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ThaiCERT Threat Group Cards (165)

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
2007Operation “Flame”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2009-077.7 DDoSUnited States, 🇰🇷 Korea, Republic of
2011-033.4 DDoSKorea, Republic of, 🇺🇸 United States
2023-05North Korea Using Social Engineering to Enable Hacking of Think Tanks, Academia, and MediaKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2012Spying on South Korean users.Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2013-066.25 Cyber TerrorKorea, Republic ofLazarus
2013-033.20 Cyber TerrorKorea, Republic ofWHOis Team
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
2013-05South Korean Financial Companies Targeted by CastovLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2014-12Sony Pictures EntertainmentUnited StatesLazarus
2014-12Korea Hydro and Nuclear PowerKorea, Republic ofKimsuky
2016Operation “Erebus”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2016-03Operation “Daybreak”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2016-08Operation “Golden Time”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2016-11Operation “Evil New Year”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2017-05WannaCry RansomwareZZZ, 🇷🇺 Russian Federation, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇫🇷 France, 🇰🇷 Korea, Republic of, 🇮🇳 India, 🇨🇳 China, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇺🇸 United StatesLazarus
2017-08The Blockbuster Saga ContinuesLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
01.09.2017North Korean Lazarus group conducts Operation Sharpshooter against organziations in global defense and critical infrastructure since September 2017United States;United States;United States;United StatesLazarus 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)
2017 LateSeveral financial sector and a casino breaches using KillDisk wiping malware in Latin America and USA.Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2017/2018Cryptocurrency attacks on South Korean exchanges.Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2017-03Operation “Are You Happy?”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2017-05Operation “FreeMilk”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2017-11Operation “North Korean Human Right”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2017-12Operation “Fractured Block”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2019-09Indian Financial InstituteIndiaLazarus
December 2018CSIS entry 779
2018-04Operation “GhostSecret”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
March 2018CSIS entry 867
2018-04The first artefacts we found relating to MATA were used around April 2018. After that, the actor behind this advanced malware framework used it aggressively to infiltrate corporate entities around the world.Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2018-03Operation “Baby Coin”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2018-10Operation “Mystery Baby”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2/1/2019Babyshark - USUS / N Korea
2018-01F-Secure’s investigation revealed that a system administrator from the target organization received a phishing document via their personal LinkedIn account. The document masqueraded as a legitimate job advert for a role in a blockchain technology company that matched the employee’s skills.Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2018-08Operation “AppleJeus”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2018-07Operation “CryptoCore”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2018-11More Attacks on Cryptocurrency BusinessesLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2018-01Operation “Evil New Year 2018”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2018-03Operation “Battle Cruiser”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2018-04Operation “Star Cruiser”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2018-05Operation “Onezero”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2018-08Operation “Rocket Man”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2018-11Operation “Korean Sword”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2019-10Kudankulam Nuclear Power PlantIndiaLazarus
21/08/2019North Korea?>1?
2019-03-27라자루스(Lazarus) 그룹, 이스라엘 군수업체 대상 APT 역습Lazarus; 라자루스
01.09.2019Operation In(ter)ceptionEurope (region);Middle East (region)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)
01.07.2019Fractured StatueUnited StatesTA406/Konni Group/Opal Sleet fka OSMIUM < Kimsuky
October 2019AppleJeus Version 2: JMT Trading (trojanized cryptocurrency application)HIDDEN COBRA
2019-01Operation “Kabar Cobra”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2019-04Operation “Stealth Power”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2019-04Operation “Smoke Screen”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2019-07Operation “Red Salt”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
August 2019Targeting of retired South Korean diplomats, government and military officialsKimsuky
2019-05Hackers associated with the APT Lazarus/HIDDEN COBRA group were found to be breaking into online stores of large US retailers and planting payment skimmers as early as May 2019.Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2019-09Lazarus Group’s MATA Framework Leveraged to Deploy TFlower RansomwareLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2019-01Operation “Holiday Wiper”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2019-03Operation “Golden Bird”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2019-03Operation “High Expert”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2019-04Operation “Black Banner”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2019-09Operation “Dragon messenger”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2020/11/16Lazarus supply-chain attack in South Korea
2020-07VHD RansomwareZZZLazarus
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
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
August 13, 2020Operation ‘Dream Job’ Widespread North Korean Espionage Campaign
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
Jul 29, 2020Operation (North Star) North Star: A Job Offer That's Too Good to be True?Hidden Cobra
2020-03Operation “Spy Cloud”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2021-06Seoul National University HospitalKorea, Republic of
2021-06Korea Atomic Energy Research InstituteKorea, Republic of
January 2022CSIS entry 396
