Tero Keski-Valkama#NorthKorean #hackers target #SecurityResearchers with a new #backdoor | #ArsTechnica
"#ThreatActors connected to the North Korean government have been targeting #security #researchers in a hacking campaign that uses new techniques and #malware in hopes of gaining a foothold inside the companies the targets work for, researchers said.
Researchers from security firm #Mandiant said on Thursday that they first spotted the campaign last June while tracking a phishing campaign targeting a #US-based customer in the #technology industry. The hackers in this campaign attempted to infect targets with three new malware families, dubbed by Mandiant as #Touchmove, #Sideshow, and #Touchshift. The hackers in these attacks also demonstrated new capabilities to counter endpoint detection tools while operating inside targets’ #cloud environments."
