MONTHLY THREAT ACTOR GROUPS INTELLIGENCE REPORT, DECEMBER 2018
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Monthly Threat Actor Groups Intelligence Report, December 2018
This is a summary of activity of suspected state sponsored Threat Actor Groups analyzed by the Threat Recon Team, based on data and information collected from November 21 to December 20, 2018.
1. SectorA Activity Features
A total of four hacking groups were found to be active within SectorA.
Among this detected activity, SectorA05 activity was relatively more intense than others and all SectorA05 activity was highly related to political hacking aimed at South Korea.
There are two main purposes of hacking by SectorA for the month, which can be distinguished by activity aimed at Korea and activity aimed at other countries.
The first is hacking activity targeting financial institutions overseas, and virtual currency exchanges and individual traders in South Korea. This is used to overcome financial and economic sanctions that are currently ongoing against SectorA. The second is hacking activity related to the more traditional espionage aimed …
This is a summary of activity of suspected state sponsored Threat Actor Groups analyzed by the Threat Recon Team, based on data and information collected from November 21 to December 20, 2018.
1. SectorA Activity Features
A total of four hacking groups were found to be active within SectorA.
Among this detected activity, SectorA05 activity was relatively more intense than others and all SectorA05 activity was highly related to political hacking aimed at South Korea.
There are two main purposes of hacking by SectorA for the month, which can be distinguished by activity aimed at Korea and activity aimed at other countries.
The first is hacking activity targeting financial institutions overseas, and virtual currency exchanges and individual traders in South Korea. This is used to overcome financial and economic sanctions that are currently ongoing against SectorA. The second is hacking activity related to the more traditional espionage aimed …