actors from North Korea
2024-12-02위협 행위자 김수키의 이메일 피싱 캠페인 분석Kimsuky; 김수키
2026-04Drift ProtocolAustraliaUNC4736
2025-02BybitUnited Arab EmiratesLazarus
2025-01PhemexSingapore
2025-02Operation “DEEP#DRIVE”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2025-01Operation “99”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2025-01Operation “Phantom Circuit”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2025-01Operation “Marstech Mayhem”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
In recent months (as of 2025-01-23)IT workers extorting employers with stolen data and codeUnited StatesNorth Korean IT workers
From around December 2025 through July 2026WaterPlum / Contagious Interview fake job-interview malware campaign (30,000 PCs, 100+ countries)WaterPlum ("Contagious Interview")
As of 2025Kimsuky "quishing" (malicious QR code) spearphishing against think tanks, academia, governmentsKimsuky
2025-01-23Andariel 공격 그룹이 활용하는 RID Hijacking 공격 기법Andariel
2025-01-28T00:00:00.000ZSuspected DPRK Campaign Persists with SparkRAT Activity (in "Unmasking SparkRAT")South Korea (server hosted in Seoul)suspected DPRK
2025-02-03T20:13:32.000ZmacOS FlexibleFerret | Further Variants of DPRK Malware Family Unearthed | SentinelOne
2025-02-04RDP Wrapper를 활용한 Kimsuky 그룹의 지속적인 위협Kimsuky
2025-02-03K 메신저로 유포된 'APT37' 그룹의 악성 HWP 사례 분석APT37
05/02/2025Multiple Organizations>1Lazarus Group
11/02/2025Individuals that work in international affairs organizations, NGOs, government agencies, and media companies across North America, South America, Europe, and East Asia.>1Kimsuky (aka Emerald Sleet or Velvet Chollima
February 13, 2025PurpleBravo (Contagious Interview) targeting of cryptocurrency entities (October-November 2024)United Arab EmiratesPurpleBravo (formerly TAG-120)
19/02/2025It Workers at Western Companies>1North Korea's cyber-espionage campaign, "Contagious Interview."
2025/02/20DeceptiveDevelopment targets freelance developers
2026-09BitgetSeychellesTrader Traitor
2026-08arrayrefSapphire Sleet
2026-06MastraUnited StatesSapphire Sleet
2026-04KelpDAO / LayerZeroIndiaTrader Traitor
2026-03AxiosBluenoroff
2026-03BitrefillSwedenBluenoroff
24 Feb 2026North Korean Lazarus Group Now Working With Medusa Ransomware
2026-01-22KONNI Adopts AI to Generate PowerShell Backdoors
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
January 20 2026Threat Actors Expand Abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Codethreat actor operating on behalf of North Korea (DPRK)
January 21, 2026PurpleBravo weaponized coding tests and likely victims across the IT software supply chain (August 2024 to September 2025)Belgium, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Romania, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and VietnamPurpleBravo
2026-02-09 (datePublished)UNC1069 intrusion at a FinTech entity using compromised Telegram account, fake Zoom meeting and deepfakeUNC1069
2026-02-11T16:00:00.000Zgraphalgo fake recruiter campaign targets crypto developers with RATLazarus Group
12/02/2026Multiple organizationsGlobalThreat actors from China (APT31, Temp.HEX), Iran (APT42), North Korea (UNC2970), and Russia
2026-02-26APT37 Ruby Jumper: Air-Gap Attack via Removable Media
2026-02-27T14:18:40.511ZStegaBin: 26 Malicious npm Packages Use Pastebin Steganography to Deploy Multi-Stage Credential Stealer
Cloud Threat Horizons Report H1 2026 (no exact date on page)UNC4899 Kubernetes compromise and cryptocurrency theft from a cryptocurrency organization (2025)UNC4899
2026-03-15Konni 그룹의 스피어피싱·카카오톡 연계 위협 캠페인 분석KONNI; Konni; 코니
17/03/2026Developers and professionals involved in blockchain-related projects.GlobalWaterPlum (part of the Contagious Interview Campaign from North Korea)
25/03/2026Undisclosed organizations in the retail industryUnknownNorth Korean APT groups (overlapping with "Contagious Interview")
