Profiling An Enigma: The Mystery Of North Korea's Cyber Threat Landscape
Contents
Companion report
HP Security Briefing
Episode 16, August 2014
Profiling an enigma: The
mystery of North Korea’s cyber
threat landscape
HP Security Research
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Research roadblocks ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Ideological and political context .................................................................................................................... 5
Juche and Songun...................................................................................................................................... 5
Tension and change on the Korean Peninsula .......................................................................................... 8
North Korean cyber capabilities and limitations ......................................................................................... 10
North Korean infrastructure.................................................................................................................... 10
An analysis of developments in North Korean cyberspace since 2010 .................................................. 14
North Korean cyber war and intelligence structure ................................................................................ 21
North Korean cyber and intelligence organizational chart ..................................................................... 26
North Korea’s cyber doctrine, strategies and goals ............................................................................... 26
Cyber warfare operations ........................................................................................................................ 27
Gaming for profit and pwnage ................................................................................................................ 29
Intelligence and counterintelligence ...................................................................................................... 29
Psychological operations ........................................................................................................................ 32
Electronic warfare ................................................................................................................................... 38
Training cyber warriors ........................................................................................................................... 39
Important political and military ties ............................................................................................................ 42
China ........................................................................................................................................................ 42
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HP Security Briefing
Episode 16, August 2014
Profiling an enigma: The
mystery of North Korea’s cyber
threat landscape
HP Security Research
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Research roadblocks ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Ideological and political context .................................................................................................................... 5
Juche and Songun...................................................................................................................................... 5
Tension and change on the Korean Peninsula .......................................................................................... 8
North Korean cyber capabilities and limitations ......................................................................................... 10
North Korean infrastructure.................................................................................................................... 10
An analysis of developments in North Korean cyberspace since 2010 .................................................. 14
North Korean cyber war and intelligence structure ................................................................................ 21
North Korean cyber and intelligence organizational chart ..................................................................... 26
North Korea’s cyber doctrine, strategies and goals ............................................................................... 26
Cyber warfare operations ........................................................................................................................ 27
Gaming for profit and pwnage ................................................................................................................ 29
Intelligence and counterintelligence ...................................................................................................... 29
Psychological operations ........................................................................................................................ 32
Electronic warfare ................................................................................................................................... 38
Training cyber warriors ........................................................................................................................... 39
Important political and military ties ............................................................................................................ 42
China ........................................................................................................................................................ 42
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products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such …