North Korea's Safari: Poaching for Armadillos
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Poaching is bad, let’s start by stating that. But you know what’s worse? Developing malware for a dictatorship.
Of all the fates in the grand scheme of things, you drew the worst one possible: a modern slave trapped in a never-ending loop of defrauding ordinary people, companies, and even yourself. Because at the end of the day, I doubt your inner child ever yearned to become some wacko’s personal vibe coder.
On top of that, a group of weirdos hunts you like day hunts night. And once again, dawn has caught you outside your burrow.
This is the story of how we discovered (and named) POWerful Armadillo, a new DPRK malware.
Thanks to our loyal sponsor, Famous Chollima, for sharing their samples with us.
Armadillos & Quetzals
We’re used to seeing these muppets try every trick in the book, and write most of the new ones that end up in it. They may not be the …
Of all the fates in the grand scheme of things, you drew the worst one possible: a modern slave trapped in a never-ending loop of defrauding ordinary people, companies, and even yourself. Because at the end of the day, I doubt your inner child ever yearned to become some wacko’s personal vibe coder.
On top of that, a group of weirdos hunts you like day hunts night. And once again, dawn has caught you outside your burrow.
This is the story of how we discovered (and named) POWerful Armadillo, a new DPRK malware.
Thanks to our loyal sponsor, Famous Chollima, for sharing their samples with us.
Armadillos & Quetzals
We’re used to seeing these muppets try every trick in the book, and write most of the new ones that end up in it. They may not be the …