HACKING ACTIVITY OF SECTORA GROUP IN 2021
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Hacking activity of SectorA Group in 2021
North Korea government supported hacking group SectorA
SectorA is a hacking group supported by North Korean government, in which 7 subgroups have been identified as of now. They collect political and diplomatic information regarding South Korea or carry out hacking activities with the purpose of securing other currencies.
They make use of various hacking strategies such as spear phishing attack with malicious documents attached, watering hole attack by hacking websites often visited by workers of the targeted organization and disseminating malwares, taking advantage of vulnerabilities of IT tools exposed outside of the targeting organization and phishing email attacks to steal user verification information of the targeted users.
They show an increase in frequency of using HWP file format, a type of file often used in public institutions in South Korea, or Microsoft Word document format malwares for their attacks, along with self-created malwares or tools released online.
Their …
North Korea government supported hacking group SectorA
SectorA is a hacking group supported by North Korean government, in which 7 subgroups have been identified as of now. They collect political and diplomatic information regarding South Korea or carry out hacking activities with the purpose of securing other currencies.
They make use of various hacking strategies such as spear phishing attack with malicious documents attached, watering hole attack by hacking websites often visited by workers of the targeted organization and disseminating malwares, taking advantage of vulnerabilities of IT tools exposed outside of the targeting organization and phishing email attacks to steal user verification information of the targeted users.
They show an increase in frequency of using HWP file format, a type of file often used in public institutions in South Korea, or Microsoft Word document format malwares for their attacks, along with self-created malwares or tools released online.
Their …