Sony hack

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2017
A new report links North Korea to the Lazarus APT Group

Moscow-based threat intelligence firm Group-IB published a report that details evidence linking the Lazarus APT Group to North Korea. Researchers at security firm Group-IB released a report that links the notorious Lazarus APT to North Korea. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2015
Damballa revealed the secrets behind the Destover malware that infected the Sony Pictures

Security researchers at Damballa Willis McDonald and Loucif Kharouni have conducted a deep analysis of the Destover malware used in the Sony Pictures attack. Security researchers at Damballa Willis McDonald and Loucif Kharouni have conducted a deep analysis of the wiper used by threat actors in the Sony Pictures hack. The experts discovered that attackers used a highly sophisticated disk-cleaning […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2015
High-profile defector warns of North Korea cyber capabilities

A High-profile defector warns of that North Korea’s cyber army has the capability to run cyber attacks that could cause loss of human lives. Digital life and real existence increasingly overlap, cyber weapons are proof of that a threat originating from cyberspace can cause real and tangible damage as the loss of human lives. The BBC published […]