2026-04-02T13:00:00.000ZDPRK-Related Campaigns with LNK and GitHub C2 | FortiGuard Labs
03/04/2026Node.js ecosystem maintainers (Socket CEO, Platformatic CTO, Dotenv creator, Node.js Security WG, and others)GlobalUNC1069 (North Korean state-linked)
2026-04-07T21:36:45.870ZNorth Korea’s Contagious Interview Campaign Spreads Across 5 Ecosystems, Delivering Staged RAT Payloads
2026-04-12APT37의 프리텍스팅 기반 표적 침투: 페이스북 정찰과 소프트웨어 변조 공격 분석APT37
16/04/2026Professionals and organizations in the cryptocurrency, venture capital, and blockchain sectorsGlobalSapphire Sleet (a.k.a. BlueNoroff, APT38, Stardust Chollima)
21/04/2026High-level fintech and cryptocurrency executives and developers using macOSGlobalLazarus Group (aliases: Hidden Cobra, APT38, Zinc, Labyrinth Chollima)
2026-04-21Void Dokkaebi Uses Fake Job Interview Lure to Spread Malware via Code Repositories
22/04/2026Web developers 26,584 cryptocurrency wallets on 2,726 infected systemsGlobalFamous Chollima (a.k.a. HexagonalRodent)
2026-04-27T11:59:23+00:00BlueNoroff Uses ClickFix, Fileless PowerShell, and AI-Generated Fake Zoom Meetings to Target Web3 SectorNorth AmericaBlueNoroff (subgroup of Lazarus Group)
29/04/2026Software developers (npm ecosystem) Organizations hiring remote developersGlobalFamous Chollima (linked to Contagious Interview)
2026-05-05Korean-speaking users via sqgame[.]net (China-based game platform)KR,CNAPT37 (a.k.a. ScarCruft, Ricochet Chollima)
2026-05-27South Korean military and corporate entitiesKRKimsuky (aka Velvet Chollima, North Korea)
June 08, 2026UNK_DeadDrop developer-recruitment phishing against close to 100 organizations (April-May 2026)UNK_DeadDrop (very likely North Korea-aligned)
2026-06-11Financial services firms and cryptocurrency exchanges (APAC/Oceania, 78+ organizations)MultipleNorth Korea-linked / China-linked threat groups (multiple)
2026-06-14MS 사칭 피싱과 Dead-drop C2 기반 APT37 NarwhalRAT 분석APT37
2026-06-23T21:59:42.000ZmacOS.Gaslight | Rust Backdoor Turns Prompt Injection on the Analyst, Not the Sandbox | SentinelOne
2026-06-24Software developers using npm (html-to-gutenberg, fetch-page-assets) and 16 hijacked Go packagesMultipleUnknown (linked to North Korea "Fake Font" / Contagious Interview)
2026-06-30JavaScript build ecosystem / Developers"GlobalLazarus Group
2026-07-20South Korean groupware software vendors and their SaaS customersKRKimsuky (APT43)
2026-07-21Cryptocurrency and Web3 professionalsMultipleFamous Chollima
2026-07-3072 South Korean organizations across financial, healthcare, and other sectors (via 15 compromised watering-hole websites)KRUnattributed state-sponsored group (possible Lazarus links, unconfirmed)
2026-08-10T16:02:45.000ZSix npm Packages Use Ethereum Transactions to Retrieve Malicious Payloads (NullReceiver / Contagious Interview)DPRK-linked Contagious Interview campaign; Lazarus APT group
2026-08-10Government and critical-infrastructure organizations worldwideUS, KRGunra (Golden Community)
01/09/2026Western companies in healthcare, IT, sales, and marketingAU, MULTIPLEFAMOUS CHOLLIMA
04/09/2026Two South Korean organizations (automotive and media sectors)KRAPT37 (North Korea; medium confidence)
20/09/2026npm package @dforge-core/dforge-mcp (versions 0.2.20/0.2.21); 65+ public GitHub repositories, 73 infected files, 22 accountsUNKNOWNUnknown (possible unconfirmed link to PolinRider/North Korea)
2026-09-18T17:00:16.000ZDon’t Call Us, We’ll Call Your APIs | TraderTraitor Backdoors Resurface on Victim With No Crypto Ties | SentinelOne
01/01/1970Targets in the USUSHidden Cobra (AKA Lazarus Group)
01/01/1970North KoreaKRChina
01/01/1970US and western financial institutions>1Hidden Cobra
01/01/1970Targets in Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea>1CIA
01/01/1970Unnamed organization in the cryptocurrency verticalN/AHIDDEN COBRA AKA The Lazarus Group AKA APT38