DPRK Cyber Actors: Pyongyang’s Favorite Fundraisers
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DPRK Cyber Actors: Pyongyang’s Favorite Fundraisers
At a recent threat intelligence conference, a briefer asked the audience to briefly describe the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s cyber program. I heard the words “dangerously erratic”, “developing”, “destructive”, “aggressive”, and my personal favorite “hilariously terrifying.” As a cyber threat intelligence (CTI) analyst, the DPRK has always been on my radar as an adversary, but I must admit that there was a time that I would dismiss it as a lower tier threat. Sure, they are part of the 4+1 model, but I always considered them the least dangerous and pervasive threat of the group. Well, time to eat those words.
The DPRK is occasionally covered in the media as a backwards country run by an unstable leader, rich material to be mined for jokes, Internet memes, and major motion pictures. The more accurate picture is a much darker, more desperate portrayal of life …
At a recent threat intelligence conference, a briefer asked the audience to briefly describe the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s cyber program. I heard the words “dangerously erratic”, “developing”, “destructive”, “aggressive”, and my personal favorite “hilariously terrifying.” As a cyber threat intelligence (CTI) analyst, the DPRK has always been on my radar as an adversary, but I must admit that there was a time that I would dismiss it as a lower tier threat. Sure, they are part of the 4+1 model, but I always considered them the least dangerous and pervasive threat of the group. Well, time to eat those words.
The DPRK is occasionally covered in the media as a backwards country run by an unstable leader, rich material to be mined for jokes, Internet memes, and major motion pictures. The more accurate picture is a much darker, more desperate portrayal of life …