01.10.2021North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Lazarus gained access to the corporate network of an aerospace company in the Netherlands in October 2021NetherlandsLazarus 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)
2021-03ScarCruft surveilling North Korean defectors and human rights activistsReaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2021-08-19T17:00:00+00:00New variant of Konni malware used in campaign targeting RussiaRussiaAPT37 (Konni, potentially linked)
2021-11-10T22:11:00.000ZNorth Korean attackers use malicious blogs to deliver malware to high-profile South Korean targets
2021-03Lazarus Attack Activities Targeting Japan (VSingle/ValeforBeta)Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2021-06APT actor Lazarus attacks defense industry, develops supply chain attack capabilitiesLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
10/11/2021Security Researchers worldwide>1Lazarus Group AKA HIDDEN COBRA
2021-04North Korean APT InkySquid Infects Victims Using Browser ExploitsReaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2024-04Defense ContractorsKorea, Republic of
2023-033CXUnited StatesUNC4736
2022-06Harmony BridgeUnited States
2022-03Axie InfinityViet Nam
August 2023CSIS entry 201
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
01.01.2022North Korean state-sponsored hacking group 'Lazarus' gained access to network of unspecified Spanish aerospace company beginning in 2022SpainLazarus 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)
01.06.2022North Korean state-sponsored hacking group UNC2970 targeted US and European media and technology companies since at least June 2022Europe (region);Europe (region);United States;United StatesTEMP.Hermit/ UNC577 < 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, Lab 110)
01.05.2022North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus gained access to the network of a financial organisation in May 2022Not 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)
between May and November 2022“No Pineapple” campaign (Zimbra exploitation; 100 GB stolen)Lazarus Group
19 May 2022Lazarus Group Exploiting Log4Shell Vulnerability (NukeSped) - ASEC BLOG (ahnlab.com)Lazarus Group
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)
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)
2022-04Operation “Covert Stalker”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2022-01North Korea’s Lazarus APT leverages Windows Update client, GitHub in latest campaignLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2022-02Operation “LolZarus”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2022 EarlyTracing State-Aligned Activity Targeting Journalists, MediaLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2022-06₿uyer ₿eware: Fake Cryptocurrency Applications Serving as Front for AppleJeus MalwareLazarus 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 LateNorth Korean hackers linked to defense sector supply-chain attackLazarus 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 LateEarth Kitsune Delivers New WhiskerSpy Backdoor via Watering Hole AttackOperation Earth Kitsune
2023-11CyberLinkTaiwanDiamond Sleet
2023-09CoinExUnited StatesLazarus
2023-09Stake.comAustraliaLazarus
2023-07AlphapoSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesLazarus
2023-07CoinsPaidEstoniaLazarus
2023-06JumpCloudUnited StatesUNC4899
2023-06Atomic WalletEstoniaLazarus
August 2023CSIS entry 190
2023-11Kimsuky Targets South Korean Research Institutes with Fake Import DeclarationKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
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
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)
2023-03North Korean APT group ‘Kimsuky’ targeting experts with new spearphishing campaignKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2023-05Kimsuky Group Using Meterpreter to Attack Web ServersKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2023-05Kimsuky Group’s Phishing Attacks Targetting North Korea-Related PersonnelKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2023-11SmallTiger Malware Used in Attacks Against South Korean Businesses (Kimsuky and Andariel)Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2023-06Lazarus Threat Group Exploiting Vulnerability of Korean Finance Security SolutionLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
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)
2023-10Operation “Dream Magic”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2023-10Elastic catches DPRK passing out KANDYKORNLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
2023-04ITG10 Likely Targeting South Korean Entities of Interest to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2023-07Operation “STARK#MULE”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2023-12ScarCruft | Attackers Gather Strategic Intelligence and Target Cybersecurity ProfessionalsReaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft
2024-10Radiant CapitalHong KongCitrine Sleet
2024-05DMMJapan
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
01.06.2024The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group UNC2970 gained access to a multinational energy company in June 2024Not availableUnknown
19.08.2024North Korean Hacker Group Citrine Sleet Exploits Chromium Zero-Day Vulnerability on 19 August 2024United StatesUnknown
01.01.2024North Korean hackers target South Korean defense contractor on 8 August 2024Korea, Republic ofUnknown
2024Operation “DEEP#GOSU”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2024-01North Korean hackers exploit VPN update flaw to install malwareKimsuky, 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
2024-09North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Use Russian Email Addresses for Credential Theft AttacksKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2024-02Slow Pisces Targets Developers With Coding Challenges and Introduces New Customized Python MalwareLazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth 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
2024-11Operation “SyncHole”Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
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]
2025-05BitoProTaiwanLazarus
2025-02BybitUnited Arab EmiratesLazarus
2025-02Operation “DEEP#DRIVE”Kimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2025-02Phishing Email Attacks by the Larva-24005 Group Targeting JapanKimsuky, 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
2025-03Operation “ToyBox Story”Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft