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North Korean Hackers Leveraging Academic Forum Invitation & Dropbox to Deliver Malware

North Korean Hackers Leveraging Academic Forum Invitation & Dropbox to Deliver Malware

North Korean state-sponsored hacker group APT37 has conducted a spear phishing campaign targeted at North Korean activists. Disguised as academic invitations from a South Korean think-tank, the emails contain Dropbox links that direct victims to download malware-infected compressed archives. Genians Security Center analyzed this sophisticated cyber attack, dubbed “Operation: ToyBox Story.” The ongoing use of Airbnb for command and control infrastructure is making differentiation between malicious and legitimate traffic increasingly difficult.

Source: cybersecuritynews.com –

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