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UN Panel of Experts S/2023/656 (30)

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
October 2019 - March 2022‘DeathNote’ campaign (also referred to as ‘Operation Dream Job’)Lazarus Group
2021-06Seoul National University HospitalKorea, Republic of
between May and November 2022“No Pineapple” campaign (Zimbra exploitation; 100 GB stolen)Lazarus Group
late December 2022TA444 credential-harvesting phishing (“SendGrid URL”)multiple Member StatesTA444 (“overlaps with BlueNoroff”)
2023-06JumpCloudUnited StatesUNC4899
2023-06Atomic WalletEstoniaLazarus
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
2023-05Kimsuky Group Using Meterpreter to Attack Web ServersKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2023-05Kimsuky Group’s Phishing Attacks Targetting North Korea-Related PersonnelKimsuky, Velvet Chollima
2023-05-04T13:55:19.000ZKimsuky Evolves Reconnaissance Capabilities in New Global Campaign | SentinelOne
2023-03-30T11:37:54+00:00 (published_time)3CX Desktop App supply chain compromise (ICONIC)UTA0040, later attributed to Lazarus
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)
2023-03-30금융보안인증 프로그램(이니세이프) 취약점 악용 해킹 [기사: 국정원, 보안인증 프로그램 취약점 활용한 북 해킹 포착]북한
2023-02-03정상 문서로 위장한 악성코드(kimsuky)Kimsuky
2023-02-15Anti-Forensic Techniques Used By Lazarus GroupAPT38; Kimsuky; Lazarus
2023-03-08대북 관련 질문지를 위장한 CHM 악성코드 (Kimsuky)Kimsuky
2023-03-20사례비 지급 내용으로 위장한 OneNote 악성코드 (Kimsuky)Kimsuky
2023-03-23Kimsuky 그룹, 약력 양식 파일로 위장한 악성코드 유포 (GitHub)APT37; Kimsuky; ScarCruft
2023-03-24Kimsuky 그룹, ADS를 활용하여 악성코드 은폐Kimsuky
2023-06-16다양한 주제를 이용하여 CHM 악성코드를 유포 중인 KimsukyKimsuky
April 2023; June 2023 (updated version)RustBucket macOS malwareBlueNoroff
Disguised malicious attachments (Word macro, CHM, OneNote) leaking victim dataKimsuky
Fake webmail website of a DPRK-related research institute used for credential phishingKimsuky
Malware hidden with Alternate Data StreamKimsuky
ReconShark-related spear-phishing targeting emails of various United Nations personnelKimsuky
DPRK IT worker stole tokens from a cryptocurrency platform via vulnerabilities he wrote into its smart contractsa DPRK IT worker
DPRK IT worker developing smart contracts for cross-chain bridges while posing as a Western Hemisphere citizena DPRK IT worker