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Huntress blog (9)

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
2022-03-01T00:00:00.000ZTargeted APT Activity: BABYSHARK Is Out for BloodDPRK state-sponsored threat actor
2023-03-30T11:37:54+00:00 (published_time)3CX Desktop App supply chain compromise (ICONIC)UTA0040, later attributed to Lazarus
2025-06-18T05:00:00.000ZInside the BlueNoroff Web3 macOS Intrusion Analysis (Feeling Blue(Noroff))TA444 aka BlueNoroff, Sapphire Sleet, COPERNICIUM, STARDUST CHOLLIMA, CageyChameleon
2025-06-30T05:00:00.000ZFake IT worker deepfake scams linked to North Korea, incl. Kraken targeted (in Tradecraft Tuesday recap "AI: Friend or Faux")threat actors linked to North Korea
2025-09-18T05:00:00.000ZNorth Korean IT worker schemes (in "How Malicious Hackers Try to Infiltrate Your IT Team")China; Russia (where operatives often work from); US (identities)North Korean IT workers
2026-03AxiosBluenoroff
2026-03-17T14:00:00.000ZITDR incident linked to North Korean cybercrime syndicates (in "Huntress Expands Into Proactive Security Posture Management")North Korean cybercrime syndicates (overlapping activity)
2026-05-20T13:00:00.000ZMoonstone Sleet as a Qilin ransomware affiliate (in "Inside the RaaS Ecosystem")Moonstone Sleet
2026-05-21T07:00:00.000ZWorkstation in The Gentlemen ransomware intrusion identified as Lazarus infrastructure (in "The Gentleman Ransomware | Defense Evasion TTPs Uncovered")Lazarus (per Red Asgard)