Cyber Spying Seems to be the Predominant Goal of North Korean Hackers

According to a new study, an increasingly sophisticated North Korean cyber-espionage unit is using its skills to carry out spying operations on the aerospace and defense industries. 

As per an updated report released by a cyber-intelligence company, North Korean hackers are no longer viewed as sole criminals who commit cybercrimes motivated by financial gain and break into cryptocurrency exchanges. According to the report, instead of focusing on cyber espionage and data collection, they focus more on information collection. 

A group of bad actors connected to potentially criminal activities on the internet has been identified by Google analysts as an advanced persistent threat (APT) or as a group of cybercriminals linked to activities that might be considered criminal. 

In its report, FireEye, a US-based security firm that keeps track of cyber-attackers around the world, examines the threat from North Korean hackers called APT37 (Reaper) and claims to have found that the group uses malware to infiltrate computer networks at home and abroad. This group has been active in the past but has now migrated to an advanced persistent threat. 

Yet another  report published exclusively by Foreign Policy, authored by private cyber-intelligen

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