Inside North Korea's Global Cyber Playbook
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Comic Sans and Cybercrime: Inside North Koreaâs Global Cyber Playbook
Hello to all our Cyber Pals! In this episode of Discarded, host Selena Larson and co-host Sara Sobotka are joined by Saher Naumaan and Greg Lesnewich, teammates on the espionage threat research team at Proofpoint to unravel the multifacetedâand often bizarreâworld of North Korean cyber operations.
The team explores:
- What sets DPRKâs threat actors apart from other nation-state groups
- A closer look at North Koreaâs cyber and physical support for Russia in Ukraine
- How cyber activity plays a central role in North Koreaâs national strategyânot just a supporting one
- The phishing-heavy tactics of groups like TA427 (âOld Reliableâ) and the emergence of oddball clusters like âContagious Interviewâ and âUNK RageQuitâ
- How North Korean actors blur the lines between espionage and financially motivated cybercrime
- The murky world of North Korean IT workers infiltrating global tech companies under false identitiesâraising critical questions about workplace …
Hello to all our Cyber Pals! In this episode of Discarded, host Selena Larson and co-host Sara Sobotka are joined by Saher Naumaan and Greg Lesnewich, teammates on the espionage threat research team at Proofpoint to unravel the multifacetedâand often bizarreâworld of North Korean cyber operations.
The team explores:
- What sets DPRKâs threat actors apart from other nation-state groups
- A closer look at North Koreaâs cyber and physical support for Russia in Ukraine
- How cyber activity plays a central role in North Koreaâs national strategyânot just a supporting one
- The phishing-heavy tactics of groups like TA427 (âOld Reliableâ) and the emergence of oddball clusters like âContagious Interviewâ and âUNK RageQuitâ
- How North Korean actors blur the lines between espionage and financially motivated cybercrime
- The murky world of North Korean IT workers infiltrating global tech companies under false identitiesâraising critical questions about workplace …